Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin says it delivered 191 F-35 stealth fighters in 2025, a record for the program facilitated by a backlog of jets held in storage. The delivery total far surpassed the 110 copies of the tri-variant stealth fighter handed over in ... See more

WASHINGTON — The US Marine Corps has selected a team of Northrop Grumman and Kratos to deliver the service’s first batch of drone wingmen, the companies announced today. Under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX ... See more

MANASSAS, Virg. — Sitting in a hangar in the exurbs of Washington, DC, at first glance electric aircraft startup Electra’s yellow and black hybrid-electric EL9 looks like many other aircraft parked at the regional airport here. But a key difference quickl... See more

Amid a global race to augment military forces with unmanned systems, the Air Force this year notched first flights for prototype drone wingmen, a step lauded by officials as a key milestone for a top service priority. But uncertainty remains for the futur... See more

This year had its fair share of developments in air warfare, both in the United States and abroad. In the US, the Air Force notched a number of firsts, like the flight of drone wingmen and an award for a sixth-gen fighter. A funding boost provided by reco... See more