The F-47 Shows the US Back in the Game

Washington showed that it cannot slacken off in the air dominance game just now.

A relatively recent artist’s impression of the Boeing NGAD entry into the US Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter competition against Lockheed Martin and, earlier, against Northrop-Grumman. Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built demonstrator models of their contenders. The competition had been put on hold in 2024 to evaluate competitive systems (from the PRC, particularly), costs, and threat, but a decision to proceed, and to select the Boeing contender to advance through project development was announced on March 21, 2025, by US Pres. Donald Trump.

A Modestly-Growing Australia is Losing its Regional Security Dominance

Significant improvements in the sophistication and general capabilities of South-East Asian nations, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, have relegated Australia’s historical strategic and miliary dominance of the region to a reduced significance.

Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2026

A Vortex of Decline Affecting Government Across the West

Starmer’s exit is indicative of the political turmoil afflicting Western governments around the world as nationalism overtakes globalism.

The Original Special Relationship

A brief history of the oldest alliance in the world

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A Modestly-Growing Australia is Losing its Regional Security Dominance

Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2026

A Vortex of Decline Affecting Government Across the West

The Original Special Relationship