Valkyrie Vision
20
Nov
Oh, Canada
A Primer For The Confused - Nov. 20, 2025
There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings surrounding the renewed competition between the Lockheed Martin F-35 and the Saab JAS 39E Gripen, and a lot of people are being paid very well to maintain them.
07
May
That’s What Killed The Dog
May 7 2025
You could, as we would say in the old country, of knocked me down wiv a fevver.
The F-35 Joint Program Office released a statement about a previously (almost) unreported problem.
Here it is....
19
Mar
Debunk This, Monkeyfighter
A British minister warned that control over F-35 data would give the US the ability to shut down export fleets at will. In 2006.
He was right, and people who are pish-poshing that possibility today are either ignorant or engaged in intentional deception.
29
Nov
Defense reformation is coming
And you may not like it.
Elon Musk wants to cancel the F-35, and get rid of manned combat aircraft generally, and rely more on drones. Let’s unpack that, because this is now about much more than one opinionated squillionaire, but about an opinionated...
15
Jun
NGAD, we hardly knew ye
US Air Force chief of staff Gen. David Allvin set the cat among the pigeons on Thursday by suggesting that the service might not proceed as expected with its planned next major combat aircraft, the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
This came as a shock,...
28
May
Ask A Silly Question
DARPA needs to think more about mission engineering if it wants projects to succeed
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is full of very smart people united by a good intention: to find and enable technological breakthroughs that provide the U.S. and its allies...