Bill Sweetman

Bill Sweetman is an aerospace and defense journalist specializing in the development and use of high-tech weapons, He is senior international defense editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Use The Force

Get Ready: Laser Weapons Are Almost Here

The development of small, cheap lasers means that the era of real-life ray guns may be finally at hand.

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Flight of Fancy

Marines’ Stealth Jump Jet Fantasy

USMC generals say they absolutely have to have their mega-expensive F-35B. But their idea on how to use it is problematic—at best.

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BREAKING THE BANK

Pentagon On Course for Fiscal Disaster

The U.S. military is planning on spending megabucks on a slew of new weapons systems—with no obvious way to pay for them.

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Full Stop

The Navy Just Sank Its High-Speed Future

The ship was supposed to zoom over the ocean top, 50 percent faster than its competitors. Then things changed.

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Now You See ’Em

China Can Track, Kill U.S. Stealth Jets

A gang of advanced missiles and a bleeding-edge radar unveiled at a Chinese air show could mean big trouble for the Pentagon’s best fighters.

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Get Ready: Laser Weapons Are Almost Here

Marines’ Stealth Jump Jet Fantasy

Pentagon On Course for Fiscal Disaster

The Navy Just Sank Its High-Speed Future

China Can Track, Kill U.S. Stealth Jets

Pentagon’s Plan to Keep USA No. 1

60-Year-Old U.S. Bomber Gets a Facelift

How the Pentagon Strangles Its Best Jets

The Coming New Cold War

New US Stealth Bomber: Too Big a Secret?