Aesa
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Coverage of Aesa is holding steady : 5 signals on the latest tracked day, level with its three-week baseline of 5, across 3 domains.
Aesa is steady by its own history. Its normal rhythm is about 5 signals a day across 3 domains. A real move would be a day at 7+ signals — 25% above that baseline, the bar our trend read calls accelerating — or a spread into domains beyond its usual 3. That is the move that would push it up the Wire.
What’s changed
- The F-15EX Eagle II Can Carry 29,500 Pounds of Payload and Up to 12 AMRAAMs. It Just Dropped Live Bombs From an Operational Squadron for the First Time, and the Air Force Wants to Grow the Fleet From 129 Jets to 267. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-17
- Without Its Radar-Absorbent Coating, the F-35 Shows Up on Radar at About 0.06 Square Meters. With It, 0.0001. The Coating Does the Rest. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-16
- China’s J-20 Was Not Built to Fight the US Air Force F-22 Raptor. Its Job Is to Kill the Tankers and Radar Planes Behind It and to Hit U.S. Bases in the Pacific. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-16
- The Youngest B-52 Was Built in 1962 and the US Air Force Plans to Fly It Until 2050 — 88 Years in Service. In Early March 2026, B-52s Struck Ballistic Missile Sites Inside Iran for the First Time. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-15
- The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-13
- Sweden’s Saab JAS-39 Gripen E Costs About $4,700 to $9,900 per Flight Hour Against $38,000 to $42,000 for an F-35A and Up to $68,000 for an F-22 Raptor. It Has No Stealth Airframe, and a Handful of Conscripts With 1 Technician Can Rearm It on a Public Road in Under 20 Minutes. · 19FortyFive · 2026-09-13
What the reporting says
Across 22 tracked stories from 8 outlets, reporting on Aesa most often describes military action (6), public statements (1), disaster (1).
It shows up alongside F 35 (15), Lockheed Martin (8), Pentagon (8), United States (10), Japan (9), China (8).
Two steps out: F 15 (through F 35, 15 shared stories on the weaker link); F 35s (through F 35, 15 shared stories on the weaker link); Iran (through F 35, 15 shared stories on the weaker link); Israel (through F 35, 15 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Sep 3, with coverage on 12 separate days — concentrated in Defense Procurement and Aviation.