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Jul 11, 2024
The tankers add to the four boom-equipped KC-135Rs that Metrea acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force in 2021.
Jul 11, 2024
Selected to meet the initial Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (iAFSC) requirement, the Boeing E-7 will replace NATO's aging E-3 Sentry fleet by 2035.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 16, 2024
Lockheed Martin has announced a series of offset items for Thailand should it choose the F-16 Blk. 70/72 package.
Jul 16, 2024
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Jul 16, 2024
The French Air and Space Force is forming a new squadron with the Dassault Rafale now that deliveries of the fighter aircraft to France have resumed.
Jul 16, 2024
Italy's acquisition of 24 new Eurofighters, referred to as F-2000s, enables the air force to replace its Tranche 1 Eurofighters.
Jul 15, 2024
Acquisition and budget documents point to the quiet emergence of a third capability: signals intelligence.
Space
Jul 16, 2024
KBR’s board unanimously OK’d the purchase, but it is subject to certain regulatory approvals prior to closing.
Jul 16, 2024
ESA has given the provisional go-ahead for a mission to fly by the Apophis asteroid in 2029 as part of planetary defense, with NASA also sending Osiris-Apex.
Jul 15, 2024
The SASC says it wants a progress report on the Pentagon’s efforts to field new capabilities to monitor air or ground targets in real time from space.
Jul 15, 2024
Chinese privately funded launch company iSpace has suffered its fourth failure in seven launch attempts.
Jul 15, 2024
The magnetic field of Jupiter, the Solar System’s largest planet, is 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Jul 16, 2024
Australian and Canadian companies have emerged as winners in the UK’s £1 billion ($1.3 billion) effort to develop a hypersonic weapon.
Jul 16, 2024
German defense startup Donaustahl says it will supply Ukraine with an unspecified number of Maus loitering munitions.
Jul 15, 2024
As part of the review, the Pentagon rescinded the Sentinel program’s Milestone B approval from 2020.
Jul 12, 2024
Tehran’s proxies from the north and south launched 200 or so projectiles.
Jul 12, 2024
Tokyo says construction of the destroyer-sized ASEV has been expedited to begin in fiscal 2024.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Jul 09, 2024
The U.S. Navy aims to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system before the end of September after multiple delays.
Jul 08, 2024
The winner of the Advanced Electronic Warfare suite will replace the F/A-18E/F’s existing system, which combines subsystems supplied by both companies.
Jul 08, 2024
An ex-U.S. Air Force civilian employee allegedly transmitted classified information about the vulnerabilities of Air Force aircraft to unauthorized people between November 2020 and March 2021.
Jul 02, 2024
The Indian government has agreed with local entities to set up test facilities for UAS and electronic warfare, as well as to assess electro-optical systems.
Jul 01, 2024
IT services and products will operate under the brand Minsait, with the Spanish company’s defense and air traffic products remaining under the Indra umbrella.
Supply chain
Jul 12, 2024
Aerospace and defense company Nammo plans to boost rocket-motor production capacity under a deal with the Norwegian government.
Jul 05, 2024
Saudi Arabian defense companies have signed cooperation agreements with their Turkish counterparts during a visit by Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud.
Jul 04, 2024
Thermal management specialist Intergalactic has unveiled a curved microtube configuration for next-gen propulsion systems and other aerospace applications.
Jul 03, 2024
Korea Aerospace Industries is working toward an agreement for the co-production of aircraft components in Peru as it eyes an FA-50 export deal to the country.
Jun 26, 2024
Ansys’ semiconductor simulation tools will be optimized to meet the requirements of Intel Foundry’s process design kits.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Jul 16, 2024
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Jul 16, 2024
The French Air and Space Force is forming a new squadron with the Dassault Rafale now that deliveries of the fighter aircraft to France have resumed.
Jul 16, 2024
Italy's acquisition of 24 new Eurofighters, referred to as F-2000s, enables the air force to replace its Tranche 1 Eurofighters.
Jul 16, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the UK's new strategic defense review will bolster what he called “our hollowed-out armed forces.”
Jul 16, 2024
German defense startup Donaustahl says it will supply Ukraine with an unspecified number of Maus loitering munitions.