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The F-15 upgrade looks extensive, judging from a budget request of ¥43.9 billion ($387 million) for development in this fiscal year....More

The higher demand comes from U.S. allies and the Pentagon, as it seeks to regrow missile stocks after years of sequestration budget caps....More

After winning the T-X contract, Boeing expects to prepare generations of Air Force pilots to fly fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft....More

Cutting defense spending will not close the U.S. government’s spending deficit, and doing so would be a dangerous disservice to U.S. troops and the American people, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Dec. 1 here at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum....More

An unplanned redesign of the NGJ MB system played a role in the U.S. Navy’s rejection of a Raytheon bid to use the same pods for a NGJ Low Band demo program....More

Executives assert the new UTC, unveiled in late November, is positioned for the long-haul in A&D, not just against any one OEM or aircraft....More

Harris and Comtech PST will compete for the U.S. Navy’s low-band version of the Next Generation Jammer pod as part of Northrop Grumman’s team....More

F-35 maker Lockheed Martin has cut the cost of the “full-mission simulator” used to train pilots on the fifth-gen fighter by 25% per simulator since 2012....More

UK company Horizon Technologies is flight testing its Xtender satphone intercept system on a small quadcopter....More

Saab’s second Gripen E test aircraft, designated 39-9, completed a 33-min. first flight from Linkoping, Sweden, on Nov. 26....More

South Korea plans to purchase two Green Pine Block C radar warning systems for $292 million....More