EU members are set to spend more than $116 billion on defense procurement for the first time this year, the European Defense Agency says in a new report.

The Czech Republic has agreed to fly its leased Saab Gripen C/Ds another decade to bridge a gap as it looks to introduce Lockheed Martin F-35s over the period.

Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.

Despite its relatively large size and strategically important location in northern Africa, the Tunisian Republic Air Force (TRAF) is one of the smallest air arms in the region. 

South Africa’s state-owned Denel Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Embraer to cooperate on the C-390 Millennium aircraft, possibly signalling a future airlifter acquisition.

Japan’s Ministry of Defense has announced the Synchronized, Hybrid, Integrated and Enhanced Littoral Defense (SHIELD) system as part of an effort to counter potential invading forces.

California startup AIBOT has officially unveiled its product line of small quadcopter drones and tiltwing, multirotor eVTOL aircraft.

A new rendering of Boeing’s proposed F/A-XX design provided to Aviation Week indicates the company may be incorporating parts of its design for the U.S. Air Force’s F-47.