Companies that supply engines, avionics, missiles and other systems find a market as nations seek to develop their own aircraft

Boeing on June 6 delivered the first operational F-15EX Eagle II to the U.S. Air National Guard.

The appeal comes on the heels of Washington approving two foreign military sales to Taiwan for F-16 spares and support in a deal totaling $300 million.

Airbus is to adapt a German Air Force Eurofighter combat aircraft into a testbed for manned-unmanned teaming technologies.

Rolls-Royce Germany has teamed up with ITP Aero to offer a new engine family for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) that will lean on the proven Advance2 core.

Rome has given the greenlight to Safran's takeover of Microtecnica from RTX after concerns over the supply of components to defense programs were addressed.

The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service.

Scaled Composites, which has built and flown a new aircraft roughly every year since forming in 1982, is still expanding in its 17th year with Northrop Grumman.