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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

In a sign of the times, NATO gets its new flagship aircraft not from the U.S. but from a Swedish system based on a Canadian platform.

“It’s a different Boeing showing up,” said Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO, ahead of major fighter decision.

After demonstrating recent battlefield successes, Kyiv is making a big push to market its military technology expertise to the world.

Northrop Grumman is confident the certification challenges that delayed introduction of NATO's Global Hawk-based Alliance Ground Surveillance system can be avoided.

The U.S. Navy is moving forward with the upgrade of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s electronic warfare system, with plans to buy upgrade kits from RTX’s Raytheon unit.

Sweden and Germany are exploring cooperation in CCA and a range of other activities spanning from electronic warfare to space.