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Mar 18, 2021
UK Defense Review Provokes Backlash; China’s hypersonic ambitions; Yaogan-31 satellites launched; and Pentagon awards launch contract.
Mar 17, 2021
A look at the USAF 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, which stores retired military aircraft, on its 75th anniversary.
Mar 17, 2021
After a series of cancelled programs over a decade ago, U.S. military officials make a new push for tracking moving targets from space.
Mar 17, 2021
The French Air and Space Force envisions a scaled-down A400M to replace C-130Hs and adversary air-to-air training as a service.
Mar 16, 2021
Russia, China and France are developing or have deployed hypersonic glide vehicles with nuclear warheads, unlike the U.S.

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Jan 31, 2023
The U.S. Air Force wants an innovative refueling system to better operate in contested environments with a goal of operations beginning in 2040.
Jan 31, 2023
NATO has added three more European flight training schools to its Flight Training Europe project.
Jan 31, 2023
Defense against both North Korean and potentially Chinese ballistic missiles are among Seoul and Tokyo’s top defense priorities.
Jan 31, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to dismiss the possibility of directly providing Lockheed Martin F-16s to Ukraine.
Jan 27, 2023
Momentum for the handover of fighters to supplement Ukraine’s remaining air defense fleet of Soviet-era Sukhoi Su-27s and RAC MiG-29s is gradually gaining.
Jan 25, 2023
The U.S. Army in the next two months will award multiple large contracts to replenish its stocks of critical munitions that have been sent to Ukraine.
Jan 24, 2023
Col. Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Forces Command, said the type of aircraft likely to be provided has been determined.
Jan 24, 2023
Canada’s parliamentary auditing agency has launched an independent review of the government’s decision to acquire 88 F-35As.