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Jul 24, 2025
After attending to needs for ammunition and air defense, Europe seeks to plug its long-range strike gaps.
Jul 23, 2025
Defense officials in the U.S., UK and Europe are grappling with what comes next for airborne early warning systems.
Jul 22, 2025
As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.
Jul 22, 2025
The service seeks to fortify the GPS architecture against such threats as jamming, spoofing and other adversarial actions.
Jul 18, 2025
Editors gather after GASCC on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo to discuss the latest developments in air power as U.S. budget season impacts programs.

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Dec 22, 2025
NASA's Jared Isaacman is eager to expedite the Artemis program and that the agency needs to make best use of the ISS' remaining life to seed business for its commercial follow-ons.
Dec 22, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country will proceed with plans to build a new aircraft carrier.
Dec 22, 2025
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace finalized a contract with Estonia to supply the Baltic state with the K239 Chunmoo tactical surface-to-surface missile system.
Dec 19, 2025
Malaysia is looking to fast-track its multirole combat aircraft program after plans to acquire ex-Kuwaiti Boeing F/A-18 Hornets are expected to face delays.
Dec 18, 2025
Rheinmetall says it has received the order to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites to the German Armed Forces a day after funding was approved.
Dec 18, 2025
The French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) says startups ThrustMe and ION-X will provide the on-orbit propulsion systems for its Toutatis demo due in 2027.
Dec 18, 2025
Washington has green-lit the potential sale of $11.1 billion in military equipment to Taiwan.
Dec 17, 2025
Air Forces in Focus analyzes the results so far of the Army Transformation Initiative unveiled in May.