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Mar 24, 2020
Auditors reveal ongoing F-35 problems; Triton funding requested; a new C-17 scheduling app and Libya seeks Airbus helicopters.
Mar 20, 2020
A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.
Mar 20, 2020
The U.S. Army awards Bell and Sikorsky risk-reduction contracts for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.
Mar 19, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.
Mar 18, 2020
Jim Taiclet, a relative outsider, could herald big changes at Lockheed as the Pentagon’s top contractor changes CEO.

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Jul 16, 2022
Ascent is looking to to shorten the training pipeline.
Jul 15, 2022
Australia plans to announce which nuclear-powered submarine it will choose in the first quarter of 2023, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says.
Jul 15, 2022
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said trials had demonstrated “enormous operational potential to confuse and overwhelm and adversary air defenses.”
Jul 14, 2022
The end goal is to have a battle plan with allies involved by design at the outset, the service’s boss says.
Jul 13, 2022
Ireland plans to raise national defense spending almost 50% by 2028 to meet an increased level of ambition for the country’s armed forces.
Jul 06, 2022
Finland and Sweden have become observer members of NATO, as alliance members sign off accession protocols to enable the membership of the two Nordic nations.
Jul 06, 2022
A sprawling complex under arid mountains near the edge of Kirtland AFB here has a renewed life testing cutting-edge technology, more than 70 years after it was built in secret to protect the U.S. president in the event of a post-World War II disaster.
Jul 05, 2022
Germany and Sweden have joined France to study the future development of a new-generation European airlifter that could replace types such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA CN235.