Thus far in 2024, non-U.S. NATO military spending has increased 18% while Asia’s defense expenditure has grown 10%, compared to 7% in the U.S.

Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky is studying the technology transfer of its X2 to KAI if the CH-53K King Stallion is for South Korea’s heavy-lift helicopter program.

France has conducted the first qualification launch of the Aster 30 B1NT air- and missile-defense interceptor as it targets entry into service in 2026.

Argentina’s defense spending has shrunk as a percentage of GDP in the last few years, requiring its operational needs to be met primarily through purchases of second-hand aircraft.

France is pressing ahead with efforts to field an enhanced standard of its Rafale multi-role fighter and pair it with an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

Taiwan is scrapping its Advanced Defense Fighter program, saying the country’s military primes do not possess sufficiently matured technologies to proceed.

France plans to send Ukraine Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters in the first three months of 2025, says the country's Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

Oslo says it is also spending additional money to improve the aircraft’s availability.