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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
The U.S. Army awards Bell and Sikorsky risk-reduction contracts for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.
Mar 20, 2020
A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.
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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Feb 27, 2025
The U.S. military does not have an effective, overall answer to the question of how to protect austere locations and aircraft from UAS threats, officials say.
Feb 27, 2025
Poland has signed agreements to lease Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, as the country awaits delivery of 96 of the rotorcraft it ordered last year.
Feb 27, 2025
India says it is conducting flight trials of the helicopter-launched Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR), scoring a direct hit in the most recent firing.
Feb 26, 2025
The number of aircraft being successfully engaged has fallen over the last two years of the war.
Feb 26, 2025
The Royal Norwegian Air Force is claiming a hit rate of 94% for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (Nasams) deployed in Ukraine.
Feb 26, 2025
SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh says there are several contractual protections to ensure industry does not take a bath on the multi-billion-dollar project.
Feb 26, 2025
Iran’s Air Force has for the first time the demonstrated combat capabilities of its Russian-made Yak-130 trainers.
Feb 25, 2025
The Senate on Feb. 25 confirmed Daniel Driscoll to be the secretary of the U.S. Army by a vote of 66-28.