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Apr 30, 2025
After dominating the U.S. stealth fighter market since the early 1990s, Lockheed is regrouping around F-22 and F-35 upgrades to grow its aeronautics division.
Apr 30, 2025
The Navy will award crewed and uncrewed contracts as part of its plan for anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare.
Apr 28, 2025
Manufacturing changes are needed to increase B-21 bomber production and to prepare for a potential program ramp-up, Northrop Grumman says.
Apr 25, 2025
The U.S. Navy appears poised to pick either Boeing or Northrop Grumman to develop its next-generation combat aircraft, the F/A-XX. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss what's at stake.
Apr 25, 2025
The camps on either side of the defense mobilization debate in the U.S. and allied countries should consider two more mobilization pathways.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Naval Air Warfare Center’s Weapons Division says the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System (ATAWS) has been cleared after a joint test program.
Nov 20, 2025
Keen Venture Partners has raised €150 million ($172.9 million) for its defense technology venture capital fund.
Nov 20, 2025
Washington has approved Japan’s request to acquire RTX GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb Increment II glide munitions, better known as the StormBreaker.
Nov 20, 2025
Canada is heading to the European Space Agency’s triennial financing meeting with a wad of cash.
Nov 19, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard is set to double its VIP transport and command and control fleet.
Nov 19, 2025
President Donald Trump has formally nominated a senior U.S. Air Force official to oversee critical modernization programs.
Nov 19, 2025
China’s United Aircraft carried out the first flight of its R6000 large tiltrotor UAS, roughly a year after the initial prototype rolled off the assembly line.
Nov 18, 2025
The U.S. Air Force for the past year has faced an internal debate that ultimately upended the service’s top leadership.