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Nov 19, 2025
France’s air chief is calling for more Rafales to form a dedicated nuclear squadron, which may ease training loads but create delivery schedule challenges.
Nov 14, 2025
From virtual ranges to on-orbit testbeds, the U.S. Space Force wants to give Guardians the authentic training experience other services take for granted.
Nov 13, 2025
Defense leaders have outlined an approach to prioritize speed above all else, cutting acquisition oversight.
Nov 13, 2025
A trend toward cheaper missiles and faster acquisitions is coming together to deliver a new approach to counter-air weapons.
Nov 12, 2025
Nations including the U.S. and China urgently need to agree on space traffic management, and opportunities abound to collaborate on lunar and planetary exploration.
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Jun 09, 2026
Malaysia’s military modernization has been guided by Capability Development Plan 55, the first phase of which includes seven core strategic programs, with five directly related to aircraft procurement.
Jun 09, 2026
The U.S. military was poised to respond to Iranian forces on June 9 following the downing of a U.S. Army attack helicopter and rescue mission.
Jun 09, 2026
The Trump administration’s ploy to get the fiscal 2027 defense budget to $1.5 trillion is increasingly unlikely on Capitol Hill.
Jun 09, 2026
A French Air Force Dassault Rafale downed a drone that entered Latvian airspace, marking the second shootdown of a UAS in the Baltic states in recent weeks.
Jun 09, 2026
Eight years after Airbus and Dassault shook hands at the ILA Berlin Air Show to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft, France and Germany have decided to go their separate ways.
Jun 09, 2026
Finish space startup Iceye says it has raised €450 million in a further funding round that values the synthetic aperture radar business at over $12 billion.
Jun 09, 2026
With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.
Jun 09, 2026
The German Air Force is undergoing an intense period of modernization through the end of the decade that will do more than just revitalize its core air dominance role, says Luftwaffe Inspector Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann.