Kendall announced in July that the service had paused NGAD ahead of an imminent contract award.

The German government has signed an agreement with industry to modernize its MBDA Taurus cruise missile, with the aim of keeping the system viable long term.

The UK is ratcheting up efforts to sell Eurofighters to Turkey with a visit of two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft to Ankara.

The UK and partners are including more counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) and loitering munitions in a new £225 million ($284 million) package for Ukraine.

Milestones loom in the coming months for future refueler and airlifter programs amid funding uncertainty.

The Senate passed the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 85-14.

In total, legislators approved 38 projects with a combined value of about €21 billion ($26.7 billion).

The service is teeing up 2025 as the year of space domain awareness as threats from China loom.