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Jun 13, 2025
In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.
Jun 12, 2025
Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Trump administration’s vacillations are pushing up defense budgets and military industry hopes in Europe.
Jun 11, 2025
Europe’s first defense and space commissioner, a self-proclaimed transatlanticist, sets an “ambitious” agenda for the region’s defense.
Jun 11, 2025
As the Paris Air Show opens, tensions between Europe and the U.S. are at a new high.
Jun 09, 2025
A Royal Netherlands Air Force report urges “targeted interventions” to keep Joint Strike Fighter pilots healthy.

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Apr 22, 2026
Australia’s updated National Defense Strategy (NDS) is one of its most consequential public-facing defense documents in recent years.
Apr 22, 2026
The U.S. Navy is restarting Boeing P-8 Poseidon procurement after a two-year gap, seeking to order 12 more of the sub-hunting aircraft.
Apr 22, 2026
The European Space Agency and its military counterpart the European Defense Agency have agreed to study how to boost Earth observation for security purposes.
Apr 22, 2026
The U.S. Navy is growing its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye fleet largely due to the increased operational use of the platform for overland missions.
Apr 22, 2026
Germany’s quest to field deep-strike capabilities may involve multiple suppliers and different services, rather than narrowing those options at the outset, the Bundeswehr’s top officer says.
Apr 22, 2026
The Canadian government is pressing forward with its push to build up a national space launch capacity by proposing legislation aimed at fostering a sovereign capability in this field.
Apr 22, 2026
A young space domain awareness company founded by a former French Space Command leader is ready to provide commercial data to customers as it brings its first radar online and expands into the U.S.
Apr 22, 2026
Germany and France are poised to decide within days the future of the Future Combat Air System program, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says.