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Jul 23, 2025
Defense officials in the U.S., UK and Europe are grappling with what comes next for airborne early warning systems.
Jul 22, 2025
The service seeks to fortify the GPS architecture against such threats as jamming, spoofing and other adversarial actions.
Jul 22, 2025
As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.
Jul 18, 2025
Editors gather after GASCC on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo to discuss the latest developments in air power as U.S. budget season impacts programs.
Jul 11, 2025
After a lull, Turkey is starting to lay out more for defense.

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May 27, 2026
Defense planners need to recognize that kinetic anti-satellite threats may be hard to pinpoint as a direct attack, a senior Italian military space official warns.
May 27, 2026
A new Pentagon document shows the U.S. Army plans to cull its AH-64E fleet even as it retires all its AH-64Ds.
May 27, 2026
Canada plans to acquire the Saab GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft to upgrade the country’s air warfare capability and bolster Bombardier as the aircraft supplier.
May 27, 2026
The Royal Thai Navy has ordered two C295 transport aircraft in an “enhanced transport configuration,” Airbus announced.
May 27, 2026
Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn hopes France and Germany will finally resolve the path forward for the New Generation Fighter program by ILA.
May 26, 2026
The House Armed Services Committee on May 26 released its markup of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill, largely supporting the Pentagon’s plans.
May 26, 2026
The German armed forces are starting to refine their space operational plans, including for the deployment of offensive capabilities.
May 26, 2026
The U.S. Space Force expects to launch two prototype spacecraft next year as it looks toward the next generation of anti-jam satellite communications.