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May 02, 2021
Italy has deployed its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for Baltic Air Policing, the first time the fighter has been used for the mission. The Italian Air…
Apr 30, 2021
Sweden is proposing to replace Finland’s F/A-18 Hornets on a virtual one-for-one basis by offering 64 Gripen fighters for Helsinki’s €9 billion ($10.9 billion) HX fighter requirement.
Apr 29, 2021
With mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in aerospace and defense expected to ramp up this year in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, another private equity (PE) group is jumping into the market.
Apr 29, 2021
Finland has received the best and final offers from governments in the bidding for the country’s HX fighter contest.
Apr 28, 2021
U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have arrived in the UK ready for their embarkation on the UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for its first operational cruise at the end of May.
Apr 28, 2021
The U.S. Defense Department and industry must evolve rapidly to meet the sustainment challenges of a new era of rising tensions between great powers, a former Pacific Fleet commander said April 28.
Apr 27, 2021
Heidi Shyu, a U.S. Army acquisition bureaucrat during the Obama administration and veteran Raytheon executive, is President Joe Biden’s pick for undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Apr 26, 2021
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has completed its Combat Systems Ship’s Qualification Trials (CSSQT), marking the end of the post-delivery test and trials phase, and is the U.S. Navy is now focused on the aircraft carrier moving toward full ship shock trials this summer.