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Aug 07, 2024
The service is weighing a quick start for its next tanker while pausing the sixth-generation fighter program.
Aug 06, 2024
The Tempest program faces a political stress test in Britain’s new strategic defense review.
Aug 05, 2024
Predicting the end of dogfighting has been a cottage industry for decades, but the prospect is now very real.
Aug 02, 2024
Compound, conventional rotorcraft and tiltrotors are among the technologies being proposed by industry for NATO’s future rotorcraft needs.
Jul 31, 2024
Beijing is increasingly relying on companies to strengthen its presence in commercial space.

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Sep 01, 2025
The Czech Republic has agreed to fly its leased Saab Gripen C/Ds another decade to bridge a gap as it looks to introduce Lockheed Martin F-35s over the period.
Sep 01, 2025
France and Germany have pledged to jointly develop an early warning system for Europe as both EU countries aim to strengthen defense technology capability.
Sep 01, 2025
Israel says it will funnel around $115 million into next-gen infrared sensor production in the latest move to bolster domestic defense production capacities.
Sep 01, 2025
Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.
Aug 31, 2025
Despite its relatively large size and strategically important location in northern Africa, the Tunisian Republic Air Force (TRAF) is one of the smallest air arms in the region. 
Aug 31, 2025
South Africa’s state-owned Denel Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Embraer to cooperate on the C-390 Millennium aircraft, possibly signalling a future airlifter acquisition.
Aug 29, 2025
Tension has been increasing between Tel Aviv and several European capitals over Israel’s conduct of the military operation in the Gaza Strip.
Aug 29, 2025
The Polish Air Force cancelled its flagship Radom Airshow following the fatal crash.