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Jul 26, 2024
Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.
Jul 26, 2024
In addition to work on the Global Combat Air Program, a Boeing 757 flight-test aircraft, called Excalibur, is being adapted to trial new technology elements.
Jul 25, 2024
Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Jul 25, 2024
The Pentagon is still limiting payments to Lockheed Martin amid upgrade struggles.
Jul 24, 2024
Seven years after a pivotal demonstration, the service takes a key step toward fielding autonomous resupply rotorcraft.

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Sep 12, 2025
Most small UAS are battery powered and limited in flight time—but what about using aerodynamics to boost flight time by soaring the way birds and gliders do?
Sep 11, 2025
U.S.-India relations have taken a turn for the worse, raising questions about the endurance of defense cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.
Sep 11, 2025
Ukraine is looking to expand the number of weapons it carries on a newly set up defense marketplace.
Sep 11, 2025
House appropriators have joined their Senate counterparts in approving a budget measure that opposes the deep cut to NASA proposed by the White House.
Sep 10, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told European leaders Sept. 10 that Europe and Ukraine need a ”joint air defense system and [to] create an effective air shield."
Sep 10, 2025
The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.
Sep 10, 2025
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s shot down Russian drones as part of a NATO mission to help protect Polish air space, the Dutch defense minister confirmed.
Sep 10, 2025
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing mini-UAS as part of an effort to establish a multi-tiered UAS network for swarm, ISR and counter-drone missions.