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Aug 16, 2024
Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.
Aug 15, 2024
As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.
Aug 13, 2024
The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.
Aug 09, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 09, 2024
Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.

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Sep 26, 2025
Canada’s accelerated defense spending increase will ease Canada’s continued effort to modernize its air forces and achieve greater interoperability with its NATO partners.
Sep 25, 2025
Asked by a reporter if he could revive Turkey’s canceled F-35 deal shortly, Trump replied: “I could do so easily if I want. We may do that."
Sep 24, 2025
Japan has deployed fighter aircraft to Europe for the first time, reciprocating visits made by the UK Royal Air Force and the German Air Force.
Sep 23, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is preparing a new document meant to serve as the “authoritative source” for requirements planning through 2040.
Sep 23, 2025
RTX and Shield AI will supply the software “brains” for the first increment of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) fleet, sources say.
Sep 23, 2025
The SDA and FAA are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the acting director says.
Sep 23, 2025
South Korean defense contractor Hanwha Group has appointed Alex Wong, a former Trump administration official, as global chief strategy officer.
Sep 22, 2025
Both programs for presidential airlift are progressing on schedule, according to U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.