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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 07, 2024
Cost overruns and schedule breaches are driving a new look at engine replacement and radar modernization requirements.
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.
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Oct 17, 2025
Earth-observation company Planet is projecting 20% sales growth in the medium term as governments bolster access to imagery and related data from space.
Oct 16, 2025
The European Commission is proposing four flagship programs in the latest step the European Union is taking to bolster its defenses.
Oct 16, 2025
ESA is closely looking at the ramifications for its own activities of a potential merger for the satellite businesses of Airbus, Leonardo and Thales.
Oct 15, 2025
The U.S. Air Force is reversing course on a major plan to change its modernization process by not standing up a new command.
Oct 15, 2025
Indonesia is nearing an agreement to acquire a batch of Chengdu J-10 fighters from China, according to in-country news outlets.
Oct 14, 2025
Three F-35s arrived at the Florennes Air Base on Oct. 13, marking the type’s official incorporation into the Belgian Air Force.
Oct 14, 2025
The companies producing the highly in-demand Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhanced interceptor are continuing to bulk up their production capacity.
Oct 14, 2025
The U.S. Army will start executing within a month a fielding plan for acquiring and delivering Launched Effects-Short Range air vehicles.