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Jun 27, 2024
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall cast doubt on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program in an interview with Aviation Week. Listen in as editors Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble and Robert Wall break down what we know—and what we don't know.
Jun 27, 2024
NASA is leading the coalition into the new age of exploration.
Jun 25, 2024
Next-Generation Air Dominance is in question as top service officials say the 2026 budget will include hard decisions.
Jun 24, 2024
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are back on the air defense procurement agenda.
Jun 24, 2024
Paris drone pact is the first step in structuring the highly fragmented French UAS industry.
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Sep 15, 2025
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.
Sep 15, 2025
BAE Systems is hoping to accelerate the integration of the European Common Radar System Mk. 2 into the UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Sep 15, 2025
Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.
Sep 15, 2025
Singapore is exploring additional airborne capabilities to complement its future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidons, which are scheduled to enter service in the early 2030s.
Sep 12, 2025
NATO will bolster the defense of Poland after violations of that country’s airspace by Russian uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) earlier this week.
Sep 12, 2025
President Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised.
Sep 12, 2025
Europe’s last Sukhoi Su-22 ground attack aircraft have been formally withdrawn from the Polish Air Force service after 41 years in the air.
Sep 12, 2025
Copenhagen plans to acquire four SAMP/T batteries, as well as four batteries of medium-range systems, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 12.