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Jun 06, 2024
After being shut out of a patrol fleet acquisition, Ottawa’s aerospace industry is gearing up to compete for a new airborne early warning contract.
Jun 05, 2024
Canada's procurement agency plans to fast-track its new fighter training program, awarding a contract within three years and introducing the jet by 2030.
May 31, 2024
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
May 31, 2024
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.
May 31, 2024
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Sep 05, 2025
Boeing MQ-28 Block 1 Ghost Bats have completed a series of demonstrations to inform an imminent Australian decision on whether to proceed with a follow-on order.
Sep 04, 2025
France’s plans to accelerate its planned increases in defense spending portend a potentially massive defense acquisition cycle.
Sep 04, 2025
The Swiss government has opted to forgo key features in its Hermes 900 UAS because of repeated development delays.
Sep 04, 2025
France says it has ordered a counter-drone laser system as a demonstrator with an eye on potentially fielding a system around 2030.
Sep 04, 2025
China has unveiled its latest nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal, featuring a new variant of the liquid-fueled DF-5.
Sep 03, 2025
Planned investments for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) include several key procurements across the domains of air mobility, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), training, air combat capability, and unmanned systems.
Sep 03, 2025
SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.
Sep 03, 2025
F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.