The Pentagon on Feb. 2 confirmed the U.S. and NATO are offering Russia access to missile defense sites in Europe, along with more transparency about exercises and bomber flights to the region, in an effort to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine.

The U.S. military will send fifth-generation fighters to the United Arab Emirates as that country is facing increased attacks from rebels in the region, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced following meetings with Emirati leaders.

Iraq plans to purchase an undisclosed number of JF-17 Thunder fighters, adding to the growing export tally for the Sino-Pakistan combat aircraft.

Indian defense spending is set to rise by 4.4% next year with the new budget plan emphasizing investment in indigenous programs and the local industrial base.

A U.S. Air Force tanker contender; Belgium adds billions for defense; F-35’s new cloud-based logistic system; and F-15EX fires a weapon.

The project is symbolic of the closer UK-Japan links, UK Asia-Pacific pivot and Japan broadening defense relationships beyond U.S.

To patrol the Pacific, nations in Southeast Asia are turning to UAS, business jets and even space.

Then-Vice Adm. Mat Winter, the former head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, introduced a new framework more than four years ago that would guide the Lockheed Martin fighter’s follow-on modernization program with a grand new vision for a software-enabled weapon system.