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Dec 14, 2023
A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.
Dec 13, 2023
Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2024 and 2033.
Dec 12, 2023
Military aircraft opportunities are expected to peak in 2032, according to the newest Aviation Week Intelligence Network outlook.
Dec 12, 2023
An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.
Dec 11, 2023
Destabilizing shocks, such as Hamas' bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel, highlight a dangerous new security environment.

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Aug 18, 2025
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has announced his plans to retire, marking a surprise shift at the top of the service.
Aug 18, 2025
The UK issued an urgent request for information to industry for a low-cost means to engage jet-powered one-way-attack drones Russia is using against Ukraine.
Aug 18, 2025
China has completed the first system-level test of the YF-100K engine for its new Long March-10 rocket, a key vehicle designed for future crewed lunar missions.
Aug 14, 2025
The architecture would comprise surface batteries in the homeland with launchers positioned inside of standard, 40-ft.-long shipping containers and silos, according to slides presented to industry.
Aug 14, 2025
Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.
Aug 14, 2025
Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.
Aug 13, 2025
Switzerland’s government has instructed the country’s defense ministry to look at options after failing to find agreement with the U.S. on price.
Aug 13, 2025
The MDA has released a solicitation for a new southern-facing radar to be operational within three years to support the Golden Dome for America missile shield.