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Nov 07, 2025
The AMK upgrade could triple the Typhoon’s weapon configurations and make future integration faster, cheaper and simpler for partner nations.
Nov 06, 2025
The service has outlined a goal to add hundreds of fighters, but it stops short of addressing funding and capacity limits.
Nov 04, 2025
Chile’s aging fighter fleet is set to receive a significant boost, with Lockheed Martin upgrading 35 F-16AM and BM MLU aircraft to the M6.6 standard.
Nov 04, 2025
The Republic of Korea Air Force plans to field aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence by the early 2030s to fly alongside KAI F-50 and KF-21 fighters.
Nov 04, 2025
The sky is not the limit for Europe’s “Drone Wall” as the region looks at missile defense beyond the atmosphere.
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Jan 20, 2026
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.
Jan 20, 2026
Italy is establishing a rotary-wing flying school to train pilots for all the country’s armed forces, parapublic agencies as well as from overseas militaries.
Jan 20, 2026
The SpaceRise consortium developing the EU's IRIS2 autonomous secure satellite broadband constellation says it has brought military Ka-band service into use.
Jan 19, 2026
Czech ministers have rejected proposals made by the country’s president to offer Aero Vodochody L-159 Advanced Light Combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Jan 19, 2026
Denmark has retired its F-16s, becoming the latest European nation to rely solely on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its frontline combat aircraft.
Jan 19, 2026
British defense engineering company QinetiQ has been awarded a five-year contract extension to support the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
Jan 19, 2026
Two Chinese rockets—CASC's Long March 3B and private launch provider Galactic Energy's Ceres 2—failed in launch attempts on Jan. 17.
Jan 19, 2026
The Philippines signed a contract for six anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, according to a report detailing the Defense Department's approved acquisitions.