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Feb 23, 2024
Collaboration defines the operational role of a new class of autonomous combat systems as well a new model for foreign industry partners.
Feb 22, 2024
Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.
Feb 22, 2024
New command, Pentagon offices will be tasked with solely looking at future acquisition.
Feb 21, 2024
There is a long history of NASA brain power moving on to private industry.
Feb 20, 2024
The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.

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Mar 10, 2026
Australia will deploy one Boeing E-7A Wedgetail to the Gulf to provide air situational support to the UAE's efforts to defend against Iranian attacks.
Mar 10, 2026
The Indonesian Defense Ministry says it has “entered an agreement with India” to acquire the BrahMos supersonic missile system.
Mar 09, 2026
The IDF stepped up attacks on Iranian military infrastructure after it and the U.S. said they were shifting focus to degrading long-term military capabilities.
Mar 06, 2026
Switzerland is walking away from adding funds to its F-35 budget to preserve the original plan of fielding 36 aircraft, while embarking on an effort to acquire another air defense system.
Mar 06, 2026
The UK is looking for weapons that can take out both drone boats and UAS in its latest push to rapidly add effectors to handle these growing threats.
Mar 06, 2026
The Israeli military said it would employ further ways to throw Iran off guard as its ops with the U.S. enter a new phase at the end of the first week of fighting.
Mar 06, 2026
Stated opportunities for the supply of 162 medium-class helicopters worth more than $3.3 billion exits within the market over the next decade, and Aviation Week analysts have identified further requirements for 112 helicopters of this class worth an additional $3 billion over the same period.
Mar 05, 2026
Iran demonstrated that it retained the ability to threaten its neighboring countries as fighting with the U.S. and Israel stretched into a sixth day.