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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.
Dec 08, 2023
A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

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Jan 20, 2026
India and the United Arab Emirates are working toward a strategic defense partnership following meetings between the leaders of the two countries.
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.