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Feb 25, 2022
How KC-46 pilots, boom operators are teaching themselves the tanker’s new tricks.
Feb 24, 2022
A400 launches drone; Northrop wins deep-space radar contract; Australia to upgrade BAE trainers; Emiratis create swarming drone system.
Feb 24, 2022
Look to Syria to learn how U.S. and Russian forces handled congested airspace.
Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. military is relying more on allies in the region as American companies aim to increase manufacturing in Pacific nations.
Feb 18, 2022
A major Rafale sale to Indonesia shakes up murky Southeast Asia fighter spending plans.
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Jun 21, 2023
The U.S. manufacturer of MQ-9 Reapers has renewed its campaign to get the Biden administration to support transfers of the UAS to Ukraine.
Jun 21, 2023
Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Jun 20, 2023
The U.S. House Appropriations defense subcommittee is providing $826.5 billion for defense and intelligence in fiscal 2024.
Jun 20, 2023
Signed during a summit on European air defense, the agreement sees Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France and Hungary buy MBDA Mistral surface-to-air missiles.
Jun 20, 2023
While not becoming an FCAS partner in the contracted industrial phases, Belgium will guide its industry to pursue work that could support future program phases.
Jun 19, 2023
A group of U.S. lawmakers will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to urge France to increase its support for Ukraine.
Jun 19, 2023
Indonesia is considering acquiring more secondhand Mirage 2000s from the United Arab Emirates as stop-gap fighters as it waits for its new Dassault Rafale Cs.
Jun 19, 2023
Sweden’s defense materiel agency FMV is awaiting political approval to begin studies into a new-generation combat aircraft beyond the new Saab Gripen E.