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Mar 27, 2023
A behind-the-scenes look during initial testing at the development of Turkey’s TF-X indigenous combat aircraft.
Mar 27, 2023
U.S. Navy Adm. (ret.) William H. McRaven, now a senior advisor at Lazard, spoke with Aviation Week editors about budgets, China and the Russia-Ukraine War.
Mar 23, 2023
In the past 18 months, three of the NH90’s 14 national customers have concluded that the efforts to keep it operational are not worth pursuing.
Mar 23, 2023
A five-year-old plan to in-source major airpower capabilities is threatened by political, economic and industrial forces.
Mar 23, 2023
A long-awaited transfer of Polish and Slovakian MiGs will help restore Ukrainian air force capacity, but they add few needed capabilities.
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Oct 02, 2025
Lockheed Martin and Spark Capital-backed Inversion reaffirmed its plan for a first flight of its Arc space-based, on-demand cargo delivery vehicle next year.
Oct 02, 2025
The European Union says that loitering munitions are emerging as a new field of cooperation under the Permanent Structured Cooperation initiative (Pesco).
Oct 01, 2025
U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy made waves when he disclosed that he wants refuelable space situational awareness satellites.
Oct 01, 2025
The U.S. Army will further realign its attack helicopter fleet by shifting a large amount of its advanced AH-64E fleet to the National Guard.
Oct 01, 2025
The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command announced late Sept. 30 he would step down from the role, in the latest change to Air Force leadership.
Oct 01, 2025
The French government says it has ordered five additional Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS Albatros aircraft for maritime surveillance.
Oct 01, 2025
The Australian Defense Force is set to double its Lockheed Martin M142 Himars fleet after Washington approved the sale of 48 additional launchers.
Oct 01, 2025
AeroVironment is looking to parlay its work on counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) laser weapons to go after anticipated business to combat higher-end threats.