When the NATO summit kicks off July 7 in Ankara, there are a couple of things predictably on the agenda—spending commitments and transatlantic tension—but equipment issues also are poised to be front and center.

Development of the combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is set to accelerate after prime contractor Edgewing was awarded a £4.6 billion contract.

A U.S. Air Force Boeing F-15EX and MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft have completed their first airborne integration.

German defense startup Quantum Systems says it has raised $1.2 billion through a funding round backed by Airbus that boosts its valuation to $8 billion.

Israel says it has put upgrades of its Iron Dome short-range air defense systems through its paces, including the integration of the laser-based Iron Beam.

The tri-national Global Combat Air Program has emerged as the biggest winner from the UK government's Defense Investment Plan, although the funding comes at the cost of retiring helicopter and intelligence-gathering fleets as the military shifts some of those missions to uncrewed systems.

Airbus and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed an MOU to jointly study and develop an anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone.

Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dörre discusses the German company’s ambitions from producing more air defense radars to expanding airborne special mission activities.