As development starts winding down, Saab’s Gripen E unit is focusing on improving the global fleet of C/D models and starting to consider what comes next.

The newest tranche, announced Jan. 6, amounts to about $3.075 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine.

The first embarkment of the NPO Mashinostroyenia 3M22 Zircon missile on the 4,500-ton Admiral Gorshkov ship comes a year later than scheduled.

The move stems from a defense industrial base study that the Biden administration reported out last year.

The announcement came in a joint press statement released following a call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden on Jan. 5. 

The possibility of Iranian missile transfers to Russia creates a race against time for Ukraine’s air defense.

The latest drawdown package raises the overall assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. government to $21.3 billion since Russia invaded its neighbor.

From hypersonic strike missiles to sixth-generation combat aircraft, the next waves in military aviation technology moved closer in 2022.