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Maritime patrol aircraft are also being sought.

Britain strengthens defenses in response to different threats, including Russian aggression and European terrorist attacks.

Middle East nations arm themselves for continuing conflict, from fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria to operations in Yemen.

“To respond to threats, there must be a balance between the resources that are given to the armies and the missions entrusted to them,” Gen. Pierre de Villiers, chief of staff of the French armed forces, told lawmakers.

Military customers focus on upgrades in the absence of clarity and funding for new programs, while the civil market races ahead in technology and numbers, but remains relatively small in value.

Latin American airlines continue to struggle with weakened currencies and recessions in their home countries.

From terrorist attacks to China’s aggressive “terraforming” of new bases in international waters, threats to a rules-based international order have seldom been so diverse.

The gap between the Defense Department’s plans and actual funding is about $15 billion.

The upcoming fighter competition means defining an operational requirement—something that has received no serious attention since Canada originally joined the JSF program in the early 2000s.

Russia’s upgrade of military capabilities continues, though economic problems are weighing on the defense budget and forcing hard choices to be made.

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In 2016, a nasty lawsuit between avionics provider IS&S and Delta Air Lines will play out, potentially leaving aftermarket suppliers and airlines more wary of the “big catch.”

Government and A&D contractors need to reach out to entrepreneurs, take more risks, be more creative.

Smaller, more capable satellites enter satcom market as U.S. military demand for new spacecraft stalls.

Retirements are down, MRO efficiency is up—what’s it all mean for the aftermarket?

In the next 10 years, as major spacefaring nations renew their fleets, the space-launch sector will be molded by the growing popularity of small satellites, increasing commercialization of space transportation, reusable launch vehicles and manned space programs.

Space agencies around the world will spend 2016 doing the spade work for deep-space missions later on.

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Rolls and other aeroengine OEMs need two types of critical mass: scale in gas turbines to fund ongoing R&D and corporate critical mass to ride business ebbs and flows

Returning to profitability after a successful turnaround, Qantas treads carefully in ordering new aircraft.