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Canada plans to spend more than CDN$5 billion ($3.65 billion) on the acquisition of airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, defense officials have confirmed.

Spanish defense firm Grupo Oesia will support production of components for Patriot Advanced Capability — 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) weapons.

Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri met NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana on April 18 in Brussels to open talks on partnership status.

British lawmakers are challenging the government to increase defense spending, but the issue does not appear to be a public priority.

Canada has been one of the NATO alliance members that has been lagging on reaching the alliance defense spending target of 2% of GDP.

Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.

NATO has marked 20 years since establishing its Baltic Air Policing mission.

Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.

Digitalization and development of space and cyber are the heart of Leonardo’s restructuring and growth, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.

Tournear says while the test did successfully transmit data, transmissions were only successful about half of the time.

Denmark is to acquire new ground-based air defense systems and create an anti-submarine warfare capability as part of a buildup of the country’s armed forces.

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Sweden has ended its more than two-century-long policy of nonmilitary alignment by joining NATO.

Emirati defense group Edge has teamed with Spain’s Indra to create a “major industry player” in the development and production of radar systems in the UAE.

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European defense expenditure has increased by 26.7% in real terms, and its defense sector is still catching up.

Hungarian lawmakers have voted in favor of Sweden’s entry into NATO.

Sweden’s Saab received its first order for the Gripen C/D in 14 years when Hungary decided to expand its air force’s fleet of the combat aircraft.

The members of the North Atlantic Council have jointly agreed to a report by national armament directors from NATO countries.

NATO and European nations are stepping up deliveries of lethal aid to Ukraine amid fears that Russia could take advantage of Ukrainian shortages of ammunition.

Leonardo Helicopters is completing the final assembly of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Demonstrator ahead of an expected first flight in the coming weeks.

Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

NATO is looking to adopt near-term, cheaper options to protect against one-way attack drones.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.