NATO

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
After decades of hints, Romania’s defense council blesses the purchase of the fifth-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is planning the largest transatlantic crossing of combat aircraft since the lead-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War this summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will be able to muster a front-line fighter fleet of 250 aircraft by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Commanders of the Nordic air forces—Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden—have committed to closer cooperation so they can operate in a more unified way.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The MMU was originally formed to create a fleet of pooled and shared tankers to boost the number of tanker aircraft available to European air forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s multinational aerial refueling unit is to receive a 10th aircraft, partner nations have agreed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A long-awaited transfer of Polish and Slovakian MiGs will help restore Ukrainian air force capacity, but they add few needed capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Slovakia will send 13 Mikoyan MiG-29s to refresh a combat-scarred Ukrainian air force fleet, adding to up to 24 Fulcrum fighters committed by Poland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The incident over the Black Sea comes after a string of unsafe encounters reported by U.S. and UK military aircraft since October.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Sikorsky is working with Leonardo Helicopters to evaluate its X2 coaxial rigid-rotor compound helicopter technology for application to an emerging Italian Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO has received information on Boeing’s E-7, Northrop Grumman’s E-2 Hawkeye and Saab’s GlobalEye as it considers an interim AEW platform.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy challenged the UK Royal Navy’s carrier strike group during its deployment to the Pacific in 2021, an Airbus official says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
European military views on the need for high-speed rotorcraft are in stark contrast to those held in the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The German Army is drastically changing the scope of its planned procurement for a Light Utility Helicopter, instead focusing on light attack missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO procurement officials hope to secure two or three design configurations for the alliance's Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof has voiced concerns about potential airspace disruption caused by the largest deployment exercise in NATO’s history.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
NATO members are expected to agree to increase defense spending as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown a greater need to invest in militaries.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark and Sweden have become the latest signatories to a NATO initiative to overcome potential gaps in the alliance’s ground-based air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have flown a tailless uncrewed aircraft system using active flow control for maneuvering.
Advanced Air Mobility