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

France’s military modernization is ambitious, expansive and well underway, according to data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool.

The Indonesian Defense Ministry has chosen to walk away from its contract to acquire 12 ex-Qatari Mirage 2000-5 citing costs.

Government-backed export campaigns, weapon packages and a clear development road map are steering Rafale to export success.

The Indonesian defense and finance ministries have decided to delay the acquisition of 12 Qatari Dassault Mirage 2000-5s due to “limited fiscal capacity.”

Despite the conflict in Gaza, the Middle East’s military modernization is continuing.

China’s own upgrades are driving other nations in the region toward change.

Edge Group has started feasibility studies of two new guided ballistic missiles for ground- and air-launch platforms.

South Africa’s Paramount Group is seeing strong demand for the upgrade of older Russian-built helicopters.

The ROCAF wants to extend the service lives of nine Mirage 2000-5DI by another 20 years for “strategic and risk-hedging reasons.”

Indonesia is considering acquiring more secondhand Mirage 2000s from the United Arab Emirates as stop-gap fighters as it waits for its new Dassault Rafale Cs.

Indonesia's acquisition of 12 Dassault Mirage 2000-5 aircraft from Qatar is reportedly worth $734.5 million.

The country’s latest military programming law was presented to the Council of Ministers on April 4.

Among the lessons the French Air and Space Force has learned from the war in Ukraine is the importance of suppressing enemy air defenses.