Defense

The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.

Stockholm wants to raise the defense budget by 13 billion Swedish krona ($1.28 billion), ministers announced Sept. 17.

The company says the funding round gives it enough cash to support R&D and flight testing.

The purchase forms part of the third phase of the country’s F-35 procurement program.

The IDF retired a fleet of Machbet anti-aircraft guns from service about 20 years ago.

The SAR emission detector effort began trying to detect C-band and X-band synthetic aperture signals, says Col. Ludovic Monnerat of the Swiss Armed Forces.

Novaspace projects 3,470 satellites will be built or launched from 2024 through 2033—up from 560 satellites in the 2014-23 period.

European Union President Ursula von der Leyen has named Lithuanian Andrius Kubilius to be the bloc’s first Commissioner for Defense and Space.

In 2024 average defense expenditure among NATO members has surpassed guideline levels for the first time this century.

The demonstration—Toutatis—will comprise the Lisa-1 space situational awareness satellite and the Splinter LEO action satellite to deal with suspicious activities.

Intel's funding comes from the Biden administration’s $52.5 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing.

The limited arrangement has U.S. and Australian personnel flying the Australian-made uncrewed system.

The U.S. Air Force is looking at a new acquisition approach for its future tanker.

Service leaders have said the NGAD fighter competition is on pause.

The missile was unveiled Sept. 16 at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Founded in 2007, Azure is known for its strengths in radio frequency (RF) products.

The Space Development Agency’s first operational satellites are scheduled to launch early next year due to supply chain issues that prevented a 2024 launch.

The UK should consider acquiring U.S.-developed hypersonic weapons until it can fully resource nationally developed weapons, a think tank says.

The sporadic attacks from the east and north of Israel follow a dismal routine.

Poland’s Defense Minister has approved calls from commanders to allow non-commissioned officers to fly the country’s new Boeing Apache attack helicopter fleet.

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even has suggested the RAF's Puma helicopter fleet could fly into the mid-2030s, potentially negating the need for a replacement medium rotorcraft.

Boeing is designing a larger, land-based version of its uncrewed MQ-25 tanker, targeting USAF future refueling plans including topping up CCA in contested airspace.

Chinese state media has hinted that trials have begun of a new carrier-borne fighter, with speculation that Beijing could be referring to the Shenyang J-35.

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