Defense

The Royal Norwegian Air Force is claiming a hit rate of 94% for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (Nasams) deployed in Ukraine.

SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh says there are several contractual protections to ensure industry does not take a bath on the multi-billion-dollar project.

Iran’s Air Force has for the first time the demonstrated combat capabilities of its Russian-made Yak-130 trainers.

The Pentagon will likely increase its focus and spending on systems that so far have yet to show many tangible results.

The Senate on Feb. 25 confirmed Daniel Driscoll to be the secretary of the U.S. Army by a vote of 66-28.

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) believes it may need multiple types to replace its Bell CH-146 Griffons.

The Cicada was first unveiled at the IDEX defense expo in Abu Dhabi.

The RNZA said the final unit was delivered in late 2024 and will be used by the artillery’s 16th field regiment.

The move comes as the RMAF awaits Washington’s approval of the transfer of Kuwaiti F/A-18C/Ds.

Forty companies responded to a request for information (RFI) issued by the service last October.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has firmed up UK government plans to increase military spending, putting a deadline on the goal of putting 2.5% of GDP into defense.

The Agency of Defense Development and Korean Air Aerospace Division have unveiled South Korea’s first CCA prototype, the Low Observable Wingman UAV System.

Singapore’s defense budget is increasing by double digits for the fourth time in five years as it responds to a deteriorating global security environment.

The mission system upgrades installed at Cecil Field, Florida, are known bureaucratically as the Increment 3, Block 2 version of the P-8.

HMS Lancaster, a Type 23 frigate, has put the Peregrine rotorcraft, a Schiebel S-100 uncrewed helicopter, into operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman.

PRATT & WHITNEY completed Detailed Design Review (DDR) for its XA103 adaptive cycle engine for USAF's Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program; prototype engine is expected to begin testing in late 2020s.

Jeff Shockey to Executive VP-Government Operations, Global Public Policy & Corporate Strategy of Boeing, Arlington, VA.

The country’s defense materiel agency, FMV, has been commissioned to acquire the missile from Germany.

Airbus finds itself in this position because the A400M backlog is dwindling.

Danish government officials say the funding will be used for “new acquisitions, personnel and construction work.”

An air-launched variant of the HF-3 anti-ship missile broke cover after an AIDC F-CK-1 fighter jet was photographed carrying a pair at an unspecified airbase.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is continuing to modernise, with its Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar currently studying several options. Because, as he said at the 2024 NAF Training, Operations and Safety Seminar on December 4 in Abuja: “We have to rise to the threats posed by insurgency, terrorism and bandits.”

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Baykar unveils the TB2T-AI, an upgrade to its best-selling TB2 uncrewed air system.

President Trump said he was removing Chairman Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.—the same general he picked to lead the U.S. Air Force during his first term.