Defense

The importance of UAVs in Taiwan's security and related export opportunities are emphasized in the island's new Quadrennial Defense Review.

Industry is being asked by the U.S. Air Force to submit ideas for a new countermeasure system that can defeat infrared-guided missiles and air vehicles.

North Korea has revealed its new Ilyushin Il-76-based airborne early warning and control aircraft and a larger variant of the Saetbyol-4 high-altitude UAS.

According to data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool, combined open requirements for training aircraft of all mission types total an eye-opening 1,051 aircraft.

The RAAF this year plans to recommend to its government how to move forward on fielding CCAs, with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat "a very strong contender."

The Royal Australian Air Force has taken the first steps to explore how to replace its fleet of BAE Systems Hawk training aircraft.

Industry could be making production problems worse by not managing risk well.

A first briefing on the Global Combat Air Program has been received by the Royal Australian Air Force.

Lockheed Martin is seeing signs that supply chain pressure on solid rocket motors is easing.

A potential sale of the General Atomics’ MQ-9B uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to Qatar has been approved by the U.S. State Department.

The fifth edition of the French Air & Space Force’s AsterX space exercise is focusing on integration with other forces.

Manufacturer Leonardo Helicopters is discussing with Portugal a potential midlife upgrade of the country's EH/AW101 search and rescue helicopters.

PRINCIPLE FINANCE has acquired two Challenger 650s from Bombardier Defense ISR missions in Australia from 2026.

Sustainability and decarbonization were front and center at the two-day “Airbus Summit” held in Toulouse on March 24-25.

New export controls have been unveiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce aimed at curbing China’s development of advanced military technology and capabilities.

Pilatus says it has struck an agreement with Lockheed Martin to pursue an F-35-focused upgrade to the training system built around its PC-21.

Australia expects to use a series of demos with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA this year to define its investment plan for such a capability, an official says.

Anduril is trying to interest the Royal Australian Air Force in its Fury CCA and would consider local production, the company's president says.

Lockheed Martin is in advanced stages of identifying where it plans to put a weapons production site in Europe as it scales up output, a company official says.

The service is sending students to pilot-training schools before they fly on Air Force trainers in a bid to address the lingering pilot shortage.

The ability of an Aegis guided missile destroyer to detect, track and intercept a maneuvering hypersonic missile has been demonstrated in a simulated test.

The next country to join NATO’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit could be Denmark.

Gen. Thomas Bussiere is expected to be nominated as the U.S. Air Force's No. 2, Aviation Week has learned.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, its strike aircraft and support ships are conducting an exercise off the coast of North Carolina.

As KAI's production facilities are operating at full capacity to deliver South Korea's latest programs, the KT-1 basic trainer line could be offshored.