Defense

Taiwan has long sought to incorporate a fifth-generation capability into its fighter fleet, but the efforts have thus far been unsuccessful.

The U.S. Air Force is only set, for now, to pair Collaborative Combat Aircraft with the Lockheed Martin F-22.

An official new report lays out the U.S. Air Force plan to comply with minimum fighter force levels set by Congress fiscal 2030.

The U.S. Air Force plans to phase out older F-35s instead of upgrading them to the Block 4 standard.

CEO: Airbus is committed to supporting Germany and Spain on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program even if France drops out.

Key Republican lawmakers are criticizing a Pentagon move to substantially reduce the American troop presence in Eastern Europe.

Boeing says it is keeping pace on key defense programs amid an ongoing strike, but machinists counter that there are ongoing impacts to key fighter programs.

Australia-based Hypersonix raised A$46 million ($30million) in a Series A round for various activities.

Leonardo DRS reported a jump in sales as CEO Bill Lynn announced he would exit the business at year-end.

Spanish ministers have approved funding for the acquisition of a fleet of Turkish Aerospace Industries Hurjet trainers and an associated training system.

The Defense Ministry is looking to set up a single unit to manage its satellites, creating an opportunity for closer cooperation between ISR and satcoms programs.

China has conducted the first flight of a new advanced jet trainer, with photos circulating online showing the twin-engine aircraft airborne and on the ground.

Lacking a strong local workforce, the UAE’s Edge Group turns to robotics and automation to scale production and expand its portfolio.

In the issue dated June 16, 1980 we published an article about modernizing strategic forces. Our writer, Clarence A. Robinson, Jr. said that the U.S. was moving into an era of growing Soviet Union strategic nuclear weapons predominance.

Should Textron Aviation Defense win the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program, the company will assemble the Beechcraft M-346N in Kansas.

A UK firm is adapting tech developed for smartphones and driverless automobiles to provide the navigational accuracy for a new generation of low-cost munitions.

The U.S. Army has picked AEVEX’s Atlas to advance as its initial Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR) system following a series of demonstrations this year.

Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.

Hill Helicopters has further delayed a planned first engine run of its independently developed GT50 turbine powerplant.

The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.

With ambitions to become the “LAX of spaceports,” Vandenberg SFB is preparing for a new launch era.

Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.

Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.

Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.

Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.