Defense

A UK government decision to wrestle financial control of the Global Combat Air Program away from the defense ministry may place the trinational fighter program on firmer financial footing.

DARPA is exploring options for installing tactical high-energy laser systems on Collaborative Combat Aircraft and ground vehicles for self-defense.

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.

Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.

Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.

Lockheed Martin is ready to begin production of the future interceptor, with design review and full test expected this year.

Now 75, the company trains tens of thousands of pilots, technicians and professionals from business, commercial, military and government aviation every year.

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The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.

Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System

The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.

The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.

The U.S. Navy has dramatically raised the cost ceiling for its next-generation trainer after a request for proposals spurred doubts.

A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.

The DOD is proposing broad cuts to its global cooperation funding in its fiscal 2027 budget request to align with Trump's “America First” focus.

Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.

Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.

The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.

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NATO is looking to enhance the functionality of the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program.

Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.

The U.S. Air Force says it is preparing for the production and sustainment phase of a program developing a Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) bomb.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.

Saab has rolled out the first of eight two-seat F-39F Gripen fighters ordered by the Brazilian air force at the company’s original final assembly line.