Defense

Taiwan’s military will procure 48,750 drones over the next two years from domestic manufacturers, according to a government tender notice published this week.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has revealed the redesign of its 12-metric-ton T925 utility helicopter.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has received the first major government order for the Gokbey utility helicopter, securing a deal for 57 from the military.

The Australian Defense Force on July 25 fired its first Lockheed Martin PrSM missile, as it continues the induction of its new Himars capability.

Turkish technology company Havelsan and Romania-based technology company Karel Europe have signed an MoU to develop solutions based on advanced technologies in the defence sector aiming to provide integrated, high-tech solutions to meet the needs of the Romanian defence industry.

India says it has begun test firings of an indigenously developed air-to-ground missile from a quadcopter.

The Pentagon has awarded RTX a $32.5 million contract to set the stage for full-rate production of the U.S. Marine Corps medium-range intercept capability.

Washington has given the green light to a potential $4.67 billion deal to supply the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (Nasams) to Egypt.

An F-35B damaged 2.5 years ago during a crash landing will be fixed and returned to the fleet, says the Air National Guard pilot who ejected from the aircraft.

Work is progressing on the UK’s big delta-wing fighter demonstrator, designed to derisk development of the trinational Global Combat Air Program.

Electric seagliders could enable distributed, stealthy operations across the Indo-Pacific theater.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Defunding the Boeing E-7A program would present considerable technical and operational risk for the U.S.

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In total, nearly 150 more Bayrkatar TB2 UAVs are expected to enter service in the coming decade.

Adm. Daryl Caudle, the nominee to be the U.S. Navy's next Chief of Naval Operations, has warned against not proceeding with the F/A-XX fighter program.

Turkish Aerospace is hoping to be on contract as soon as September for the first major sale of the company’s Hurjet advanced jet trainer to Spain.

L3Harris is “at an inflection point” following a strong second quarter and the release of the fiscal 2026 budget request, CEO Chris Kubasik said.

Spire Global is expanding its space systems offering to detect radio frequency signals, including efforts to disrupt global navigation satellite services such as GPS.

South Korea has identified MUM-T as a critical enabler for future attack helicopter operations, as KAI's Marine Attack Helicopter continues validation trials.

The Royal Thai Air Force has deployed six Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighter jets in response to cross-border rocket and artillery attacks by Cambodian forces.

L3Harris has agreed to work with Italian electronic warfare specialist ELT Group on a multi-sensor test site in Italy.

The World Defense Show (WDS) has already secured 90% of its exhibitor space for its upcoming 2026 edition.

Turkish technology company Havelsan and UAE-based defence company Calidus have signed an agreement to develop advanced training systems tailored to the B-250 light attack aircraft.

Airbus has kicked off flight trials of the militarized version of the H160 helicopter in development for the French Armed Forces.