Austria has finally signed a deal with Leonardo for a new fleet of 12 M-346 jet trainers and equipment worth $1.5 billion to replace its Saab 105 trainers.
A company successfully demonstrated a distributed passive sensor array that could help to mitigate interference caused by wind turbines on UK defense radars.
European emergency service aircraft operator Avincis has teamed with De Havilland Aircraft on support initiatives for the CL-215 and CL-415 water bombers.
The integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile onto the CTOL Lockheed Martin F-35 has advanced, with ground-based testing beginning.
The U.S. is looking at options to increase its supply of tungsten, a mineral crucial to the defense industry, more so after Chinese export restrictions.
Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.
Taiwan's AIDC and Vantor Technologies signed an agreement at I/ITSEC 2025 to work to improve the ability of military drones to navigate GPS-denied environments.
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has set a goal of acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones by 2028, positing major price drops as production ramps up.
