Defense

Europe is a market transformed in terms of demand, but the task remains of beefing up the local defense industrial base, long accustomed to anaemic orders.

Portugal has agreed to buy an SAR satellite from Iceye, becoming the latest European state to invest in building up its military Earth-observation capability.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury signals talks among his company, Thales and Leonardo to combine satellite operations may drag into 2026.

LEO satellite constellation startup Muon Space completed a $146 million Series B funding round that includes $89.5 million in new capital.

The trinational engine effort aims to bring adaptive-cycle power and propulsion to the Future Combat Air System fighter.

While Trump rattles alliances, Europe is betting big on U.S. jets while keeping its own in play.

Europe rushes to make more defense equipment from electronics to missiles.

The June 24-25 NATO summit and Trump’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9 are casting dark foreshadowings over this year’s air show.

In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.

The U.S. Air Force has issued a “Notice of Intent to Award” a contract to fission power startup Oklo.

The Bell MV-75 is significantly too heavy, putting some of its planned mission capabilities at moderate risk, a new report says.

The Pentagon’s expected low funding request for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX will bankroll designs of the fighter aircraft to completion.

The Italian Air Force has begun to transition pilot training from the Aermacchi MB-339 to the new Leonardo M-345.

UK defense spending is on a “clear path” to rise to 2.6% of GDP by 2027.

A fleet of land-based Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes could be acquired in fiscal 2026 to backstop the proposed cancellation of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails.

Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.

JetZero has selected Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the manufacturing and final assembly site for its BWB aircraft.

RTX and the U.S. Navy are starting to explore new applications and host aircraft for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band technology domestically and abroad.

Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Trump administration’s vacillations are pushing up defense budgets and military industry hopes in Europe.

Airbus Helicopters has branded its modular crewed-uncrewed teaming (CUC-T) capabilities for rotorcraft, marketing it as HTeaming.

A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.

The U.S. Air Force’s first Boeing E-7A Wedgetail prototypes are facing delays due to rework early in their builds.

The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.

Turkey has secured its first export order for its indigenous Kaan combat aircraft after Indonesia signed a deal to acquire 48 examples of the fighter.

If all the speculation in early February is to be believed, Morocco could soon become the first Arab and African nation to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35. Alan Warnes reports.