Defense

The new UK Strategic Defense Review is clear on threats and what is needed to deal with them, but opaque on how and when these measures will be funded.

Australia has entered a cooperative program with the U.S. for the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile, paving the way for domestic production capabilities.

A Royal Netherlands Air Force report urges “targeted interventions” to keep Joint Strike Fighter pilots healthy.

Heading into the Paris Air Show, Accenture’s John Schmidt and Joyce Kline delve into defense, supply chain and next-level manufacturing.

Leidos and Frequency Electronics have teamed to develop a quantum sensor to help with aerial navigation in places where GPS signals are not available.

The U.S. Air Force has formally stood up a new unit charged with figuring out how to best operate upcoming Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

AIRBUS has contract to equip 23 Luftwaffe A400Ms with DIRCM protection systems, supplied by ELBIT SYSTEMS, by 2032.

A system that can locate a target cellphone at ranges of up to 20 km has become the primary sensor for Norway’s search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters.

The bill would mandate ADS-B In for U.S commercial aircraft operating scheduled service four years and narrow current exemptions used in military flying.

Indonesia has added China’s Chengdu J-10 multirole fighter to its expanding list of prospective combat aircraft.

Testing has begun in France on a flat-panel active electronically scanned array radar for the new Airbus H160M Guepard helicopters for its armed forces.

Canada, Denmark, Norway and Poland have joined a NATO project to increase flight training capacity and reduce reliance on facilities in the U.S.

Denmark, Finland and Sweden have signed a declaration of intent to join NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet.

Pakistan says it will purchase the Chinese-made J-35 combat aircraft.

A NATO ambition for member states to spend 5% of their GDP on defense will be on the agenda when the heads of member governments convene later this month.

Germany has awarded Airbus a contract to equip 23 A400M transport aircraft with Elbit Systems' directed infrared countermeasures system.

Attacking enemy airfields is a decades-old military objective, but new drone technology and special warfare tactics amplify the threat.

The Boeing AH-64E has already shaped the attack helicopter market considerably in a relatively brief time on the world stage, and 254 are already in operation with non-U.S. militaries.

Anduril’s valuation soared to $30.5 billion after the high-flying defense technology startup raised $2.5 billion in a Series G round led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

The U.S. Air Force's top officer saying the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon is expected to get procurement funding.

X-Bow Systems is the latest erstwhile launch startup to sharpen its focus on missile defense.

The German parliament’s budget committee has given the green light for the country to acquire Kongsberg Joint Strike Missiles.

Dassault Aviation has signed several agreements with Tata Advanced Systems for the Indian company to build Rafale fuselages in India.

The Royal Thai Air Force’s use of the Saab Gripen E/F in exercises involving foreign air forces—such as China’s—appears subject to certain limitations.

Canadian politicians’ past promises to bolster defense spending underdelivered, but this time may be different.