Defense

By Robert Wall
Switzerland says it plans to buy Leonardo Tactical Multi-Mission Radar systems to plug an air surveillance gap in its network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The U.S. government shutdown may not have kicked off until the end of Q3, but its effects will be a common thread in upcoming defense earnings discussions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s long tech collaboration with KAI could see development of a military variant of the high-speed X2 rotorcraft platform, a Lockheed exec says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
South Korea awarded L3Harris a contract to deliver the new Phoenix airborne early warning and control aircraft based on a Bombardier bizjet and an IAI radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A product 30 years in the making passed a real-world evaluation with flying colors and now is set to enter Israel’s air and missile defense architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has confirmed it has been selected to develop a conceptual design of Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan will spend NT$44.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to scale up manufacturing of uncrewed aircraft systems and become an Asia-Pacific drone production hub by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
South Korea has come under concerted pressure from Trump to increase defense spending and to raise contributions toward the U.S. military footprint there.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
India says it has inaugurated a third production line for the Tejas Mk. 1-A and is also scaling up its production of Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40s.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force, faced with ongoing readiness issues across much of its fleet, has issued a call to aircraft owners who are near bases to help out.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The European Union has given the go-ahead to the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) European Defense Industry Program aimed at supporting local industry and Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Earth-observation company Planet is projecting 20% sales growth in the medium term as governments bolster access to imagery and related data from space.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Planet a $12.8 million contract to provide AI-enabled maritime domain capabilities.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The industrial partners working on the Eurodrone uncrewed aircraft system have completed its critical design review.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish government has finally confirmed it will soon take delivery of surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules from the UK, after a long process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has joined the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is in discussions with city and state officials in California over potential sales of its Super Puma family of helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Commission is proposing four flagship programs in the latest step the European Union is taking to bolster its defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spanish defense electronics firm Indra has developed an in-house flight-testing capability supporting the development of a combat cloud network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Japan’s IHI has placed an order for four SAR satellites from Iceye as part of a first step to build a constellation of Earth-imaging spacecraft.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
ESA is closely looking at the ramifications for its own activities of a potential merger for the satellite businesses of Airbus, Leonardo and Thales.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army plans to match the 18-month acceleration for the schedule to field the baseline version of the Bell MV-75 tiltrotor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is reversing course on a major plan to change its modernization process by not standing up a new command.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is planning to ramp up production of its new H160 twin-engine medium rotorcraft to up to 60 aircraft a year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris says the company will try to sell the OA-1K Sky Warden to the Israeli Air Force.
Light Attack and Advanced Training