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By Steve Trimble
Boeing will start integration work on a major self-defense upgrade for the U.S. and Australian P-8A Poseidon aircraft against missile attacks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems’ FalconWorks has teamed up with Turkish defense electronics firm Tualcom to explore collaboration on autonomous technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The UK has launched a long-awaited tender to replace the BAE Systems Hawks jet trainers used for advanced training and by the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
A new last line of defense is being developed to defeat incoming missiles that threaten airlifters and tankers in flight.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The next-generation combat aircraft landscape in Europe remains in flux amid potentially shifting industrial arrangements and timelines.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is kicking off a decade-long program for testing and training infrastructure, and has tapped 15 companies for the contractor pool.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace supplied composite flight structures for BAE’s Brontanax CCA ahead of planned 2027 flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems aims to power on its FCAD demonstrator in 2027 ahead of flight testing in 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A second UK-designed collaborative combat aircraft design has emerged to compete for the Royal Air Force’s emerging Storm Fighter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Frankenburg partners with BAE Systems and Roxel to accelerate affordable, mass-produced short-range air defense missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems’ self-funded autonomous aircraft will give the Royal Air Force its first operational experience with collaborative combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, its eagerly awaited collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems compressed 18 months of work to develop a low-cost anti-drone capability for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon into just 42 days, the company has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
An autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) being developed by BAE Systems’ FalconWorks and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is moving toward flight testing next year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Edgewing begins establishing UK, Italian and Japanese production sites while advancing GCAP fighter and engine development toward production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing is touting its collaboration with BAE Systems and Saab to offer the T-7A for the United Kingdom as evidence of its commitment to local production in Europe.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The U.S. government has given the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to buy a large number of BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has lifted the veil on a new-generation, helmet-mounted sight demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
South Korea’s plans to upgrade its Boeing F-15Es with the BAE Systems ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) are advancing under a contract for delivery of the system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
With funding as well as demonstrators taking shape and new partners waiting in the wings, GCAP is moving from ambition to reality.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is conceptualizing how to control and direct CCAs in battle using the wide-area display planned for the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy has demonstrated the launch of the Nyan one-way attack drone from a ship.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Development of the combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is set to accelerate after prime contractor Edgewing was awarded a £4.6 billion contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
An air-launched self-defense weapon for tankers is now under study by four companies selected by the USAF for the first phase of a new acquisition program.
Aircraft & Propulsion