Boeing F-15

With Navy acquisition programs already in a “mess,” the Pentagon is skeptical about adding a second sixth-generation fighter onto a strained defense industry.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense has not formalized a contract with Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Kaan next-generation fighter program.

A St. Louis factory expansion to support full-rate production of the Boeing F-47 fighter will see its first facilities open in 2026, the contractor said.

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

A Senate version of the $150 billion proposal to increase defense spending would add more money to select aircraft programs on top of a House-passed proposal.

The U.S. Air Force’s nascent attempt to field a low-cost, long-range air-to-air missile is targeting integration on its Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force will base 21 Boeing F-15EXs at an Air National Guard base in Michigan.

A Boeing F-15C has completed the final flight by the aircraft’s active-duty fleet, marking 46 years of operational service by the twin-engine fighter.

The combat aircraft that emerges from the trinational Global Combat Air Program could have twice the payload of the F-35A, Royal Air Force officials say.

The upgrade to the BAE Systems F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) surfaced in a social media post.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Washington has cleared the way for Japan to acquire more extended-range Lockheed Martin AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM-ER).

Boeing F-15s are getting anti-ship standoff weapons as the Air Force looks to use machine learning to improve tracking of targets at sea.

LRASM is already integrated on the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancer and the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

Syria returns to the headlines after a bloody year of conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies.

The Senate passed the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 85-14.

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration has approved an F-15K upgrade plan in the midst of political turmoil.

Korean Air Aerospace Division provides depot level maintenance for the ROKAF F-15.

New Zealand spaceplane developer Dawn Aerospace has flown its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft supersonically for the first time.

Israel’s F-15 acquisition aligns closely with the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast’s conclusions regarding acquisitions across the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming decade.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense signed the $5.2 billion order for 25 F-15IA fighters, with deliveries beginning in 2031.

Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.

The Pentagon’s new F-35 fleet did not meet any of its mission capable targets over the six-year span.

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