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The U.S. Air Force has outlined two new updates to its Boeing C-17 airlifter fleet

The decade-long demand outlook for military aircraft has jumped 30% over the past year, reaching $250 billion.

In the two years since our last analysis of the Swedish Air Force, Sweden has achieved several objectives aimed at modernizing its air capabilities.

Lawmakers in the compromise fiscal 2026 defense policy bill are authorizing an increase to the Pentagon’s budget beyond the White House’s request.

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

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Merlin Labs appears on track to launch into certification flight testing early next year for a modified Cessna Caravan with autonomous flight capability.

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are in the midst of a series of upgrades to the MQ-4 Triton uncrewed aircraft fleet.

Astronautics has been selected to supply the complete avionics system for U.S. startup Radia’s planned WindRunner ultralarge cargo aircraft.

The U.S. Navy’s new multi-engine trainer reached initial operational capability (IOC) in May, the service announced June 9.

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A monthslong drama is playing out mostly behind the scenes over the future of South America's largest active fighter deal.

California firefighting agencies dispatched scores of aircraft to battle wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area.

The UAV is based on Silent Arrow’s autonomous GD-2000 cargo glider drone.

The early planning comes as the service is standing up its new Integrated Capabilities Command to look across its mission sets for new acquisition programs.

Australia is working to modernize, upgrade, and strengthen its strategic capabilities across the spectrum of its missions and the work is beginning to show.

Argentina’s defense spending has shrunk as a percentage of GDP in the last few years, requiring its operational needs to be met primarily through purchases of second-hand aircraft.

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All three parties—including Leidos-owned Dynetics—followed the same path to introduce the GBU-69 Small Glide Munition (SGM) nearly a decade ago.

A key element of the ROKAF's force strengthening is the commitment to deploying the its growing fighter fleet alongside attritable uncrewed aircraft that will serve as loyal wingmen and force multipliers.

About 40% of the aircraft fleet operated by Royal Jordanian Air Force are second-hand aircraft and more than two decades old, but regardless the service has been working to overhaul its main fleets.

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The Taiwan Air Force plans to upgrade the avionics on its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules aircraft.