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The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.

After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.

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

Ukrainian pilots will fly Lockheed Martin F-16s in the country’s skies this summer as the official handover is underway.

The U.S. has reportedly offered a loan to the Royal Thai Air Force to acquire a fleet of F-16 Block 70s in a bid to trump Sweden's competing JAS-39 Gripen offer.

The Pentagon did not release a timeline for completing the transition at either base.

The first donated Lockheed Martin fighters could arrive as early as this summer.

A wave of new orders and investments in capabilities is giving Eurofighter a “golden moment.”

The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.

U.S. Air Force officials warn that resource constraints and shifting requirements put the Next Generation Air Dominance program’s existence at risk.

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. and U.S. uncrewed systems company AEVEX have signed a memorandum geared toward the manufacturing of UAS.

Readers write about the B-21 as a tanker, the F-16’s reclined seat, redesigning the F-35, B-2 sightings and airline ancillary fees.

The targeting pod failed within two months of use, Danish auditors said, and in some cases did not pass its first test.

Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo has confirmed the country will supply 30 F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine, but they may not arrive this year.

The U.S. Air Force needs to prioritize Ukrainian pilots over those from other nations for F-16 training, lawmakers argue.

The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.

A USAF F-16C crashed shortly after takeoff in South Korea in 2023 after power outages caused a series of failures to instruments in the aircraft’s cockpit.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation could maintain U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s and Boeing F-15s based in Japan.

The conflict in Ukraine is reshaping Poland’s air force, but the service is facing challenges as it grows.

The House Armed Services Committee is expressing concern about progress with the Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat for the U.S. Air Force.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has revealed it is advancing development of a second prototype of the Kaan indigenous combat aircraft.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force has suffered its first F-16 write-off since 2004 after a Lockheed Martin F-16 Blk. 52 crashed shortly after takeoff.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on May 2 flew on a highly modified version of the Lockheed Martin F-16 that was operated by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent.

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