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Major events in aerospace and defense during 2024.

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The service on Dec. 2 released images of an F-16 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida, releasing the weapon over the Gulf of Mexico.

The U.S. has approved the sale of F-16 and APG-83 SABR radar spares totaling $320 million to Taiwan.

Aircraft that had been earmarked for upgrade to the F-16V standard will now be upgraded by Turkish Aerospace Industries.

Haddad’s fiscal moves follow a late-September alert by Fitch Ratings.

Sweden is looking to donate up to 14 Saab Gripens to Ukraine but will not be able to do so until transfers there of Lockheed Martin F-16s have been completed.

Romania has become the latest European country to sign for the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield system passed a safety of flight check, clearing the system for flight tests to begin “soon” and deliveries to start in late 2025.

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

Argentina signed a $300 million agreement on April 16 for the two dozen F-16A/B Block 15 fighters from Denmark.

Bulgaria becomes the third air force to clear a first flight event for Lockheed F-16 Block 70s, following Bahrain and Slovakia.

U.S. refusal to sell the F-35 to Taiwan, and the subsequent failure of the country’s indigenous Advanced Defense Fighter, has reshaped Taipei’s thinking in the face of continued Chinese encroachment.

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

Taipei is scaling back its industrial ambitions in ending its pursuit of a homegrown fifth-generation fighter.

The software upgrade enables the flight computer to intervene to prevent potentially fatal crashes.

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

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.

U.S. Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement that initial testing has been completed and the Navy will continue to test updates as necessary.

Oslo says it is also spending additional money to improve the aircraft’s availability.

The Netherlands has become the second nation in the Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine to deliver aircraft into the war-torn country.

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Block 50s finished the month with 45 flight hours with the ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) aboard.

Lockheed is not giving up on the Royal Thai Air Force F-16A/B replacement program, despite the service already saying it has selected the Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen.