Lockheed Martin F-16

Thailand’s fighter decision shifts focus to the Philippines and Colombia in Saab’s drive to bolster the Gripen E/F orderbook.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's announcement offers the first confirmation that a small batch of F-16s delivered to Ukraine in July are flying combat missions.

The service also highlighted the RTAF’s autonomy in employing the Swedish fighter without the country of origin’s permission.

The electronic warfare mission support tasks for the Ukrainian F-16s donated by the Netherlands and Denmark are being “onboarded” as a new FMS case.

The U.S. Air Force has released a “sources-sought” notice for the Next-Generation Ejection Seat, a program currently reserved for the Collins-made ACES 5.

The Royal Thai Air Force's decision on its next fighter aircraft could be forced into a holding pattern after lawmakers appointed a new prime minister.

Sweden’s Defense Material Administration, known as FMV, could have personnel in Ukraine this fall.

Bulgaria operates one of the smallest military aircraft fleets in Europe, but the modernization of key capabilities is underway to respond to the worsening security situation in Eastern Europe and in the Black Sea.

The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.

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

Several aircraft from a batch delivered at the end of July were on display at an event and in online imagery marking Ukraine’s Air Force Day on Aug. 4.

The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.

The F-16 training school set up in Romania has graduated its first students but has yet to train Ukrainian pilots.

The financing deal would help fund a “once-in-a-generation investment” in the Filipino armed forces, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in Manila.

“The big thing here is this is a start to getting Ukraine into Western equipment [and] Western tactics," U.S. Air Force Gen. James Hecker says.

Northrop Grumman is getting ready for flight trials of the new F-16 electronic warfare suite it is hoping to sell to users of the fighter abroad.

Lockheed Martin has announced a series of offset items for Thailand should it choose the F-16 Blk. 70/72 package.

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.

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.