Taiwan

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. has approved the sale of F-16 and APG-83 SABR radar spares totaling $320 million to Taiwan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwanese manufacturers in SpaceX’s supply chain are shifting some satellite component production to Southeast Asia, driven by business and geopolitics.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
America’s defense industrial base is straining to meet rising demand for weapons systems driven by a worsening threat environment from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has grounded its fleet of Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys following a hard landing incident.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of Nasams and two additional air defense radar systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taipei is scaling back its industrial ambitions in ending its pursuit of a homegrown fifth-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Co-production with allies and partners is increasingly intertwined with U.S. efforts to revitalize the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan is scrapping its Advanced Defense Fighter program, saying the country’s military primes do not possess sufficiently matured technologies to proceed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The MOU was signed during a trip to Taiwan this week by an Oklahoma delegation led by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Washington will reportedly in 2025 assess Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology's capabilities to assemble Raytheon FIM-92 Stingers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is eager to position the Sooner State as a high-tech manufacturing hub.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The ministry of defense said the Rocket Force launched an ICBM carrying a dummy warhead on Sept. 25 at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry says the unit was established Feb. 1, but its existence was not revealed until Sept. 18.
Supply Chain

By Craig Caffrey
While Taiwan's defense spending has been rising in recent years, officials have acknowledged that next year will represent the peak of Taipei's defense spending—at least in the medium term.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Garrett Reim
The state of California has granted Archer Aviation a tax exclusion for the expansion of its battery and electric motor production facility in San Jose.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s GlobalWafers will be awarded up to $400 million to boost advanced semiconductor silicon wafer production in the U.S.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration is accelerating delivery of the much-needed interceptors by moving Ukraine to the front of the line.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department approved Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 loitering munitions from both AeroVironment and Anduril.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwan Air Force plans to upgrade the avionics on its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan has conducted the first live firing of the ground-launched variant of the Tien Chien II (TC-2) missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
After observing the battlefield effectiveness of UAS in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has shared plans to improve its uncrewed capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion