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Mar 04, 2025
The Air Force no longer deems a stealthy successor to the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135 necessary for its modernization strategy.
Mar 03, 2025
The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 07, 2025
The late-February request from the Air Force reflects a broader strategy to use government funds to seed investments in future commercial products.
Mar 07, 2025
The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.
Mar 07, 2025
Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
Mar 06, 2025
By 2035 Argentina’s combined air forces will have increased only marginally in terms of overall size, but Buenos Aires will have fortified and modernized its key fleets to a greater degree than the numbers would suggest.
Mar 06, 2025
The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the secretive operational plans for the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Mar 06, 2025
The NSM will replace the U.S.-made Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile that equips the country’s Iver Huitfeldt class frigates.
Mar 06, 2025
Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, critics of Ireland’s near-passive approach to defense have been urging the government to spend more on security.
Mar 06, 2025
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are to work together to capitalize on the global market for uncrewed air systems and loitering munitions.
Mar 04, 2025
Anduril and Zone 5 Technologies have been picked to move to the next phase of the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) program.
Mar 04, 2025
Thales has been contracted to manufacture 5,000 of the laser-guided missiles in a deal worth £1.6 billion ($2 billion).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Mar 07, 2025
The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.
Mar 07, 2025
Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
Mar 06, 2025
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are to work together to capitalize on the global market for uncrewed air systems and loitering munitions.
Mar 04, 2025
The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) initiative was launched in 2024.
Mar 04, 2025
Akinci is one of several platforms envisioned to receive the Murad radar.
Supply chain
Mar 07, 2025
For Hanwha, the investment in Shield AI signals its growing interest in the unmanned aerial systems segment.
Mar 07, 2025
Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
Mar 06, 2025
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are to work together to capitalize on the global market for uncrewed air systems and loitering munitions.
Mar 05, 2025
Trump said that “the CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” characterized by companies “that take our money and they don’t spend it.”
Mar 04, 2025
Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Mar 07, 2025
It was not immediately clear if the move cuts Ukraine off entirely from the electro-optical satellite imagery feed.
Mar 07, 2025
The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.
Mar 07, 2025
Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
Mar 06, 2025
Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, critics of Ireland’s near-passive approach to defense have been urging the government to spend more on security.
Mar 05, 2025
Macron said he wants to “open the strategic debate on protection by our deterrent of our allies from the European continent.”