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Sep 10, 2020
U.S. Air Force thinks a software development shift will drive combat aircraft advances and change the defense industry business model.
Sep 09, 2020
British Typhoon AESA radar derisked through programs such as ARTS and Bright Adder.
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. agency is expanding partnerships, adding new weather-monitoring technologies and moving to cloud-based data services.
Sep 09, 2020
After decades of fundamental research, AFRL readies rotating detonation engine concepts for potential missile, engine and rocket roles.
Sep 08, 2020
Next-gen three-stream combat engines signal the dawn of a new era in jet development.

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Nov 30, 2022
The milestone approval keeps the Saab Gripen E on track to enter service next year with the Brazilian Air Force and in 2025 with the Swedish Air Force.
Nov 30, 2022
First delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft to the RAF has been pushed back 12 months.
Nov 30, 2022
Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.
Nov 29, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force’s flight training pipeline is being stressed by queues of personnel waiting to reach the front line, industry officials involved in the U
Nov 29, 2022
The U.S. is looking at all its options to help with Ukraine’s air defense, including possibly Patriot missile systems, as Russia appears unlikely to relent in its constant attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, senior officials say.
Nov 29, 2022
Bulgaria’s government has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the Foreign Military Sale of a second batch of Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s.
Nov 29, 2022
A senior Airbus UK official says the UK Royal Air Force’s A400M airlifters are now delivering on target availability after months of questions about whether the turboprop airlifter would be ready to take on the missions of the RAF’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules fleet.
Nov 26, 2022
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25.