British intelligence-gathering flights over the Black Sea region were suspended following the incident on Sept. 29, which occurred in international airspace.

The U.S. Navy’s top officer is joining the call for the Pentagon to buy critical weapons in multiyear blocks as opposed to individual fiscal year allotments, saying the practice would give industry the demand signal and support needed to increase its production rates.

A report from Myanmar-based newspaper The Irrawady says that a Burmese group of pilots, technicians and weapons officers has traveled to China to begin training on the Guizhou Aviation Industry Corp-built lead-in jet trainer and light combat aircraft.

Leaders of Lockheed Martin, the top Pentagon provider by annual sales and a bellwether for the Western defense industry, told Wall Street on Oct. 18 that revenue will not grow again in earnest until 2024 when F-35 sustainment, PAC-3 missiles and CH-53K production should ramp up, plus classified work.

As many as 30 former British military pilots are believed to be providing training to China’s People’s Liberation Army.

NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has begun flight trials to enable Saab’s JAS-39 Gripen to be refueled by its Airbus A330 MRTT tankers. 

Austria is to acquire three more Eurofighter Typhoons, new helicopters, airlifters and a ground-based air defense system as part of a dramatic increase in national defense spending.

The runway at De Peel will be renovated so that it can be used for fast-jet operations with plans for around 3,600 movements a year.