Finland and Norway have made substantial increases to their annual defense budgets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

GE Aviation will develop and test a megawatt-class hybrid-electric powerplant under a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory that will further develop technologies applicable to Future Vertical Lift, GE says.

Online photos and video on April 3 confirmed the destruction of the first Russian Air Force Su-35S fighter during the five-week-old invasion of Ukraine.

Consortia led by Airbus and Boeing are welcoming contracts from NATO to undertake risk-reduction studies for a future surveillance system that will replace the alliance’s fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning aircraft in the 2030s.

Footage published online appears to show two Ukrainian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters striking the storage site with unguided rockets.  

In an unexpected move, the Australian defense department has announced that it has scrapped its General Atomics (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian armed UAS program, known as Project Air 7003. 

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) on March 31 announced it has picked David Norquist, the former deputy defense secretary, to be its next president and CEO.

The U.S. Air Force says its next-generation combat search-and-rescue helicopter has begun initial operational test and evaluation, just days after the service announced it intends to reduce the overall fleet of the aircraft.