The UK Royal Air Force and the Qatar Emiri Air Force have established a new training unit in the UK, flying the BAE Systems Hawk.

Switzerland has put contracts in place in place for its Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement, but the price tag is almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) higher than when the type was selected.

Japan is bolstering its already record-high defense budget, primarily to accelerate and bolster its air-defense systems and maritime patrol and transport fleets.

The Pentagon on Nov. 19 selected Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle to compete for a multibillion cloud services contract, the next attempt to field the capability after the failed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud contract was canceled.

The U.S. Air Force should rethink plans to retire the MQ-9 Reaper in 2030-35 and consider a plethora of new missions for the unmanned aerial system, an Air Force Association think tank contends.

NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has completed its first 24-hr.-long mission using an RQ-4D Phoenix derivative of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk.

A Swiss parliamentary commission is to examine the decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the country’s next-generation combat aircraft. 

European airlift capability is a key focus in the latest round of projects to be undertaken through the European Union Permanent Structured Cooperation initiative.