RIAT Day 2 2024

“The big thing here is this is a start to getting Ukraine into Western equipment [and] Western tactics," U.S. Air Force Gen. James Hecker says.

Ukraine is transitioning to the “correct side of the cost curve” in its ongoing battle to deal with Russian one-way attack UAS, a senior USAF official says.

Frank Kendall has cast an ongoing, fundamental review of the need for a Next Generation Air Dominance Platform as a necessary step before awarding a contract of such magnitude.

The Pentagon is still withholding some payments to Lockheed Martin for F-35s, despite deliveries resuming with a limited number of new jets making their way to U.S. forces.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the U.S. Air Force and Boeing have agreed to cost terms on production of E-7A Wedgetail prototypes.

Boeing says it expects to deliver the KC-46’s new remote vision system in April 2026, placing a new target date on the long-awaited upgrade.

A new engine war is brewing for the MQ-9 Reaper after GA-ASI flew a second engine type onboard the UAS earlier this month.

The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office (RCO) has acquired its own flight test asset to trial new capabilities and technologies.

The UK Royal Air Force plans to trial augmented reality technology.

Blades of the first ducted fan thruster in the hybrid propulsion system are “spinning as we speak,” GA-ASI President David Alexander said.

A Northrop spokesman did not immediately respond to Alexander’s statements.

The U.S. Navy plans to buy active expendable BriteCloud decoys from Leonardo to improve the self-protection equipment of the F-35.

Listen in as editors unpack why long-range missiles in Europe and deterrence are back on the national security agenda.

Gen. David Allvin says software advancements make it possible to have the independent systems work together in a way that does not affect security.

“It’s not right for me to prejudge what might happen in the defense review,” UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard says.

“Our spending on defense is too low and ineffective ... We must invest more in high-end defense capabilities,” says EU President Ursula von der Leyen.