Italian Air Force Orders 54 EJ200 Powerplants from EUROJET for Upcoming Eurofighter Batch
EUROJET Turbo GmbH has agreed to deliver up to fifty-four new EJ200 engines for the Italian Air Force’s forthcoming batch of twenty-four…
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F-35 Engine Unit Costs Continue to Grow Even As Production Increases
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has broken from decades of caution. He pledged an extra US $6.6 billion (CA $9 billion) for the Department…
Russia’s Avangard Glide Weapon Reaches Mach 27, Kremlin Claims
Russia says its new Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle slices through air at Mach 27—about 33 000 km/h. Officers call it a “shift point”…
Successful Flight Testing of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator
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The F-35 Fighter Jet, The World’s Costliest Weapons Program, Just Got More Expensive
The Pentagon just raised the F-35 bill again. Numbers inside its fresh acquisition report point to $438 billion for development plus production. Last…
Lockheed’s F-35 Still Falls Short, Pentagon’s Chief Tester Says
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is America’s most expensive weapons project. After fifteen years in development, the jet is still not ready for the fight…
Russia Will Produce French New Generation Thermal Imagers
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F-35 Program Massages Flight Test Results
The latest annual report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) states that the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) claimed…
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Thales Signs £700 Million Watchkeeper Contract with MoD
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £700 million agreement with Thales UK to develop, manufacture, and support the Watchkeeper unmanned system. The single signature secures every major phase of work, from completing design through initial sustainment, under one integrated schedule.
China’s Expanding Drone Arsenal Reveals Strength of Civil-Military Integration
The first taxi runs of Jiutian’s SS-UAV “drone mothership” at a private airfield in Sichuan on 16 June reflect how far China’s unmanned programs have moved in a single decade. According to industry sources, technicians completed telemetry checks in less than six weeks, after the…
Poland Receives First AH-64D Apaches to Prepare for Guardian Fleet
Three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters landed this morning at the 56th Air Base in Latkowo, near Inowrocław. They taxied to the ramp in quick succession, rotors still spinning while ground crews signaled them into place. Defense officials confirm these aircraft now belong to the 1st…
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Italian Air Force Orders 54 EJ200 Powerplants from EUROJET for Upcoming Eurofighter Batch
EUROJET Turbo GmbH has agreed to deliver up to fifty-four new EJ200 engines for the…
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The Space Force wants $277 million next year to launch the Military Internet (MILNET) constellation…
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The Air Force just pulled part of its Sentinel missile budget and pointed it at…
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