U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome
The Paris Air Show gave America’s biggest defense suppliers a global stage to describe how they would fold familiar missiles, radars and…
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Singapore Wraps Up Island-Wide Air Defence Shield
Singapore Air Force chiefs say the Island Air Defence, or IAD, now works end-to-end over every shipping lane and flight path. Crews pushed…
Accelerating 5th Generation Airpower: Bringing Capability and Capacity to the Merge
The Mitchell Institute today rolled out a 72-page policy paper that warns of a shrinking, aging U.S. fighter force and calls for an…
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…
Plane Insanity: Is the US Air Force too old and small to win?
Plane Insanity: Is the US Air Force too old and small to win? Published: / Updated: US Air Force F-22s […]
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R-168: The Russian Military Radio That’s Not So Russian
Moscow sells the R-168 as proof its army can talk under fire without outside help. Documents and captured sets prove many key chips…
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…
Aviation Week Reader Comments Above Story
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program has drawn thousands of reader remarks on Aviation Week since the aircraft reached initial service. The most pointed thread…
Pentagon Contract Announcement
L-3 Communications, Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, received a not-to-exceed $41.5 million undefinitized contract action to supply four intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)…
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General Dynamics Electric Boat Secures $1.85 B Navy Contract for Virginia-Class Block VI Submarine Prep
According to industry sources, the U.S. Navy has added up to $1.85 billion to its multiyear Virginia-class attack-submarine contract with General Dynamics Electric Boat. The money covers early construction work and the purchase of long-lead components for the forthcoming Block VI boats. Defense officials confirm…
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…
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U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome
The Paris Air Show gave America’s biggest defense suppliers a global stage to describe how…
Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines
Tokyo and Manila are negotiating the transfer of six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts and additional Beechcraft…
Swedish FMV Awards Saab £70m Order for 22 Next-Gen CB90 Combat Boats
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded Saab a contract for 22 additional CB90…
France Demands 80% of FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Workshare, Straining German Partnership
The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System, better known as FCAS, now faces its toughest moment.…
U.S. Space Force Selects Boeing for $2.8B Secure Strategic Communications Program
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing to build the first two satellites of the…
European Defence Agency Pushes Drone-UGV Supply Missions Adopted from Ukraine
European armies just wrapped up three weeks of hands-on trials that pushed small drones and…
Pentagon Awards $5B Shipbuilding Contract to Modernize Navy Supply Chain
The Defense Department moved on 3 July toward faster U.S. warship deliveries. It awarded the…
Chancellor Merz Appeals to Trump for Quick Delivery of Patriots to Ukraine
BERLIN – Friedrich Merz picked up the phone on Thursday and asked U.S. President Donald…