House Appropriations Committee Proposes Flat $832 Billion FY26 Defense Budget Ahead of Pentagon Request
The House Appropriations Committee circulated its full fiscal 2026 defense draft late on 28 June, two days before the Pentagon is expected…
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Purdue University Opens Hypersonics Applied Research Facility
Purdue University in West Lafayette has finished a large step in high-speed flight study. The new Hypersonics Applied Research Facility (HARF) cost about…
A Preliminary Military Assessment of the Lebanon Conflict
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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 […]
Cubic Secures Long-Term $468 Milion Boost for Joint Readiness Training Center
Cubic Corporation has picked up a hefty, fresh slice of work at Fort Polk. A new extension, capped at about 468 milion dollars,…
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The Netherlands Buy Additional F-35 Fighter Aircraft
The Dutch government has ordered nine more Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters, lifting the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) plan from 37…
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…
Romania Submits €10 Billion Military Upgrade Plan to Parliament
Romania’s defense ministry has asked lawmakers to clear a modernization package worth just over €10 billion. The request, sent earlier this month, covers…
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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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House Appropriations Committee Proposes Flat $832 Billion FY26 Defense Budget Ahead of Pentagon Request
The House Appropriations Committee circulated its full fiscal 2026 defense draft late on 28 June,…
E-7 Wedgetail Scrapped by Air Force Over Cost Overruns and Vulnerability Risks
The U.S. Air Force has decided to halt the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early-warning and control…
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…
Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has closed the books on its Demonstration Rocket for…
Sierra Space Opens $45M Power Station Tech Center in Colorado to Scale Defense Solar Production
Sierra Space has placed its new “Power Station” technology center into full production. The site,…
FY 2026 Request: Space Force Seeks $277M for MILNET and Pauses Tranche 3 Transport Layer
The Space Force wants $277 million next year to launch the Military Internet (MILNET) constellation…
How the Air Force Is Using Sentinel Funds to Convert a Qatari 747-8 into Interim Air Force One
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Weapons Tester Cites Further F-35 Challenges (excerpt)
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has sent fresh shockwaves through the F-35…