Tokyo would have to vastly increase its defense research and development budget to create an all-new fighter.

With production of several large programs ramping up this year, the challenge for French aerospace companies will be to maintain quality and schedule.

At the Pentagon and on Wall Street, they are beginning to consider the possible impacts from Trump vs. Clinton. On Capitol Hill, there is blow-back from Boeing’s Iran deal.

Splitting up is hard to do, but sometimes necessary. That is what Alcoa-turned-Arconic’s chief executive and chairman tells Aviation Week in a recent interview about his company’s future.

Lockheed Martin revealed the first Israeli F-35I to the public at its Fort Worth facility on June 22. In December, Lockheed will deliver the first two of a planned 33 F-35Is to the Israeli air force, which plans to declare the jets operational before the end of 2017.

With almost 200 F-35s set to call the U.K. home in the coming years, the U.S. and U.K. are talking up training and logistics.

As Europe gears up to develop a MALE UAS, Israeli and U.S. systems still dominate inventories.

India relaxes rules on foreign defense investment; first temporary EA-18G detachment deploys for training; Norway, Poland test naval strike missile; more North Korean missile tests.