Airbus Helicopters hopes to launch development of a midlife upgrade for the Tiger attack helicopter by year's end. 

Rolls-Royce is proposing that Britain and Japan jointly develop an engine for their separate fighter programs, while the defense ministry in Tokyo reportedly reckons its combat aircraft project will cost at least $12 billion.

A request for information published on Oct. 30 by the U.S. Navy’s program executive office for submarine combat and weapons control revealed that the Naval Sea Systems Command is in the market research phase for a new SLUAS capability. 

The French Ministry of Armed Forces is ordering seven modified Falcon 2000 LXS twinjets from Dassault Aviation that will be used for maritime patrol missions.

Airbus is proposing final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon in Switzerland as part of its bid in the country’s Air2030 fighter contest. 

Lockheed Martin's offer for Switzerland's fighter contract includes the first time the company has offered a tailored local assembly option for the F-35 that stops short of a long-term final assembly and checkout facility.

The UK is to develop a Space Command and continue to pursue the development of a Future Combat Air System called Tempest as part of a dramatic uptick in defense spending.

The U.S. Navy has approached industry to look at options for a surrogate training aircraft that could eventually double as an adversary platform.