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Jul 29, 2022
Tupolev’s PAK DA strategic bomber program aims to fly its first prototype in 2024.
Jul 27, 2022
Europe tops up R&D fund; Congress weighs in on F-35 engine; Typhoon fighter munition sales approved; Japan outlines investment priorities.
Jul 25, 2022
Tracking capability is critical to intercepting hypersonic missiles.
Jul 22, 2022
Tempest’s demonstrator will likely test low-observable airframe technologies and supersonic weapon launch from internal bay.
Jul 21, 2022
F-35 price to rise under latest agreement; Czech Republic to buy F-35s; Raytheon flies HAWC; and Embraer’s new C-390 partner.

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Mar 27, 2023
The purchase aligns with efforts to strengthen the Nigerian Armed Forces to help tackle the threats posed by Islamic insurgents.
Mar 27, 2023
The MMU was originally formed to create a fleet of pooled and shared tankers to boost the number of tanker aircraft available to European air forces.
Mar 24, 2023
The incident is the first publicly disclosed American death connected to loitering munitions.
Mar 23, 2023
Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) highlighted the issue during a March 23 House Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing.
Mar 23, 2023
Slovakia has become the first country to declare it has delivered operational crewed combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Mar 23, 2023
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Mar 23, 2023
NATO’s multinational aerial refueling unit is to receive a 10th aircraft, partner nations have agreed.
Mar 21, 2023
North Macedonia has confirmed it has joined Poland and Slovakia in supplying Soviet-era combat aircraft to Ukraine.