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Feb 23, 2023
Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.
Feb 23, 2023
Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.
Feb 22, 2023
Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.
Feb 17, 2023
U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.
Feb 15, 2023
A new wave of modernization priorities are set to be unveiled in the next U.S. Air Force budget request.

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Jul 12, 2023
The initiative now requires specific technology that excludes certain hardware that is important to some NATO members that have not signed up for it yet.
Jul 11, 2023
There has been an ongoing debate between the services and commands on the Air Force’s plan, Brown said during his July 11 nomination hearing.
Jul 11, 2023
About 650 U.S. military officers are caught up in a blanket hold on nominations.
Jul 11, 2023
The letter urges the Pentagon to weigh in on the merger, citing its considerable influence with the antitrust agencies on military-related deals.
Jul 11, 2023
Ukrainian pilots will begin training to fly F-16 combat aircraft this summer in a school to be set up in Romania.
Jul 11, 2023
France will provide Ukraine with MBDA-made Scalp missiles, which are essentially the same as the Storm Shadow missiles already transferred by the UK.
Jul 11, 2023
India is France's leading defense export customer, receiving 30% of French armament exports over the 2018-22 period.
Jul 10, 2023
Concerns about China are driving a projected surge in U.S. defense spending over the next four years.