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The USMC modernization plan for aviation focuses a starting a new loitering munition program and investing in vertical take-off and landing systems.

The Netherlands has selected Airbus’ H225M Caracal transport helicopter as the future rotary-wing mount of the country’s special forces.

Denmark has joined the growing list of European nations expected to increase its defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of parts of Ukraine.

The proposal is called the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023, introduced last month.

General Atomics has secured a $1.9 million contract from the UK defense ministry for Project Mojave that could lead to the UAS taking off from a UK carrier.

A new audit report blames a cooling system flaw that Lockheed Martin discovered 15 years ago for a problem that could cost $38 billion in extra repair bills.

The first aircraft participating in the Air Defender 2023 deployment exercise have touched down at German air bases.

Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS is working with the Royal Malaysian Navy to utilize the Naval Strike Missile across its fleet.

A Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat has arrived in the U.S. for testing.

The Royal Thai Air Force has provided an explanation for a recent report that the U.S. had rejected Thailand’s proposal to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35As.

The Netherlands has begun buying weapons to support the arming of its newly acquired MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed air systems.

Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.

Aerospace and defense metals specialist IBC Advanced Alloys warned on May 18 that it faced a debt payment crunch.

General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Spanish Air Force, says securing a further top-up order of Eurofighters is among his top priorities for 2023.

The U.S. Air Force has stood up a fourth aggressor squadron, comprising older, fourth-generation aircraft.

A solution still remains beyond the grasp of most operational forces.

Sebright speaks with Aviation Week editors about the countries’ evolving relationship in defense and aerospace.

The Air Force Secretary believes opposition has lessened as House Armed Services Committee panels are set to mark up the fiscal 2024 authorization bill.

A rare tour of GE’s test chamber for adaptive engines highlights the reality of the new technologies as the company tries to save the program from cancellation.

The F-35’s hot production line is one bright spot for the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.

Mercury Systems had a respectable fiscal 3Q, but overshadowing the performance was significant pressure on margins tied to slow-moving development programs.

Strategy of denial also focuses on cyber, space and anti-access, aerial-denial weaponry.

GE Aerospace has launched a third series of monthslong ground tests on the XA100 adaptive turbofan engine.

The XA102 is the designation for GE’s proposed propulsion system for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation, crewed fighter aircraft.

Despite its global sales success, the F-35 entered service five years late and cost billions more than expected to develop and acquire.