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Gripen E cannot meet the Swiss requirement to only evaluate aircraft that are currently operationally ready

The UAE is the launch customer for the modified Global 6000.

Sikorsky has been awarded a contract to build the first six production VH-92As for the Presidtnial transport mission

The two industrial giants are to create Raytheon Technologies, potentially the world's No. 2 defense/aerospace company.

Fifth-generation fighters are due to replace Poland's Soviet-era survivors

Best-known as an air ambulance operator, FAI offers extensive business aviation services

An existing customer is taking two ACH145s and an ACH160 to renew its luxury helicopter fleet

The HH-60W is to replace the Air Force's aging HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet.

Racing legend and aviator Niki Lauda, 70, passed away on May 20.

Jet Maintenance has opened a new MRO operation at London-Oxford Airport.

Certification is expected by year-end with first delivery to follow in the last quarter of next year.

London Oxford Airport is improving its infrastructure to handle future growth.

Marshall Aerospace, which has operated at Cambridge International Airport since the 1930s, provides business aviation MRO there.

Early F-35s are to be assigned to an aggressor squadron to permit the replication of potential fifth-generation threat types.

Saab will undertake its share of T-X manufacture at a new facility to be built at West Lafayette, Indiana

The U.S. Navy has let four training contracts, including one to an ATAC-led team that will provide aircraft for training close-support air controllers.

F-35As have been flying operational missions as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. Now the aircraft have released weapons for the first time.

Poland is buying four AW101s from Leonardo to dramatically improve the capabilities of the Polish navy's air brigade

Tactical Air Support is modifying its recently acquired ex-Jordanian adversary F-5E/Fs with new equipment, including a Garmin G3000 flight deck.

F-16 production has moved out of Fort Worth to make room for expanded F-35 production capacity

Nearly three years after achieving IOC, the USAF's F-35As have been dispatched to the Middle East for the first operational deployment

Following the loss of a Japanese F-35, the task of locating and retrieving the missing aircraft from a depth of nearly 5,000 feet is under way

In the coming weeks Switzerland will evaluate the five contenders for its new fighter program against a common set of mission scenarios

A large batch of SM-3 missiles has been requested and approved as part of Japan’s efforts to improve its anti-ballistic missile defenses

A new multi-year procurement contract completes the U.S. Navy’s purchase of 75 Advanced Hawkeyes, all of which will be capable of inflight refueling.

Unsurprisingly, the Air Force plans to base to operate its B-21 Raiders at the bases that hcurrently host the types that the B-21 is replacing

Boeing has secured a multi-year contract for the supply of the latest Block III Super Hornet, and the Navy has requested funds for more.

Australia is boosting its electronic support capability through the acquisition of four Gulfstream G550s outfitted for electronic reconnaissance.

The first two Bombardier Global 6000s have arrived in Turkey for outfitting with Aselsan's stand-off jammer suite.

With the conclusion of Marine Corps EA-6B operations, the career of the Prowler electronic warfare platform has come to an end.