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MBDA highlights Orchestrike AI progress for Spear missile salvos
MBDA is on target to add an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven collaborative capability to its precision-guided weapons range, and has named the developmental Spear missile as the first to benefit.
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Lockheed Martin sees potential market demand for another 300 new F-16s
Lockheed Martin believes it could attract orders for potentially another 300 F-16s, with prospective buyers for new-build jets currently including the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.
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Northrop Grumman tracking export targets for E-2D and Triton
Northrop Grumman continues to chase international sales opportunities for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft, as it simultaneously introduces upgrades to both platforms.
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In depth
Boeing defence business seeks a return to engineering roots under Colbert
Ted Colbert, who took the helm of Boeing’s defence and space business in 2022, is seeking to return the company to its roots in engineering and manufacturing excellence, while also taking prudent risks for the future.
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Analysis
Why Lockheed Martin’s Hercules is still going strong 70 years after first flight
The ubiquitous Hercules has been a tactical airlift champion since its August 1954 debut, with deliveries passing 2,700 and production expected to continue through the next decade.
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US Navy logs first air-to-air kill with EA-18G Growler
A Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft has scored the type’s first aerial kill while deployed to the Red Sea aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Analysis
New Super Hornet missile offers more sting against Chinese kill chains
A new long-range air-to-air missile for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will pose a challenge for Chinese aircraft and unmanned air vehicles attempting to target US aircraft carrier battle groups.
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P&W completes preliminary design review for F135 upgrade
Pratt & Whitney has completed the preliminary design review under the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) initiative, setting the stage for improved performance and durability.
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Top Aces’ upgraded A-4 Skyhawks already boosting Canadian CF-18 combat training
Top Aces has delivered its first adversary air training sorties for Canada using Douglas A-4 Skyhawks modified with equipment including an active electronically scanned array radar.
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USAF plans to retire all T-1A trainers by 2026 and invest money saved in T-7A Red Hawks
The US Air Force (USAF) is attempting to retire its entire fleet of Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawks, including 101 T-1As used by its Air Education and Training Command, by 2026 to save money as part of the command’s undergraduate flight training transformation.
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Poland begins probe into fatal M-346 crash
Investigations are under way in Poland after a fatal crash involving a Leonardo M-346 advanced jet trainer.
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Pentagon to resume new F-35 deliveries while awaiting full flight certification
The Pentagon will begin accepting new F-35 fighters for the first time in nearly a year, despite manufacturer Lockheed not yet completing flight certification for a new package of hardware and software for the advanced stealth jet.
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Ukraine seeks permission to strike Russian territory with donated F-16s
Speaking at the annual NATO summit in Washington DC, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is seeking formal permission to strike military targets within Russian territory, including with F-16 fighters being donated by NATO member states.
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Commercial air refuelling provider Metrea acquires entire French KC-135 tanker fleet
The US company will acquire all 14 of the French air force’s Boeing KC-135 tankers, including both the KC-/C-135FR and KC-/C-135RG variants, as Paris transitions to an all-Airbus tanker fleet.
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KAI kicks off mass production of KF-21 fighter
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has started mass production of the KF-21 fighter, with the first production aircraft set to enter service at the end of 2026.
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Norway ups Ukraine F-16 commitment to six jets
The plus up from Oslo brings the total number of F-16s pledged to Ukraine to 97, with other fighters on offer from France.
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Northrop completes Pentagon’s XRQ-73 experimental flying wing
Northrop Grumman has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing that it has been developing under a secretive US military project.
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F-16 deliveries to Ukraine underway as NATO leaders assemble
Speaking in Washington at the annual NATO summit, US secretary of state Anthony Blinken says NATO members have begun the long-anticipated process of transferring the first Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
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Royal Saudi Air Force orders four more A330 MRTT tankers
Riyadh is to increase its fleet of A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft to 10 examples, after signing a four-unit order with Airbus Defence & Space.
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Italy starts acquisition of 24 more Eurofighters
Italy has begun the process of acquiring another batch of 24 Eurofighter Typhoons to replace the oldest examples of the multirole fighter in its fleet.