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Saab and Embraer prepare Gripen production expansion in Brazil with framework for 20 additional fighter aircraft
Saab and Embraer have signed a Heads of Agreement that could expand Gripen fighter production at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto industrial complex in Brazil.
Boeing readies first CH-47F Chinook Block II for the UK as export production of upgraded heavy-lift helicopter advances
Boeing has released three images showing progress on the first CH-47F Chinook Block II heavy transport helicopter for the United Kingdom.
BAE Systems wins £708 million contract extension to advance GCAP and Tempest combat air technologies
BAE Systems has received a £708 million contract extension from the UK Ministry of Defence to advance sixth-generation combat air technologies.
Stratolaunch tops 10 Talon-A hypersonic flights as reusable aircraft targets lower-cost U.S. and commercial test capacity
Stratolaunch said its Talon-A aircraft completed more than 10 hypersonic flights. The company says the reusable vehicle can reduce barriers to testing.
MBDA and GA-ASI plan SPEAR integration on MQ-9B and Gambit 6 to expand allied uncrewed stand-off strike options
MBDA and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate SPEAR precision strike weapons on GA-ASI aircraft.
Rolls-Royce awards £100 million contract for new Bristol future combat air facility
Rolls-Royce has selected McLaughlin & Harvey for a contract worth more than £100 million to build a new customer-funded facility at its Bristol site.
Canada joins GCAP as first observer nation, gaining access to UK-Italy-Japan future fighter programme and industrial framework
Canada has joined the Global Combat Air Programme as its first Observer Nation, giving Ottawa formal access to a UK, Italy and Japan-led sixth-generation fighter project.
BAE Systems unveils BlackThorn modular warhead for drones and missiles as Frankenburg selects it for Mark I air defence system
BAE Systems has unveiled BlackThorn, a new multi-role modular warhead designed for drones, missiles, autonomous platforms and uncrewed ground vehicles.
BAE Systems, Boeing and Saab sign UK teaming agreement for T-7 pilot training offer with local final assembly plan
The offer targets the UK’s next-generation pilot training requirement.
Airbus and Voyageur sign first Canadian order for U030 Flexrotor tactical ISTAR drone
Airbus Helicopters and Voyageur Aviation have signed an agreement for the first Canadian purchase order of the Airbus U030 Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system.
Embraer and Anduril target C-390 role as stand-off missile carrier with pallet-launched Barracuda-500M integration
Embraer and Anduril have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study integration of the pallet-launched Barracuda-500M stand-off cruise missile into the C-390 Millennium.
MBDA begins low-rate SPEAR production as F-35B integration and multi-platform launcher work advance towards 2027 deliveries
SPEAR is designed to engage targets at stand-off range while allowing the launch aircraft to remain outside the reach of enemy air defences.