Denmark’s F-35 fighter aircraft have become the country’s first contribution to NATO’s Arctic Sentry activity, which begins today, Friday 13 February, building on previously agreed initiatives including Arctic Shield, Arctic Summer and Arctic Endurance.
A new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies warns that current U.S. bomber plans are inadequate for winning a future conflict with China and calls on the Air Force to build at least 200 B-21 Raider stealth bombers.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. said it successfully integrated third-party mission autonomy software into its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, completing the platform’s first semi-autonomous airborne mission.
The U.S. Air Force is accelerating its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program by implementing the government-owned Autonomy Government Reference Architecture across multiple vendor platforms, validating a key pillar of its acquisition reform.
The U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter has reached a new milestone with the successful live fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive ammunition at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
Italy’s parliament has approved an almost €9 billion funding plan for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a joint fighter jet project with Britain and Japan whose projected early-phase costs have more than tripled from initial estimates.
The United Kingdom has announced an urgent new air defence package for Ukraine worth more than £500 million, including £150 million for NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List and an additional 1,000 UK-manufactured missiles.
India’s Ministry of Defence said on 12 February that the government’s Defence Acquisition Council had cleared the purchase of 114 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft from Dassault Aviation for 3.25 trillion rupees, or around €30.2 billion.
Hensoldt and Helsing have signed a strategic partnership to develop AI-enabled combat air systems within a sovereign European technology architecture, aimed at strengthening the security of Western democracies amid significant geopolitical change.
The Netherlands will extend by six months its deployment of unarmed MQ-9 Reaper drones in Romania, where they contribute to the defence of NATO’s eastern flank, the Ministry of Defence said.
Sweden will contribute JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft to the newly established NATO operation Arctic Sentry, aimed at strengthening security in the Arctic and the High North, the Swedish Ministry of Defence said.
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Frontline Robotics has unveiled Linza 3.0, the latest version of its multi-use logistic drone already deployed in more than 60 units with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and said the system will be produced in Ukraine and Germany.
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