‘Lugged’ and affordable: Air Force seeks industry info on new cruise missile
The LACM should be compatible with fighter aircraft, have a unit cost of $300,000 and be ready for deliveries next year, according to an Air Force notice.
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Trump, Hegseth Announce Air Force’s Next Generation Fighter Platform
DefenceTalkDuring a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Air Force would proceed with the production of the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet platform. Intend…
Sweden to upgrade its Gripen fighter jets
Saab, the Swedish aerospace and defense company, has secured an additional order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to ensure the continuous operation and capability improvement of the Gripen C/D fighter aircraft. The order is value…
Russia receives additional Su-57, Su-35 fighter jets
United Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of the state corporation Rostec, announced on Thursday that it has delivered the Su-57 and Su-35S fighter jets to the Russian military. The state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said in a statement…
China increases J-20 stealth fighter jet production
The Chinese defense industry has apparently found ways to increase production of the new J-20 stealth fighter jet to 100 aircraft per year. Writing for The Diplomat, analyst Rick Joe said that the annual J-20 production rate may approach 100 aircraft p…
If not fighter jets, what are Iraq’s defense procurement priorities?
“For Iraq’s military… these are prestige items more than a security necessity,” CSIS’s Daniel Byman told Breaking Defense of the fighter jet rumors, saying Baghdad has “less glamorous” priorities.
South Korea could get rid of its F-35 fighter jet
The Republic of Korea Air Force has to make hard choices about what to do with the damaged F-35 fighter jet. According to local media, Air Force officials have faced a difficult dilemma regarding repairing one of the broken F-35s, which collided with a…
South Korea’s new fighter jet takes major step forward
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that indigenous Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar has been installed and tested on the new KF-21 Boramae fighter jet. The arms procurement agency said Satur…
Latest version of F-16 fighter jet conducts first flight
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin has announced that the latest version of the F-16 aircraft successfully carried out the first flight. As noted by the company, the F-16 Block 70 took to the skies for its inaugural flight on Jan. 24 at …