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Second Batch of Finnish F-35A Fighters Arrives in Finland, Doubling Home Fleet to Four
Two more Finnish F-35A fighters reached Rovaniemi on October 23, 2026, doubling Finland’s in-country fleet to four. One had waited weeks in…
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U.S. Air Force Justifies Record $20.7B AMRAAM Contract, Keeping Raytheon Sole Source to 2033
Newly posted notices show the Air Force’s $20.7 billion sole-source AMRAAM contract with Raytheon spans seven production lots and 16 export customers…
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F-35 Navigation Systems Get $114.6M Lockheed Martin Redesign as GPS and INS Parts Go Obsolete
Naval Air Systems Command has ordered Lockheed Martin to redesign the F-35’s GPS Electronic Unit and NAV100 inertial navigation system as key…
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US Air Force CORONA Weighs Counting CCA Drones as Fighters After Fleet Fell 47 Jets Short
At Fall CORONA, Air Force leaders made wartime demand the yardstick for manning, ordered service-wide manpower floors, approved Force Design 2026 and…
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L3Harris Long-Range Drone Interceptor Advances to Flight Testing Under $60M US Army Contract
The U.S. Army is funding up to $60 million over three years for L3Harris to flight-test a long-range, maneuverable interceptor against Group…
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General Atomics Taps Boeing’s Spirit Defense to Build FQ-42 Vengeance Drone Fighter Fuselages
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has picked Boeing-owned Spirit Defense to design and build FQ-42 Vengeance fuselages, breaking with in-house production dating to…
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Denmark Picks Ground-Launched Anthem Cruise Missile to Be Mass-Produced in Germany
Denmark has selected Covenant’s ground-launched Anthem cruise missile, to be built near Leipzig from 2027, and Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile for its…
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US Strategic Command Launches Global Thunder 27 Nuclear Drill With US-Russia Arms Limits Gone
U.S. Strategic Command opened Global Thunder 27 on October 22, 2026, the first edition of its annual nuclear command and control exercise…
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Destinus Closes Perciv AI Acquisition to Integrate Radar AI to Track Drones and Fly Without GPS
Destinus has completed its acquisition of Delft-based Perciv AI, whose neural-network software detects and tracks low-signature targets by radar and supports navigation…
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Why American Pratt & Whitney’s $100M Poland Plant Matters for F-35 Engine Production
Pratt & Whitney has started building a $100 million facility in Rzeszów, Poland, to process isothermally forged engine parts. Paired with a…