Aerospace
Storm Fighter CCA Programme Defines UK Airpower Shift
The UK has named its new autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme Storm Fighter, linking uncrewed combat jets, Tempest, F-35 and Typhoon to a sixth-ge…
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Aerospace
PAC-3 ACE Interceptor Targets Patriot Cost Gap
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the PAC-3 ACE interceptor, a lower-cost Patriot effector designed to increase magazine depth as global air-defence demand strains m…
Industry
Farnborough Airshow 2026 Opens With Defence in Focus
Farnborough Airshow 2026 opened with defence companies making up half of a record 1,600 exhibitors as Boeing and Airbus pursue commercial aircraft orders amid s…
Aerospace
NATO Counter-Drone Capabilities Get $40bn Investment
NATO Allies will invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over five years while training five times as many drone operators by the end of 2027…
Space
ITAR-Free Defence Products Gain European Momentum
Honeywell Aerospace is expanding ITAR-free defence product development for Europe, assigning 1,000 engineers in Poland and the Czech Republic to non-ITAR techno…
Space
SATCOMBw4 Satellite Project Faces Delay Warning in Germany
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned against delays to the €10 billion SATCOMBw4 satellite project, as Berlin moves toward a sovereign military commun…
Aerospace
Low-Cost Air Defence Interceptors Get UK Contracts
The UK MOD has awarded £3.16 million to three suppliers to develop low-cost air defence interceptors under LCADE, a national programme linked to Europe’s five-n…
Industry
Deep Precision Strike Initiative Gets $50bn European Boost
The UK is leading a European deep precision strike initiative expected to mobilize $50 billion over ten years for long-range weapons, including stealth, hyperso…
Aerospace
Bliksem EXO Interceptor Targets Europe’s Missile Shield Gap
European defence groups have launched the Bliksem EXO interceptor consortium to develop a sovereign exo-atmospheric system against medium- and intermediate-rang…
Industry
European Defence Cooperation: Macron Rejects Go-It-Alone Strategies
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that go-it-alone defence strategies in Europe are an “absurdity,” arguing that rearmament must rely on cooperation, indu…
Aerospace
Ukraine French Missiles Production Deal Expands Airpower
France will allow Ukraine to produce AASM precision-guided bombs, Aster air-defence interceptors and SCALP cruise missiles as Kyiv orders Rafale fighter jets an…
Aerospace
Freyja Interceptor System Gains European Backing
Ukraine and nine European countries have launched an anti-ballistic missile coalition to accelerate the Freyja interceptor system, a proposed European alternati…
Aerospace
Bayraktar KIZILELMA Hits Target With JET-230 Missile
Bayraktar KIZILELMA has completed a new live-fire test with Roketsan’s JET-230 supersonic air-to-ground missile, hitting a sea target from more than 120 km.
Aerospace
Wingman Aircraft Take Centre Stage in Europe’s Rearmament
Wingman aircraft are gaining strategic relevance in Europe as defence companies present AI-enabled unmanned systems designed to support crewed fighters with sen…
Industry
Defence-as-a-Service: Europe’s New Military Procurement Model
Defence-as-a-Service is moving from a technology analogy to a defence procurement model, as Ukraine and allied forces test service-based approaches for air defe…