Airbus mulls boosting tanker production on ‘very high’ demand
“With the signals we’re getting from the customers, we are studying a rate increase of the MRTT,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus.
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Unmanned Leonardo jet trainers could take GCAP drone role, CEO says
The program’s focus for the next five years lies primarily on the main aircraft, but partner nations are free to explore unmanned companions on their own.
British committee wants to shake out Ajax’s vibration problems
A Parliamentary defence committee is set to quiz top officials from the Ministry of Defence and contractor General Dynamics UK on the causes behind the troubled Ajax armored reconnaissance vehicle program.
‘There are so few people that get this’: Biden faces hurdle in finding new pick for Pentagon’s top buyer
With China and the U.S. locked in a tech race, Mike Brown's experience working with transformative companies made him an attractive pick. Now observers wonder: Who's next?
Biden to nominate defense industry expert Andrew Hunter as Air Force acquisition boss
Andrew Hunter is known in Washington as a low-key professional and true expert on defense acquisition.
Eurodrone effort gets $118M funding boost, updated production timeline
The Eurodrone project to build a twin-turboprop aircraft —in both an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance version and a battlefield version — aims to wean Europe off its reliance on U.S. and Israeli UAVs.
The FTC’s take on vertical mergers, acquisitions is misguided
If Washington changes policy and objects to vertical mergers, the effects will ripple all the way down to an entrepreneur’s decision to start a company.
As new NATO command becomes fully operational, top US military officer issues warning over ‘great power war’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO are responsible for ensuring another world war never happens.
Biden nominates new Air Mobility Command boss
Lt. Gen. Mike Minihan would earn a promotion to four-star general and replace Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.
Aselsan delivers electronic attack system to Turkish Army
The technology aims to harm or completely block target high-frequency communications or cause incorrect data transmission.
Biden needs to prepare for Iran’s escalating projectile threat
America must keep its remaining air defense systems in place until its Mideast partners can acquire and deploy sufficient alternatives.
