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Ukraine Sets 2023 Security and Defense Budget at 18% of GDP

Ukraine Sets 2023 Security and Defense Budget at 18% of GDP

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine proposes to the Government to provide in the draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2023” a general financial resource for ensuring the national security and defense of Ukraine in the amount of at least 17,8 % of GDP for the secu…
Boeing’s Troubled Air Force Tanker Hit By New Delay

Boeing’s Troubled Air Force Tanker Hit By New Delay

The Air Force’s latest schedule for Boeing Co.’s troubled KC-46 tanker adds as much as 11 months to start installing an improved version of its flawed camera-based refueling system, according to the service.

The added time could push completion of the improvements into fiscal 2026. “The magnitud…

US Air Force Clears KC-46 Tanker for Worldwide Operations

US Air Force Clears KC-46 Tanker for Worldwide Operations

OXON HILL, Md. — Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings effective Sept. 14.

“We are ready to use this aircraft globally in any fight, without hesitation,” Minihan said.

The KC-46A rece…

Dutch to Reach NATO 2% Target in 2024-25

Dutch to Reach NATO 2% Target in 2024-25

With the coalition agreement, the current government has already structurally invested €3 billion in Defense, of which €1.9 billion in 2023. In response to the war in Ukraine, the cabinet added €2 billion on a structural basis last spring. Defense will use the extra investment to improve the operati…
South Africa’s Paramount Bags First Orders for Mwari Aircraft

South Africa’s Paramount Bags First Orders for Mwari Aircraft

PRETORIA — Private South African defence firm Paramount Aerospace Industries has received orders for nine of its Mwari aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed and built in the country in nearly two decades, the company said on Wednesday.

The first of the propeller-driven reconnais…

US Drone Maker Opposes Proposed Chinese Mill Near Its Base

US Drone Maker Opposes Proposed Chinese Mill Near Its Base

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) firmly opposes a new Chinese agricultural investment near Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and calls on the U.S. government to halt the project.

A Chinese agricultural conglomerate plans to develop a large-scale corn milling plant…


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