Yearly Archive: 2022

According to the Air Force, the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is intended to develop “a portfolio of technologies enabling air superiority” (Figure 1). The Air Force intends for NGAD to replace the F-22 fighter jet beginning in 2030, possibly including a combination of crewed and uncr…

Spanish State Secretary for Defense Amparo Valcarce has visited the ILA Berlin Air Show 2022, a space where novelties related to the aerospace sector are presented, and the place chosen for the signing of the Halcón program contract, the most important in the defense field signed at the ILA, and who…

PARIS — While Serbia is interested in buying a dozen of France’s Dassault Rafale fighter to modernize its air force, the country’s traditional links with Russia are fueling opposition to the sale, especially in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, the Paris daily L’Opinion reported on Thursday.

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President Joe Biden has given DOD authorization for a drawdown of up to $450 million to meet Ukraine’s critical arms needs in the face of the Russian invasion.

This is the 13th presidential drawdown of DOD stocks since August 2021. Russia attacked Ukraine Feb. 24. “The United States has now comm…