The F-35 continues to not meet its targets for mission capable rates—a measure of the readiness of an aircraft fleet—or its reliability and maintainability metrics. For example, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) full mission-capable rates—the percentage of time during which the aircraft can perform …

ATHENS — It was billed as a promising breakthrough — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting last month and agreeing to try to resolve their countries’ age-old differences, keeping, at least, a lid on tensions as the conflict in Ukraine rages.

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ST. LOUIS, Missouri — The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport.

This is the first of 351 aircraft to be delivered to the Air Force under terms of a $9.2 billion contract awarded t…

The manned fighter aircraft that will form the centerpiece of the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program will cost hundreds of millions of dollars per plane, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told members of Congress on April 27—but the service can reduce costs in development and sustainm…

In the mythology of Ukraine’s resistance against Russia’s invading forces, light-footed infantry armed only with shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles from the U.S. and Europe have played the starring role. Yet that’s only part of a story where old-fashioned artillery is helping create decisive wins.
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Boeing on Wednesday disclosed a heavy first-quarter loss as it wrote off $1.2 billion related to two defense-side fixed-price aircraft projects and the impact of the war in Ukraine.

The company also announced it will push out delivery of the first giant 777X jet at least a year to 2025 — a delay …