AUSTRALIA — Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for first flight.

Boeing test personnel monitored the aircraft’s performance and instrumentation from a ground control station to verify the f…

The new mine war command system MWDS with one main system and five transportable systems was handed over to the Armed Forces this week. The new mine warfare management system, Mine Warfare Data System (MWDS), was recently handed over to the Armed Forces by FMV’s project manager Magnus Örnfelt.

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GAVIÃO PEIXOTO, Brazil — Embraer delivered the fourth C-390 Millennium multi-mission medium airlifter of a total of 28 units to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Like the three units already in operation, the fourth airlifter will be operated by the First Troop Transport Group (1st GTT). All 28 aircr…

PARIS — Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, announced that the State is working with French industrial and financial players on a national takeover solution to preserve the sovereignty of Photonis, a company essential to French military operations.

The offer to buy Photonis by the Tel…

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range anti-ship missile to counter China’s growing military power.

The Ministry of Defense will get a r…

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy on Saturday broke its record for the number of times it has sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait a single year, according to the Yokosuka-based 7th Fleet.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin steamed through the contested waterway separating Taiwan f…