PARIS — The United States has offered to settle a long-running aircraft subsidy dispute with the European Union and remove tariffs on wine, whisky and other products if Airbus AIR.PA repays billions of dollars in aid to European governments, several sources close to the matter told Reuters.

The…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear the U.S. is strengthening its ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announcing plans to build a new U.S. Embassy in the capital, Riyadh.

Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to the State Department for the…

The fate of air combat missiles – present and future – has been speculated in public. The discussion began with the US administration’s notification to Congress in connection with the HX tender, which listed the products and quantities that the US administration is prepared to sell to Finland at thi…

MANILA –-– Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is open to acquiring six more Embraer Defense and Security A-29B “Super Tucano” close-air support aircraft to boost the six that are now in the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) inventory.

“I was discussing with the Commanding …

HONG KONG — On July 21, two U.S Air Force B-1B bombers took off from Guam and headed west over the Pacific Ocean to the hotly contested South China Sea. The sleek jets made a low-level pass over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its escorting fleet, which was exercising nearby in the Phil…

Airbus Australia Pacific managing director Andrew Mathewson last week called for an open competition to fulfil Defence’s requirement for 29 replacement armed reconnaissance helicopters, to be acquired under Land 4503.

Mathewson’s comments follow recent reports in some sections of the media that D…