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December 2, 2025
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Austria Completes $1.7B Acquisition Deal for M-346FA Fighter Aircraft With Italy

Austria has wrapped up a 1.5-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) deal to purchase 12 Leonardo M-346FA fighter-attack aircraft from Italy. Deliveries to Linz-Hörsching Air Base will begin in 2028, with the...

December 1, 2025
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US Navy Grants Pratt & Whitney $1.6 Billion Contract for F-35 Engine Maintenance

The US Navy has awarded RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney a contract worth approximately $1.6 billion to support F135 engines, the powerplant of the F-35 Lightning II. The agreement...

November 30, 2025
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Belgium authorizes five extra H145M helicopters, expanding fleets for both Defence and Police forces.

Belgium has decided to acquire five extra Airbus H145M helicopters—three destined for Defence and two for the Federal Police—raising the nation’s future fleet to a total of twenty aircraft....

November 27, 2025
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Boeing Wins Pentagon Contracts Worth Over $7B for Apaches and KC-46 Tankers

Boeing has secured more than $7 billion in new US Department of Defense contracts to manufacture AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the US Army and additional KC-46A Pegasus refueling...

November 24, 2025
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Vectrus wins $252M US Air Force contract to support Iraq’s F-16 fleet

Colorado-based Vectrus Systems has received a roughly $252-million contract from the US Air Force to support Iraq’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets, building on a $118-million award earlier this...

November 21, 2025
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MH-47G Fleet Expands Under New $877M USSOCOM Deal

Boeing has secured a major $877.7-million Pentagon contract to deliver additional MH-47G special operations helicopters to the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Although the exact number of aircraft remains...

November 20, 2025
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Washington Greenlights Javelin and Excalibur Weapons Sale to India

The US has approved two prospective military sales totaling $92.8 million for India, featuring Javelin anti-armor missiles and Excalibur precision artillery munitions. The first deal, costing $45.7 million, would...

November 19, 2025
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KC-46 RVS 2.0 Achieves Initial Flight Test Milestone

Boeing has conducted the first flight of its Remote Vision System 2.0 for the KC-46 Pegasus, initiating the final phase of testing required before the US Air Force can...

November 19, 2025
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Rabat Orders Ten H225M Helicopters to Modernize Fleet

Airbus Helicopters has secured an order from Morocco for 10 H225M helicopters to enhance the Royal Moroccan Air Force’s combat search and rescue capacity. The agreement includes support and...

November 18, 2025
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Saab to Enhance Germany’s Eurofighter Jets With Upgraded EW Technology

Airbus has awarded Saab two contracts worth a combined 549 million euros ($676 million) to upgrade Germany’s Eurofighter aircraft with the Arexis electronic warfare sensor suite. The first order—around...