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BAE Sees Eroding Prospect of Saudi Entry to UK-Italy-Japan GCAP Fighter Project

A BAE Systems executive said the likelihood of a new country joining the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme is receding, dimming hopes that Saudi Arabia will enter the fighter development project. The comments highlight challenges in widening the partnership amid shifting Gulf defence priorities.

2025-07-16T09:55:04.826789-07:00

FlightGlobal

US Clears $2.6B HH-60W Helicopter Sale to Norway

2025-07-14T02:53:36.849764-07:00

The War Zone

Congress Bars Pentagon From Canceling E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Buy

2025-07-11T13:59:09.657334-07:00

politico.eu

Germany Rules Out Expanding F-35 Fleet to 50 Jets, Ministry Says

2025-07-10T22:05:48.462995-07:00

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Air & Space Forces Mag

Air Force Leans on DOGE to Free Up $10.4 B for Trump Priorities The US Air Force, in partnership with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), says it has identified $10.4 billion in savings by cutting wasteful Depot Operations and other programs. Funds will be reallocated to priorities under the Trump administration.

2025-07-16T16:21:36.710424-07:00

Air Force Leans on DOGE to Free Up $10.4 B for Trump Priorities

UK Defence Journal

UK Opposition Demands Answers Over Delayed Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Capability Britain’s Shadow Defence Minister, Mark Francois, has warned that delays to Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail programme have left the UK without critical airborne early warning capability, and is demanding urgent answers from the Ministry of Defence on revised delivery schedules and accountability.

2025-07-16T10:25:33.593154-07:00

UK Opposition Demands Answers Over Delayed Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Capability

asahi.com

BAE Sees Eroding Prospect of Saudi Entry to UK-Italy-Japan GCAP Fighter Project A BAE Systems executive said the likelihood of a new country joining the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme is receding, dimming hopes that Saudi Arabia will enter the fighter development project. The comments highlight challenges in widening the partnership amid shifting Gulf defence priorities.

2025-07-16T09:55:04.826789-07:00

BAE Sees Eroding Prospect of Saudi Entry to UK-Italy-Japan GCAP Fighter Project

Daily Sabah

BAE Systems eyes up to 150 Typhoon export orders from Türkiye, Qatar and Saudi Arabia BAE Systems says it is in advanced government-led talks to secure up to 150 new export orders for its Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Türkiye, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, amid renewed Gulf defense spending and Ankara’s fleet modernization plans.

2025-07-16T04:29:41.792691-07:00

BAE Systems eyes up to 150 Typhoon export orders from Türkiye, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Aerospace Manufacturing

BAE Systems Eyes New Typhoon Sales, Extends Canopy Deal with GKN to 2030 BAE Systems has expressed confidence in winning new Eurofighter Typhoon orders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey and inked a six-year contract extension with GKN Aerospace to produce Typhoon canopy transparencies at its Luton plant through 2030. The agreements bolster long-term support for the multinational combat jet fleet.

2025-07-15T03:39:29.669295-07:00

BAE Systems Eyes New Typhoon Sales, Extends Canopy Deal with GKN to 2030

MercoPress

Argentina’s Ex-Danish F-16 Jets Delivered Without UK-Restricted Systems Argentina’s newly acquired second-hand F-16 fighters from Denmark will arrive lacking certain UK-controlled capabilities, according to a senior Argentine military official. The omissions stem from London’s export restrictions on sensitive systems integral to full combat readiness.

2025-07-15T03:26:46.204764-07:00

Argentina’s Ex-Danish F-16 Jets Delivered Without UK-Restricted Systems

FlightGlobal

US Clears $2.6B HH-60W Helicopter Sale to Norway The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of nine Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopters to Norway, marking the HH-60W’s first export and supporting Oslo’s replacement of Bell 412s under a $2.6 billion deal.

2025-07-14T02:53:36.849764-07:00

US Clears $2.6B HH-60W Helicopter Sale to Norway

defence-industry.eu

Poland Conducts First AH-64D Apache Training Flights After U.S. Delivery Polish Armed Forces this week conducted their first training flight with the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter recently delivered by the United States, initiating pilot conversion and systems familiarization. The sortie marks the opening phase of integrating the U.S.-supplied rotorcraft into Poland’s frontline attack fleet.

2025-07-13T10:37:51.971810-07:00

Poland Conducts First AH-64D Apache Training Flights After U.S. Delivery

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