F-16 Europe Military Aircraft Procurement Defense Budgets & Spending Defense Industry & Major Contractors Defense Deals

Reuters

Greece approves ~€4bn defence package including €3bn air‑and‑drone ‘dome’ and €1.05bn F‑16 Block 50 upgrade

A parliamentary committee has approved a roughly €4 billion defence package that green‑lights a €3 billion multi‑layer air and drone defence system and a €1.05 billion programme to modernise 38 F‑16 Block 50 fighters. The package also includes C‑27 sustainment, frigate works and associated support contracts.

Seeking Alpha • Rob Williams

Greece approves €4–4.6B air-defence package including Achilles Shield, F‑16 Viper upgrades and frigate refits

2026-03-16T09:00:47.534622-07:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs AI Military Aircraft Procurement Defense Industry & Major Contractors Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Bayraktar

Aviacionline • Gastón Dubois

Baykar K2: Heavy 200 kg Kamikaze Drone Unveiled with Swarm and GNSS‑Independent Navigation

By Aviacionline: Baykar unveils the K2, a new heavy kamikaze drone with swarm capabilities—and a 200 kg punch The K2 combines artificial intelligence, GNSS-independent navigation, and swarm operations to conduct deep-strike missions against high-value targets.

DefenseNews.com

Turkey’s Baykar tests swarm behavior of its K2 one-way attack drone

aviationnews.eu

Baykar Tests K2 Kamikaze UAV Swarm With AI-Driven Autonomous Formation Flights

Also: airforce-technology.com, news.ssbcrack.com, interestingengineering.com, quwa.org, Defence24 and c4isrnet.com

2026-03-15T14:58:42.129779-07:00

Satellite Europe Defense Industry & Major Contractors Space Defense & Militarization

defence-industry.eu

EDA awards €15.65m VLEO-DEF contract to design Europe’s first military Very Low Earth Orbit satellite concept

By defence-industry.eu: The European Defence Agency (EDA) has signed a €15.65 million research contract with a European industry consortium to explore military satellite operations in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO).

European Spaceflight

European Defence Agency Awards Contract for First VLEO Military Satellite Concept

2026-03-16T05:14:05.472987-07:00

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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

Top Aces to train Argentine Air Force instructor pilots ahead of F-16 fleet introduction

By AeroTime: Top Aces has won a contract to train Argentine Air Force instructor pilots as the country prepares to introduce its newly acquired F-16 fighters.

FlightGlobal

Argentina awards $33M contract to Top Aces for basic and advanced F-16 pilot training

Aviacionline

Top Aces outlines scope of F-16 training for Argentine pilots

2026-03-16T06:54:32.457138-07:00

Dassault Aviation Europe Military Aircraft Procurement Defense Industry & Major Contractors Airbus

AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

FCAS dispute: Airbus warns Dassault 'there is no plan B' amid programme development difficulties

By AeroTime: In order to understand the difficulties encountered in the development of the Future Combat Air System, the “system of systems” built around a sixth-generation fighter jet developed by Airbus and Dassault Aviation, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Armed Forces of the French Senate heard two executives from Airbus on March 17, 2021.

Also: euractiv.com

2026-03-16T05:12:25.541351-07:00

Dassault Aviation Europe Military Aircraft Procurement Defense Industry & Major Contractors

AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

FCAS: Dassault ready for “plan B” if cooperation with Airbus fails

By AeroTime: Since the beginning of 2021, many voices have been heard doubting the feasibility of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, a “system of systems” built around a sixth-generation fighter jet, the Next Generation Fighter (NGF).

2026-03-16T05:12:25.653067-07:00

Aircraft Carrier Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Defense Policy

FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

‘Epic Fury’ shows airpower’s limits as Iran leverages the Strait of Hormuz

By FlightGlobal: Despite striking 6,000 targets and destroying over 90 Iranian vessels, the US-Israeli air campaign against Iran has devolved into strategic stalemate as Tehran leverages control of the Strait of Hormuz and asymmetric tactics to counter overwhelming aerial superiority.