Sweden's FMV awarded Saab $303 million to develop technology demonstrators and study crewed-uncrewed fighter concepts through 2028, part of its next-generation fighter program.
The U.S. Air Force has broken ground on a $78 million, 46,000-square-foot mission-planning facility at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, the first structure designed exclusively for B-21 Raider operations as part of a $1.6 billion modernization roadmap over the next decade.
BAE Systems started forward fuselage assembly for Türkiye's first Eurofighter Typhoon on November 5, 2026, initiating production of 20 fighters valued at £5.4 billion with deliveries scheduled 2030-2032.
The U.S. Air Force is seeking $4.25 billion in direct appropriations for fiscal 2027 to address spare parts shortages that leave 16 of 24 aircraft fleets below supply readiness standards.
Ondas announced an all-cash acquisition of German airframe maker Stemme to accelerate production of its ULTRA ISR aircraft. The deal supports a plan to reach 10 aircraft per month by 2028 with 345,000 sq ft of new U.S. production space.
The Eurofighter consortium is pursuing over 200 additional multirole fighter jet sales globally, with confirmed interest from Turkey and Saudi Arabia for 78 units combined, Austria for 36 aircraft, and active competition in Portugal, Poland and Bangladesh.
Boeing received a $119.7 million Navy contract modification to produce nine P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 retrofit kits and install four on U.S. Navy aircraft, with work finishing May 2030.
Sierra Nevada Corporation withdrew from the Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System competition, citing concerns with contract structure. Textron Aviation Defense and Leonardo's M-346N now face no competition for the T-45 Goshawk replacement.
Greece finalized a purchase of 3 Embraer KC-390 Millennium transport and tanker aircraft with options for 3 more, valued at approximately $672 million. First deliveries are planned for 2027, making Greece the seventh European NATO customer for the Brazilian airlifter.
Slovakia's defence ministry ordered four additional F-16 Block 70 aircraft for approximately €390 million, expanding its original 14-aircraft purchase from 2018 as newly delivered fighters begin air policing duties.
India's Rafale M carrier fighter completed its first arrested landing aboard INS Vikrant on October 29, 2026. A 26-aircraft order valued at $7.5 billion will deliver 22 single-seat fighters and 4 twin-seat trainers starting end-2028.
Canadian defence company Galvion secured a five-year framework contract worth €27.8 million (~$30.8M USD) from Latvia for Battlesin Hellbender helmet systems, spare parts and lifecycle support under the EU's Security Action for Europe initiative.
GKN Aerospace becomes the first company worldwide to achieve Nadcap accreditation for Laser Wire Directed Energy Deposition, validating its additive manufacturing processes for aerospace and defense production at industrial scale.
The U.S. Navy exercised a $114.7 million option to upgrade 15 AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters with structural and electrical improvements supporting new sensors and munitions, with delivery by June 2028.
U.S. Air Force F-16s deployed to Eareckson Air Station in Alaska's Aleutian Islands for air defense alert operations under Operation Noble Defender, marking the first continuous fighter alert posture at the remote base in over 30 years.
The U.S. Army's HADES aircraft completed its first flight on September 11, advancing a modernization program to replace legacy turboprop intelligence platforms with faster, longer-range jet-powered deep sensing.
Federal continuing resolution uncertainty could push the Army's low-rate initial production contract award for the Textron-built MV-75 Cheyenne II from Q4 2026 into Q1 2027, raising program costs by up to $150 million.
Boeing won a multiyear framework agreement with the U.S. Army for AH-64E engineering and technical support valued at up to $500 million through February 2031, focused on Version 6.5 certification for the global fleet of 1,000+ aircraft.
Honeywell Aerospace is investing $500M in a 300,000-sq-ft production facility in Tempe, Arizona, to expand in-house machining capacity and support $15B in new control systems wins and DoD supplier framework work.
The Air Force will assess a blended-wing body tanker demonstrator in 2027. A think tank analysis recommends procurement of 250 aircraft, citing twice the refueling performance of the KC-46A Pegasus.
Rolls-Royce and the UK government launched a 10-year, £2.5 billion technology programme to develop next-generation narrowbody aircraft engines and secure a UK position on new commercial jets entering service in the mid-to-late 2030s.
Phoenix Defense Ventures received a $310.5M task order to provide aircrew training for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter across domestic and international Air Force installations through 2033.
The Air Force issued a presolicitation notice for a $1.057 billion campus at Nellis AFB to support operational testing of Boeing's F-47 sixth-generation fighter, with initial award planned for February 2027 and completion by March 2031.
Swedish defense manufacturer Saab won $6.6 billion in military orders, tripling quarterly intake to $6.6 billion from $2.1 billion. Major contracts include 16 Gripen E fighters for Ukraine, GlobalEye surveillance aircraft for Middle East and France, and German frigate systems.
Airbus and BAE Systems are exploring cooperation on the Global Combat Air Programme as Germany evaluates joining the UK-Italy-Japan sixth-generation fighter partnership targeting 2035 service entry.
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet proposed a ten-year F-35 procurement arrangement for 850 U.S. aircraft plus 156 annual allied orders, with plans to upgrade the jet to deliver 80% of sixth-generation capability at 50% of clean-sheet cost.
Switzerland's government approved CHF394 million in supplementary funding for its F-35A fighter program after cost overruns forced a reduction from 36 to approximately 30 aircraft.
Northrop Grumman will spend $2.1 billion in 2027 on manufacturing expansion to support higher B-21 Raider bomber production rates later this decade, with capacity work continuing through 2028.
Ukrainian defense leadership met with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to expand F-16 maintenance capabilities and secure additional PAC-3 interceptor missiles for air defense against Russian threats.
Lockheed Martin raised full-year forecasts as Q3 sales climbed 11% to $20.7B and backlog hit a record $292B, but warned that Lot 20 F-35 costs exceeded government authorization.
Omega Aerial Refueling Services won a government auction for 10 retired KC-10A Extenders from Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard. The first aircraft arrived in San Antonio in October 2026.
The Pentagon is expanding military presence in Greenland starting in 2027, developing two additional air bases at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig while modernizing Pituffik Space Base to support Arctic fighter deployments and ballistic missile early warning.
The Air Force projects its combat-coded fleet will grow to 1,509 aircraft by 2035, with F-35s rising to 40% of the force. The FY27 budget request includes $2.34B through reconciliation for 14 F-35s and 62 total fighter purchases.
Saab delivered the first of three GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft ordered by Sweden, restoring radar surveillance capability after transferring older aircraft to Ukraine in 2024.
Sierra Nevada Corporation's first ME-11B HADES reconnaissance aircraft prototype will complete by end of 2026 under a $991.3M Army contract, with the planned fleet reduced from 14 to 6 aircraft.
New Zealand signed a NZ$1.648 billion foreign military sale agreement for five Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters, with deliveries starting in 2030 to replace older Super Seasprites.
Lockheed Martin delivered the first C-130J-30 airframe to the U.S. Navy on October 15 for conversion into the E-130J Phoenix II, a next-generation airborne nuclear communications platform to replace the E-6B Mercury for TACAMO missions.
France will develop the Avion de Combat du Futur as a domestic successor to the Rafale after FCAS collapsed in June 2026. The program targets conventional mission capability in 2040 and nuclear-armed ASN4G operations in 2050, budgeted well below €50 billion.
The U.S. Air Force awarded three small companies places on a $5.4 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for adversary air and close air support training through October 2029, with only $3,000 obligated at award.
The U.S. Army accelerated delivery of Bell's next-generation tiltrotor to 2027 for the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, with fiscal 2027 funding jumping to $2.1 billion from $350 million in FY2026.