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Boeing beats Northrop to win US Navy’s F/A-XX fighter contract
Boeing beat Northrop Grumman for the US Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter contract, its second advanced fighter win after the…
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Military & Defense
Boeing beat Northrop Grumman for the US Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter contract, its second advanced fighter win after the…

Military & Defense
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract worth up to $24.4 billion to expand SM-6 missile production, with funding…

Military & Defense
Naval Group has cut steel for Sweden’s first FDI frigate, Luleå, at Lorient. The four-ship order adds a Swedish programme…

Air Force
Finland presented its first two F-35As based at Rovaniemi on October 1, with a Finnish pilot flying the type in…

News
Taiwan’s first two new F-16V Block 70 fighters arrived at Chihhang on October 2 after years of delay, beginning deliveries…

Middle East & North Africa
Saudi Arabia is weighing a new Yemen offensive to reverse Houthi gains near Bab el-Mandeb. Officials describe coastal and multi-front…

Greece
New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos says Greece backed down twice during 2024 seabed surveys near Kasos, a description at odds…

Politics & Diplomacy
The USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading towards the Middle East as Trump weighs further action against Iran and talks over…

Politics & Diplomacy
Russia warned NATO it could use nuclear weapons if allied states tried to isolate Kaliningrad. Mark Rutte rejected the rhetoric…

Politics & Diplomacy
Seoul summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador and demanded an apology over the disclosure that two captured North Korean soldiers had been…

Politics & Diplomacy
Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Marco Rubio in Washington as fighting in Yemen and threats to Red Sea shipping sharpen…

Economy & Energy
Washington and Beijing have identified $60 billion in goods for potential tariff relief after the Trump–Xi summit, but no new…