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Lockheed Martin’s goal to reduce the F-35A’s cost per flight hour to $25,000 by 2025 is not fully within the company’s control.

Forecasts, snapshots and aircraft to watch. Source: Aviation Week 2021 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast.  Schedule a demo today to unlock the data behind the charts.

Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of CENTCOM, talks about what's ahead for his area of operations now that the Pentagon's eye has turned toward Russia and China. Tension with Iran and the effort to aid Afghan interpreters are also covered in a conversation with Military Times managing editor Howard Altman.

French, German, Spanish Air Force Chiefs Review Future Combat Air Systems Project

As part of our Aerospace & Defense Community Forum, Aviation Week Network spoke with leaders across the Aerospace & Defense industry about their companies, the state of the industry currently and where it is headed in the future. See what they had to say. 

Acquisitions, réorganisation, digitalisation… Rafaut enclenche une phase active de transformation. Ce fournisseur du Rafale a l’ambition de...-aero-spatial

Thales va fournir à l’armée française une version optimisée du casque TopOwl, fabriqué à Mérignac (Gironde), afin d’aider les hélicoptères des forces spéciales à évoluer dans des conditions extrêmes (basse altitude, obscurité totale, atterrissage dans le brouillard…). Destiné aux hélicoptères NH90 de NHIndustries, le nouveau dispositif de réalité augmentée permettra aux pilotes d’avoir accès à la vision de nuit directement dans le viseur du casque, grâce à des amplificateurs de lumière, ce qui évitera l’emploi de jumelles de vision nocturne.  L’Usine Nouvelle du 21 juin   

The Air Force wants to buy as many as 160 KC-Y tankers after it's finished with KC-46 production. Both Airbus and Boeing are ready to compete.

The Army wants to begin high-power microwave development and prototyping efforts in FY22 to defeat small drone swarms.