"You obviously don't wouldn't buy something that doesn't work. But even if it does work, it's got to be it's got to be the right contribution to the overall weapons mix," said Andrew Hunter, the Air Force's acquisition executive.
Boeing's Steve Parker said he expects a contract for F-15EX lot 2 and 3 "will be at the advertised price" when it is finalized in a couple months. The price claim comes after lawmakers bemoaned lack of oversight on unit costs for the fighter.
Listing a series of theoretical space capabilities, the Ministry of Defence’s Director for Space, Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth, said, "Who would not be excited by this?"
Mosquito had been scheduled to fly by the end of 2023, supported by a consortium of US firms Northrop Grumman and Spirit AeroSystems, along with UK company Callen-Lenz.
"We were pretty early in the Netherlands I think to order extra [ammunition], but you see what is happening," she said. "We're all standing in line at the at the ammunition factories."
Getting a US partner on board will allow Israel to purchase the weapon using American-provided funding.
Both the Navy and Air Force have struggled for years to combat physiological episodes, potentially deadly emergencies.
In Greece, the F-35 isn't just seen as necessary for the country's defense, it's also a matter of "national pride," said Jim Townsend, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy.
"Finland never bought into the idea of East-West peace lasting forever following the collapse of the Soviet Union," and now seems prescient in its defense investments, writes Robbin Laird.
“I think [a Nordic air operations center] would be a benefit for us, and it can be a benefit for NATO,” said Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Algeria and Morocco are eyeing advanced air fighter fleets - and each other.