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The US Air Force is finalising work on an airborne hypersonic missile. The Pentagon has requested $150 million from Congress before reaching its final milestone.
The US Navy, along with the Air Force, has also submitted a request to Congress for funding for the procurement of aircraft, helicopters and drones. The service wants more than $17bn to achieve the goal.
Three reconnaissance drones belonging to NATO countries are monitoring the Black Sea waters at once. One of them is a Northrop Grumman unmanned aerial vehicle.
The U.S. Navy is requesting $26.9 billion for development and research in fiscal year 2024. 5% of that amount, if approved, will be used to develop the secretive F/A-XX fighter programme.
The Pentagon has decided not to develop an engine with an adaptive cycle for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter. The new propulsion system will be reserved for the sixth-generation aircraft. Instead, Pratt & Whitney will upgrade the F135 engine.
The draft US Air Force budget calls for an increase in purchases of F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets. The service has decided to buy more of the upgraded aircraft than had been planned just a few days ago.
The Polish government recently said that it was ready to transfer Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Information has now emerged about the approximate delivery date.
The US Air Force's fiscal year 2024 budget stockpile includes plans to decommission more than 300 aircraft, helicopters and drones. We have already written about the A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-1B Lancer, F-15 Eagle, MQ-9 Reaper Block 1 and F-22 Raptor. But the service doesn't want to stop there.
According to Turkish Defence Turk, Turkey has started building a second Ada corvette for the Ukrainian Navy.
The UK is looking to buy advanced 155mm Archer self-propelled artillery units from BAE Systems.
After several weeks of training, the Ukrainian military completes a training programme on Leopard 2 tanks in Germany.
The US Air Force continues to develop an advanced nuclear-powered cruise missile under the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) programme. The service has requested $911 million for fiscal year 2024 to develop the project.
The FY2024 budget proposal includes a $4.8bn funding increase for 20 programmes to transform the US Air Force. This list includes Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) and Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) projects.
The United States Air Force has not decommissioned the B-1B Lancer strategic bomber for several years. But that will change in fiscal year 2024.
Over the weekend, we wrote that the US Department of Defense will ask Congress for $4.311 billion for missile purchases in fiscal year 2024. Today, more detailed information has emerged, according to which the Pentagon wants to spend almost twice as much.
