- June 4th, 2026
Europe’s ambitious Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, once envisioned as the cornerstone of the continent’s next-generation airpower strategy, is increasingly showing signs of fragmentation as tensions between key industrial partners threaten to derail the project’s most critical component —...
Canada’s plan to anchor its future air power in the American-made F-35 Lightning II is facing renewed turbulence as political tensions with Washington threaten to reshape one of the country’s largest-ever military procurements. What began as a long-delayed effort to...
The Swedish Embassy in Bangkok has issued an unequivocal statement denying recent media reports that claim Sweden has suspended or frozen its planned sale of next-generation Gripen E/F fighter jets to Thailand. The statement comes at a time of heightened...
Canada is once again at a crossroads in its defense planning. Despite having signed a $19 billion contract in 2023 for 88 F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, talks with Swedish manufacturer Saab regarding the JAS 39 Gripen have quietly resumed....
The governments of Thailand and Sweden, in partnership with Swedish aerospace giant Saab, are in the final stages of negotiations for the sale of JAS 39 Gripen E/F multirole fighters. This move reflects Bangkok's strategy to enhance and modernize its...