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US–Canada Aircraft Certification Row Deepens as FAA Backs Trump, Putting Global Aviation Safety Norms Under Strain

The simmering dispute between the United States and Canada over aircraft certification has escalated sharply, injecting political tension into a process long regarded as sacrosanct in global aviation safety. At the center of the controversy are two new US-made business...
B-2 Spirit

B-2 Spirit Bomber: How the World’s Most Expensive Bomber Still Defeats Modern Air Defenses and Remains Virtually Untouchable

More than three decades after it first entered service, the B-2 Spirit remains the most formidable stealth strike aircraft ever fielded. While its successor, the B-21 Raider, is nearing operational debut with the US Air Force, the Spirit is far...
bombardier global express

Tariffs on Canadian-Made Aircraft Risk Raising Costs for US Airlines and Undermining Decades of North American Defense Integration

Any move by Washington to impose tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft or aerospace components would reverberate far beyond trade statistics, striking at the heart of one of the most deeply integrated industrial relationships in the Western world. From commercial airliners flying...
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Canada’s First F-35 Takes Shape in Texas Amid Political Review, RCAF Attends Lockheed Martin Ceremony

Despite political uncertainty swirling around Canada’s flagship fighter acquisition, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has moved one step closer to inducting its first fifth-generation stealth jet. On February 2, 2026, Canadian military officials joined U.S. defense executives in Fort...
Rafale

France’s “No-Strings-Attached” Rafale Pitch Faces a Sovereignty Crisis After US Firm Acquires Key Fighter Jet Supplier

For decades, France has marketed its combat aircraft as symbols of strategic independence in a global arms market dominated by the United States. At a time when Washington is increasingly accused of using arms exports as a tool of political...
Avro Arrow

Was Canada’s Indigenous Fighter Jet Sabotaged by the US and Secretly Smuggled to Britain? The Avro Arrow Mystery Revisited

By any measure, Canada’s long and tortured decision to buy the F-35 fighter jet has become more than a procurement dispute. It has turned into a national reckoning—one that has dragged a 66-year-old wound back into the open and reignited...
F-47

Boeing F-47 Gamble: How Trump’s NGAD Fighter Award Gave Crisis-Hit Aerospace Giant a Lifeline-And Sparked Deep Fears Over America’s Sixth-Generation Air Superiority

In March 2025, just weeks into his second presidency, US President Donald Trump handed Boeing the most consequential military aviation contract of the decade: the engineering and manufacturing development deal for the crewed sixth-generation fighter under the US Air Force’s...
Pentagon

Mystery Box Vending Machine Briefly Appears Inside Pentagon, Prompting Review Over Gambling-Like Concerns

A brightly colored vending machine dispensing collectible “mystery boxes” made a brief and unusual appearance inside the Pentagon late last year, raising questions about consumer protections, gambling-like mechanics, and the appropriateness of chance-based retail inside the nerve center of the...
Pentagon CTO Selects Six Defense Technology Experts to Drive Research and Deployment Across Six Critical Tech Areas

Pentagon CTO Selects Six Defense Technology Experts to Drive Research and Deployment Across Six Critical Tech Areas

The Pentagon has announced the officials who will lead research into its six top “Critical Technology Areas” (CTAs), two months after Defense Department Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael streamlined the list from 14 to just six priorities. The newly appointed...
Pentagon

US Approves Over $6.5 Billion in Potential Military Sales to Israel, Including Apache Helicopters, JLTVs, and Critical Ground Equipment

The US State Department has approved potential foreign military sales to Israel totaling approximately $6.52 billion, the Pentagon announced Friday. The approvals include a possible sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment, valued at around $3.8 billion, according to...
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