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Jet Maintenance has opened a new MRO operation at London-Oxford Airport.

Certification is expected by year-end with first delivery to follow in the last quarter of next year.

London Oxford Airport is improving its infrastructure to handle future growth.

Marshall Aerospace, which has operated at Cambridge International Airport since the 1930s, provides business aviation MRO there.

Early F-35s are to be assigned to an aggressor squadron to permit the replication of potential fifth-generation threat types.

The U.S. Navy has let four training contracts, including one to an ATAC-led team that will provide aircraft for training close-support air controllers.

Saab will undertake its share of T-X manufacture at a new facility to be built at West Lafayette, Indiana

F-35As have been flying operational missions as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. Now the aircraft have released weapons for the first time.

Poland is buying four AW101s from Leonardo to dramatically improve the capabilities of the Polish navy's air brigade

F-16 production has moved out of Fort Worth to make room for expanded F-35 production capacity

Tactical Air Support is modifying its recently acquired ex-Jordanian adversary F-5E/Fs with new equipment, including a Garmin G3000 flight deck.

Nearly three years after achieving IOC, the USAF's F-35As have been dispatched to the Middle East for the first operational deployment

Following the loss of a Japanese F-35, the task of locating and retrieving the missing aircraft from a depth of nearly 5,000 feet is under way

In the coming weeks Switzerland will evaluate the five contenders for its new fighter program against a common set of mission scenarios

A large batch of SM-3 missiles has been requested and approved as part of Japan’s efforts to improve its anti-ballistic missile defenses

A new multi-year procurement contract completes the U.S. Navy’s purchase of 75 Advanced Hawkeyes, all of which will be capable of inflight refueling.

Unsurprisingly, the Air Force plans to base to operate its B-21 Raiders at the bases that hcurrently host the types that the B-21 is replacing

Boeing has secured a multi-year contract for the supply of the latest Block III Super Hornet, and the Navy has requested funds for more.

Australia is boosting its electronic support capability through the acquisition of four Gulfstream G550s outfitted for electronic reconnaissance.

The first two Bombardier Global 6000s have arrived in Turkey for outfitting with Aselsan's stand-off jammer suite.

With the conclusion of Marine Corps EA-6B operations, the career of the Prowler electronic warfare platform has come to an end.

Working with AFRL, Kratos has flown a demonstrator of an expendable low-cost UCAV that can operate collaboratively with manned aircraft

The last of the three Lightning II variants to achieve IOC has reached the milestone, while Singapore is now talking numbers for its first F-35 purchase

During the Avalon show in Australia Boeing unveiled its loyal wingman UAV, which is being developed by Boeing Australia in partnership with the government

Eight years after they were ordered, the UH-60M Armed Black Hawk has now entered UAE Joint Aviation Command service

Since observing the program since its inception, Spain has eyed participation in the Future Combat Air System, which has now been formalized

Collins Aerospace has been selected to provide two major systems for the Boeing/Saab T-X, including the latest ACES 5 ejection seat

After 35 years of service, the "Legacy" Hornet is bowing out of the U.S. Navy's active-duty fleet as VFA-34 begns its conversion to the Super Hornet

France has formally launched the next major step in Rafale development, with the accent on improved networking.

Last year's growth suggests a trend as the airport offers a home for aircraft squeezed out of London's commercial airports.