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RTX's Raytheon announced a $627 million direct commercial sales award from the Netherlands covering Patriot air and missile defense equipment, announced April 8, 2026.
Defense Minister Martin Pfister said on April 1, 2026 that terminating the US Patriot purchase entirely remains an option while Bern withholds payments pending binding delivery guarantees.
Before any long-range interceptor is released, a mechanical question-and-answer exchange between an interrogator and a transponder has to say the target is not a friend — here is how that system works and where it breaks.
The 325th Fighter Wing led the winter iteration of the Air Force's premier air combat exercise, which ran at Nellis from February 2 to 13 with night flying throughout.
The third major tranche of SHIELD multiple-award contracts, announced January 15, 2026, widens a ceiling-based pool of missile defense contractors to well over two thousand firms.
The Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing is hosting its recurring large-force air-to-air exercise from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam through January 28.