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News in numbers
$600m
Cost to the US of removing the supply chain for the F-35 out of Turkey following the country's removal from the programme
1.25%
Percentage of GDP that Germany's defence spending is expected to drop to by 2023, despite recent government commitments to 1.5% by 2025
2 years
Timeframe for the development, design and testing of hypersonic propulsion systems for the UK MOD, led by Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Reaction Engines
80%
Mission capability rate set by the US DoD for the US Air Force and US Navy's combat aircraft fleet by September 2019, which the F-22 and F-35 are expected to miss
C$9.8bn
Cost increase of Canada’s Surface Combatants over the past two years, to a total of C$69.8bn
€7.2bn
Defence budget increase agreed by the Italian Cabinet up to 2032 to support modernisation projects
£30m
Funds committed under the UK's space programme to fast-track the launch of a small satellite demonstrator
This month on twitter
UK's Tempest not going it alone after all
...and the model is out this weekend
Eurofighter commitments from BAE
Royal International Air Tattoo takes off
New Infantry Fighting Vehicle capabilities
And a Top Gun lesson from the Royal Navy
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