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$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