Atlas Air orders 20 Airbus A350F freighters
Atlas Air Worldwide has ordered 20 Airbus A350F freighters, a deal that makes the US cargo operator the…
Top Aces to train Argentine Air Force pilots on F-16s
Top Aces has been awarded a contract to provide F-16 instructor pilot training for the Argentine Air Force,…
Thales to supply radio management system for European PC-7 trainer fleet
Thales has been selected by Pilatus Aircraft to supply its radio management system for a fleet of PC-7…
Drone strike destroys Italian MQ-9 at Kuwait base, no injuries reported
A drone strike hit Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait on March 15, 2026, destroying a remotely piloted Italian aircraft sheltered…
Airbus prepares first Valkyrie flights in Germany for Luftwaffe combat drone bid
Airbus said it is preparing the first two Kratos-built Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft for flight testing in Germany, amid Berlin’s…
French soldier killed in Iraq drone attack amid regional spillover
A French soldier has been killed, and several others wounded in a drone attack in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, marking France’s first…
Norwegian F-35s intercept Russian spy plane during Cold Response 2026
Norwegian F-35 fighter jets were scrambled on March 10 and March 11, 2026, to identify Russian military aircraft flying in international airspace…
DARPA designates Bell’s SPRINT demonstrator as X-76 after Critical Design Review
Bell’s high-speed vertical lift demonstrator for DARPA’s SPRINT program has received the official X-76 designation and passed its…
ArianeGroup reveals FLP-T 150 rocket for France’s long-range strike program
ArianeGroup has publicly confirmed that it is developing a 150-kilometer tactical rocket with Thales under France’s FLP-T long-range land…
FAA briefly grounds JetBlue flights after airline reports system outage
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly halted all JetBlue departures early on March 10, 2026, after the airline…
Saab pitches Gripen production work for Portugal’s OGMA
Saab has said Portuguese aerospace company OGMA could play a role in producing parts for the Gripen fighter…
UK says RAF strikes on Iranian missile sites could be lawful
Speaking British broadcasters on March 6, 2026, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested that British aircraft could lawfully strike Iranian missile sites in self-defense, if needed to…
Russia says Finland nuclear hosting shift would stoke tensions
In a statement released on March 6, 2026, the Kremlin has said that Finland’s decision to lift its legal ban on…
Ukraine preparing prepayments for Gripen, Rafale jets: Zelenskyy
Ukrainian media has reported that the country is preparing advance payments for future Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale fighter jets, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March…
NATO E-3A AWACS conducts first mission in Finnish airspace
Finland’s integration into NATO’s air command structure continues to deepen, with the Finnish Air Force confirming that a…
Embraer, Valkyrie Aero add AI-enabled counter-drone system to A-29 Super Tucano
Embraer and Valkyrie Aero are expanding the A-29 Super Tucano’s counter-drone package with an AI-enabled system designed to…
Iranian drones strike Azerbaijan airport in Nakhchivan, injuring two
Iranian drones struck Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave on March 5, 2026, injuring two civilians and damaging infrastructure at a local airport,…
Zelenskyy offers Ukraine’s Shahed interceptor drones to Gulf states
Ukraine is ready to share its experience countering Iranian-designed Shahed drones with partners in the Middle East, President…