France orders Thundart long-range rocket system from MBDA, Safran
The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has notified MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense of the contract for Thundart,…
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France orders eight Airbus U050 Capa-X drones after trials
The French armed forces have ordered eight Airbus U050 Capa-X uncrewed aircraft for the French Army and Navy…
General Atomics unveils Wildfire drone as lower-cost MQ-9 Reaper successor
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has unveiled Wildfire, a clean-sheet uncrewed aircraft it is currently offering to the US Air Force (USAF) as a…
Air Force One’s emergency slide inflated accidentally moments before takeoff
US President Donald Trump was delayed when travelling to Dallas for the Republican midterm convention when an emergency…
Boeing, Anduril interceptor advances in US Army air defense competition
The US Army has selected Boeing to advance to Phase 2 of the Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC)…
Netherlands to buy Saab GlobalEye, gain access to Swedish aircraft from 2028
The Netherlands has signed a letter of intent with Sweden to acquire one Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning…
Iranian missile strike reportedly damages USAF A-10 and F-15Es in Jordan
Multiple US Air Force aircraft were damaged in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base…
US House report calls for study of possible brain injuries in navy pilots
A US House oversight report calls for a long-term study of whether repeated carrier launches, landings and maneuvers…
First Dutch Pilatus PC-7 MKX flies as Europe revamps military training fleets
The first Pilatus PC-7 MKX for the Royal Netherlands Air Force has completed its maiden flight, advancing a…
Saab moves Sweden’s future fighter project into next phase
Saab has received a new order from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) for continued work on Sweden’s…
Covenant unveils Anthem long-range missile, targets 5,000 units a year from Texas
Covenant, a defense company headquartered in Washington, DC, announced a ground-launched strike weapon called Anthem and said it…
French Navy receives first two Falcon Albatros surveillance aircraft
The Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the French defense procurement agency, has accepted the development phase and the…
US builds special B-21 hangar at Whiteman to check bomber’s stealth
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Conti Federal Services a contract to build a specialized hangar…
Germany to send Patriot PAC-2 interceptors to Ukraine from its own stocks
Germany will transfer Patriot PAC-2 interceptor missiles to Ukraine from German armed forces stocks, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius…
Japan scrambles fighters for Chinese spy flights five days in a row
Japan’s Joint Staff recorded a Chinese Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft over the East China Sea each day from September 3…
Russia warns US missile launcher in Norway is a wartime target
Russia’s Foreign Ministry declared that the deployment sites, command facilities and supporting infrastructure of a US Navy containerized missile launcher…
Satellite images appear to show Russian Ka-52, Mi-28 destroyed at Sochi Airport
Satellite imagery circulated in the wake of Ukraine’s September 4, 2026, drone attack on Sochi Airport appears to show two destroyed Russian…
Swedish ASC 890 radar aircraft made combat debut over Ukraine
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Swedish-supplied ASC 890 airborne early warning and control aircraft flew…