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August 19, 2026
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The aircraft carrier Liaoning (CV-16) of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was detected sailing in the Yellow Sea in recent days, in what appeared to be a brief…
Mexico and the United States have signed a non-binding declaration of intent that will allow Mexico's National Defense Secretariat to access the US Army's digital marketplace…
US technology company Google has secured an extensive package of internal data as part of the insolvency proceedings of the defunct airline Spirit Airlines. For…
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Dragonfly's July 2028 target launch begins a six-and-a-half-year journey to Titan, where a nuclear-powered flying laboratory will compare organic dunes, weather and impact terrain. The post NASA’s…
The Army wants a new wheeled self-propelled 155mm howitzer to replace its towed M777s, offering a boost in range and mobility. The post South Korea’s Highly Mobile 155mm Artillery System Wins U.S…
“Bonnie”, a Beechcraft Bonanza A36 retrofitted with Stralis’ hydrogen fuel cell technology, taxied at Brisbane Airport on 29 July under its own power after four years in development.
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Alaska Airlines flight attendants challenge Boeing 787 staffing as union files grievance over long haul service demands. The post Alaska Airlines Attendants Challenge Boeing 787 Long-Haul Service…
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August 18, 2026
On August 17, 2026, Viasat Inc. announced it selected Rocket Lab Corporation to manufacture a small geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellite bus for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems […]
Images were captured between August 11 and 12 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), six days after the object hit the lunar surface The post NASA finds 18-meter crater…
NASA has released a report recommending an initial health standard for the Martian dust that astronauts could inhale during future missions. Although sending people to Mars is still years away, NASA…
The company will use a Photon spacecraft to test interoperability with the Space Data Network's core infrastructure built by SpaceX The post Rocket Lab to test Space Force data network connection in…
The United States Air Force (USAF) has been using the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets for quite a few decades and had planned their full retirement before 2030…
Defense authorities want to know whether Washington will in the future allow Israel access to the sixth-generation fighter
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In the report I prepared, Cannon Fodder: the trap of foreign recruitment in the Russian army... The article The "likeable rogues" states: the…
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced demonstration flights using hybrid-electric technology to evaluate routes intended to…
After just over a week of activities in waters near the Hawaiian Islands, the US Third Fleet declared the Pacific Dragon 2026 Multinational Exercise concluded, which was attended by…
What to Know A Lufthansa A380 carrying 351 passengers struck runway approach lights while landing short of the threshold at Munich Airport, just days after a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 suffered a…
Between Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon. The crater formed Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the…
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The incident temporarily closed one of the two runways servicing commercial traffic at the island’s Naha airport. A Boeing F-15J fighter jet operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)…
WestJet has reached a key milestone in transforming the onboard experience after completing the reconfiguration…
D.C. Circuit sends part of the case back to the district court as DJI continues to face separate U.S. market restrictions The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has partially reversed a…
For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 18, 2026 ID Logistics US, Inc. Agrees To Pay $2.36 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations…
The first F-35 for the German Luftwaffe left final assembly yesterday. Lockheed Martin has now allowed a video showing…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at __ p.m. EDT.
NASA’s super camera on its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) passed over the crash site of a Falcon-9 rocket stage, snapping imagery six days after the impact. The spacecraft’s LROC Narrow Angle…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and first female French spacewalker Sophie Adenot removed a failed antenna but ran out of time to install its replacement at the International Space Station, Aug. 18, 2026.
VinSpace, a space company recently formed as part of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, signed a launch contract with SpaceX to launch in-orbit demonstration satellites on a Transporter rideshare…
Over the course of yesterday and today, the governments of the United States and Argentina took a series of measures aimed at the Argentine Air Force's Peace Condor Program that affect the…
After 6 hours and 23 minutes, today's EVA by NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot came to an end. A failed antenna was removed during the spacewalk and on the ISS truss…
Keith’s note: Jared Isaacman posted a class picture of NASA leadership in front of his ride at a management retreat. They are all smiling. That’s a good sign in 2026 […] The post NASA 2026 Senior…
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