Military aviation news
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August 5, 2026
What it pays to strap into a Navy strike fighter.
How do you develop a low-cost engine for unmanned combat jets? Dave Marinick, President and CEO Engines & Power Systems at Honeywell Aerospace, explains.
In what until a few years ago might have seemed a striking coincidence, the US Navy's nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska once again trained with attack…
Artificial intelligence has taken another step toward integration into manned combat aircraft. Lockheed Martin announced the completion of a test campaign in which its autonomy system…
August 4, 2026
There is a new air war commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, including the stop-and-start operations against Iran: Lt. Gen. Daniel T. Lasica. Lasica assumed command of Air Forces Central…
An AI agent was able to interpret infrared sensor data and direct the X-62 test aircraft to intercept the target. The US Air Force continues to expand the capabilities of artificial intelligence in…
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ST. CHARLES, Mo., August 5, 2026, 2026 – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [NYSE:BA] a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU)...
More than 90 teams are flying the DARPA Lift Challenge at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force through August 9, chasing a 4:1 payload-to-weight ratio for a share of $6.5 million. DARPA's own…
The US Air Force plans to select vendors by the end of 2026 to develop concepts for cheap, attritable drones that can perform the MQ-9 Reaper mission of persistent intelligence, surveillance…
X-62A VISTA Used AI for Practice Air-to-Air Intercepts, Program to Integrate RTX PhantomStrike Radar
As the Air Force nears a possible downselect decision on Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program this year, the Air Force Test pilot school and Lockheed Martin‘s […]
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday in the second such incident this week, as Warsaw accused Moscow of testing NATO’s…
The U.S. Air Force is searching for answers on how to remedy supply chain bottlenecks in building engines for the service’s F-15EX fighter by Boeing [BA] and F-16 by Lockheed […]
AI agents, using data from a Legion Infrared Search and Track pod, controlled the X-62 VISTA and executed 27 autonomous intercepts of airborne targets throughout eight flights. The U.S. Air Force…
The National Government officially confirmed the Argentine Air Force will receive the second batch of six F-16 fighters in the second half of September. The announcement was made by the…
X-62 VISTA completed 27 autonomous intercepts after receiving targeting information from an onboard IRST system
The US Air Force is preparing to open fighter engine production for the F-15EX Eagle II and F-16… The post US Air Force puts F-15EX and F-16 engine suppliers on notice appeared first on AeroTime .
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, in service since 1955, is meant to fly for many more years. The legendary bomber is being fundamentally modernized. But the upgrade program carries major risks…
As the incorporation of the F-16AM/BM is one of the main re-equipment projects driven by the current administration to restore the Argentine Air Force's capabilities, the…
The request for information signals a possible challenge to the decades-old Pratt & Whitney-GE duopoly
The Ohio class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) received an airborne escort while surfaced in the Pacific Ocean, exercising with a U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II. As one of…
The US Navy recently announced that 10 Virginia-class submarines will be converted to SSGN, capable of carrying out cruise missile strikes and conducting operations…
Request for information signals possible challenge to decades-long Pratt & Whitney-GE duopoly
ResilienX has been selected by AFWERX, a component of the US Air Force Research Laboratory, for a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract focused The post ResilienX to monitor health and…
The US Air Force flew the A-10C Thunderbolt II from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, for the final time on… The post US Air Force ends nearly 50 years of A-10 flights at Davis-Monthan appeared…
With exercise BB26-1, the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor stealth fighters deployed in Japan continue honing their combat capabilities in an area of responsibility as…
The U.S. Department of War recently signed new framework agreements with local firms Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to increase the production capacity of…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. After nearly two decades of unsuccessful attempts to acquire new aerial refuelling aircraft, the Indian Air Force... The post Exclusive: India Nears…
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August 3, 2026
Northrop Grumman has signed two multi-year framework agreements totalling over $3 billion to increase US missile interceptor production. Working with the US Department of Defense and Lockheed…
Partnership with U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School expands autonomy into live mission system flight tests on the X-62 VISTA. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In a...
A closer look at the ergonomics of the world's first fifth-generation bomber.
