Military aviation news
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August 12, 2026
One of the greatest strengths of the Argentine Air Force is the quality of its human capital”.The Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, Brigadier General Gustavo Javier…
Northrop Grumman has unveiled Raid Hunter™ as the official name for its new 50mm gun-based air defence system (GBAD), a next-generation capability designed to strengthen…
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The combination is especially relevant in the case of the F-35A and EA-18G, which provide advanced detection, electronic warfare and information management capabilities that can complement…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. A retired senior officer of the Pakistan Air Force has publicly acknowledged critical shortcomings in the beyond-visual-range... The post Retired…
Recent Northrop, Lockheed and L3Harris agreements are aimed at expanding capacity across propulsion, structures and other constrained parts of the missile supply chain The post U.S. expands missile…
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The company’s major investment in the Melbourne, Florida-based sixth-generation precinct is designed to bolster Northrop Grumman’s pitch to the US Navy for the lucrative, sixth-generation fighter…
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August 11, 2026
The Cold War nearly turned the Moon into a nuclear billboard—until scientists worried about contaminating humanity's next frontier. The post In 1958, spooked by the Soviet Sputnik launch, the US Air…
Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, the director of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program, warned that without the Defense Department’s $350 billion reconciliation request, the homeland missile…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Pentagon official overseeing the Trump administration’s planned multilayered missile defense shield said today the initiative has its “first operational site” at Fort Story…
The Pentagon’s top research lab is interested in developing a hypersonic cruise missile prototype that provides “a revolutionary leap in operational performance,” as the first wave of U.S…
The US fighter fleet is quietly shrinking in 2026 as aging F-15s, F-16s, Super Hornets, and A-10s enter their final chapters.
Boeing plans to offer a cheaper seeker for defensive and offensive military missiles, while Northrop Grumman revealed more about a cannon-based solution to bat down threats like drones and cruise…
A covert aviation switch used a catering truck and a C-32A to mask presidential movements after an Iran threat.
US military personnel and Morocco's Royal Armed Forces carried out, between August 3 and 7, the first live-fire demonstration of the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation…
The CH-53K King Stallion, the largest and most powerful military helicopter currently in US service, demonstrated its aircraft recovery capability during an exercise held in…
The final fighter created by the Grumman Aircraft Corporation Few aircraft of the Cold War era have attained such cult status and adoration among those that flew it, wanted to fly it or kept it…
With multibillion-dollar awards for satellite networks, sensing and launch services, SpaceX is leveraging its vertically integrated manufacturing model to win a share of the Pentagon's missile…
US President Donald Trump was reportedly secretly transferred from Air Force One to a military Boeing C-32A while leaving a NATO summit in Turkey last month, following intelligence about a possible…
*Missile Warning Radar at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Photo by David Grim, U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command Boulder, Colo., August 11, 2026 —– SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY)…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. As Pakistan moves toward inducting Chinese-built J-35 stealth fighters, India faces a genuine strategic dilemma: a potential... The post F-35…
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers of the US Air Force began a Bomber Task Force mission bound for South America on Monday, August 10, but the operation…
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Operation involved three presidential aircraft, including Qatar's donated VC-25B and a Boeing 757 used to conceal the president's departure
By Ignacio Montes de Oca. Five months after starting a war, the United States no longer argues over enriched uranium or Iranian ballistic missiles. Now it negotiates freedom of navigation for…
LOS ANGELES, August 11th, 2026. Proteus Space, an AI-native aerospace company delivering rapid, end-to-end access to space, today announced that retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kimberly “Kim”…
The Guyana Defence Force and the United States Air Force (USAF) carried out the second security cooperation activity of 2026 between the two countries. On this occasion, a…
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The new unmanned aviation center aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt for the US Navy's first carrier-based refueling drone is ready, though Boeing's aircraft…
Aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing took off from Minot, North Dakota, on a mission...
The US Air Force has taken one of the most symbolic steps toward the definitive retirement of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the legendary Warthog, by graduating the last class of officers…
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary security operation triggered by a credible assassination threat from Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump was secretly shuttled via an airport catering truck to board a…
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August 10, 2026
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flew a mission of more than 16 hours between the United States and Australia, in a demonstration of the projection capability of…