Military aviation news
Sector news aggregated from reference outlets, always linking to the original source.
August 20, 2026
“It is critically important for us in this time, a time of not living in peace time … that both in words and deeds to not make any steps to create an image that would indicate to Moscow or Beijing…
The Flight Termination System was activated by the Brazilian Air Force after the vehicle... The post South Korean SEBIT rocket veers off course after launch in…
In early July, AEL Sistemas and Diehl Defence signed a memorandum to expand cooperation between the companies in developing Brazil's air defense capabilities…
The Fulcrum The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an…
A Romanian Air Force F-16 used its internal cannon to destroy a maritime drone approaching the Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea. The fighter was scrambled along with another…
In the Black Sea, presumably Russian sea drones loaded with explosives approached an oil platform. Romanian fighter aircraft destroyed the drones from the air.
During the German Air Force’s annual Timber Express exercise in summer 2026, Airbus Defence and Space tested a new digital…
Trump has said he maintains a "very good relationship" with the North Korean leader and expressed his intention to meet him again. Trump and Kim met three times during the…
By Ignacio Montes de Oca. Kim Jong-un did not personally fire a single missile in Ukraine, yet he ended up as the war's great beneficiary. Not because Russia withdrew, nor because Putin…
Identification of a rare Tu-214PU fitted with a laser self-protection system reveals that NATO's air policing missions also serve as instruments of intelligence, deterrence and…
Last week in Kiel, the German armed forces held the official christening of their first maritime reconnaissance drone, named "Seetaube". … more...
The vintage wings still making fighter pilots decades later.
Two Romanian Air Force F-16s were sent against a small maritime drone drifting inside Romania’s exclusive economic zone… The post Romanian F-16 fires cannon at sea drone near Black Sea gas platform…
Castelion has raised $1 billion in a Series C funding round to expand production of its Blackbeard hypersonic missile and develop longer-range strike and defense weapons…
The first two of 66 F-16V Block 70 fighter jets Taiwan purchased from the United States departed the… The post Taiwan’s first two F-16V Block 70 jets depart US, expected to arrive soon appeared…
Ukrainian missile manufacturer Fire Point announced on 15 August 2026 that two of its FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missiles had hit the rocket production plant…
For several days there has been intense activity by NATO air forces on the alliance's eastern flank. Over Poland and the Baltics, but above all in the airspace off the Russian exclave…
For the second time, Spanish Air Force F/A-18 jets deployed in Romania have been scrambled to intercept an unidentified drone. Romania's National Command Centre activated at 03:20…
At a meeting with Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov, Lockheed Martin acknowledged that delivery of the next eight F-16 fighters could slip into the s…
Castelion has raised $1 billion in Series C financing at a $13 billion valuation, capital the company said will enable it to reach… The post Castelion raises $1B to mass-produce Blackbeard…
The US Air Force is preparing to buy several Chinese-made DJI drones for an unusual reason: to help protect one of America’s most sensitive military installations from the very drones it has spent…
The German defence-tech company STARK has delivered its first autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) to Kommando CIR. Under the name "Seetaube," this system based on STARK's Vanta…
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"Affordable mass" is an unsuitable framework for describing unmanned combat aircraft. System and armament costs undermine the common argument that mass deployment…
Japan has unveiled details of the Tokyo Defense Ministry's budget request for 2027, which includes the development of underwater hypersonic missiles for strikes against…
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PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk (GMF), a member of the Garuda Indonesia Group, has completed the modernisation of the Indonesian Air Force’s C-130H Hercules aircraft, tail number…
Given the worsening threat situation and long delivery times for defence equipment, the Swiss government, the Federal Council, wants to speed up key security investments. To…
The U.S. Air Force is looking for a new family of drones to serve as aerial targets for test missions, ranging from cheap, expendable quadcopters to large, reusable aircraft that can mimic…
Israel considered its security threatened. As a result, the Israel Defense Forces struck.
Alongside the deployment of Tornado and Eurofighter jets in the 2026 edition of the German Air Force's "Timber Express" exercise, Airbus Defence and Space tested the…
The twenty-four multirole fighters supplied by France have seen their activity increase tenfold since the start of this week. Within 24 hours Greece deployed no fewer than eight…
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