Military aviation news
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August 18, 2026
Two US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters recovered five US Navy personnel from mountainous terrain near… The post USAF Jolly Green IIs rescue five after Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing…
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Testing the most effective battlefield counter-UAS technology has been the key focus of Exercise Baltic Trust, which brought together approximately 650 participants from 24 countries The post…
KAI and Hyundai Rotem signed an agreement to develop and integrate into the KF-21 Boramae a new…
French fighter was conducting an air-defense training mission when the problem was discovered.
After years of fighting in Ukraine and rapid technological adaptation on the battlefield, the former commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, stated that…
08/18/2026 Nueva Rioja – Article – General News – p. 2 The Argentine government is coordinating the dispatch of an Air Force Hercules aircraft with humanitarian aid to Colombia, following the…
Red Cat's entire $2.49 million Air Force Black Widow order is built and waiting, Divisional CEO Mitch McDonald told DroneXL, as the Army assesses the company's new Palantir-equipped AiN payload on…
The Tomcat Produced from 1969 to 1992 for the US Navy, the F-14 Tomcat was one of the last specialized fighters to reach production before the US military transitioned to using cost-saving multirole…
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Boeing has announced new seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Raytheon, an RTX group company, to increase production…
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A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 fighter suffered an incident while landing at Naha Airport, in Okinawa, this Tuesday, August 18. The aircraft tilted toward one of…
German Eurofighter and Tornado crews trained alongside virtual allies and against computer-generated threats during the Luftwaffe’s Timber Express… The post Airbus puts synthetic aircraft into live…
As final assembly progresses at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility, the first F-35A fighter for Germany entered the finishing phase…
The aim of the EMD contract is to establish the GEK800 turbofan as a second-source propulsion system for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).
Today, in the early morning hours, the Israeli Air Force attacked the (still) abandoned military airfield of Abu al-Duhur in Idlib province… more...
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. India’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft ambitions are increasingly being reflected not only in prototype development but also in... The post…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. India’s reported interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) sixth-generation fighter programme has triggered... The post…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Former Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria has argued that India should not look... The post RKS Bhadauria: India Should Not Look…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Recent disclosures from the highest echelons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have shed definitive light on... The post Air Vice Chief Confirms Zero…
With rapidly evolving threats around the globe, the USAF's target drones need to start making leaps to catch up and a new family of systems is wanted to this. The post Air Force Wants Family Of…
The first F-35A Lightning II destined for the German Air Force has moved to a new stage of production and is getting closer to its maiden flight. Identified as MG-01, the fighter…
New multi-year contract builds on more than 25 years of partnership with USAF on T56 platform SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – August 18, 2026 – StandardAero (NYSE: SARO), a leading independent pure-play…
The Patriot is one of the most advanced air-defense and anti-missile systems currently in service. Developed in the United States during the 1980s, it was originally conceived to…
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Aerospace Corp. analysis finds most growth concentrated in classified programs, target tracking, missile warning and command and control The post New report takes closer look at the Space Force…
The Indonesian Air Force has acquired twelve Leonardo M-346 Block 20s. The first M-346s will be delivered to Jakarta in 2030. This will make Indonesia the 23rd M-346 operator, and the…
Paraguay's defence minister confirms diplomatic talks to obtain aircraft from Taiwan; F-5s retired... The post «Paraguai negocia com Taiwan possível transferência…»
The Air and Space Force detachment that took part in exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia has now returned to its bases. After two weeks taking part in the exercise…
Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, received an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $31.3 million for engineering and advisory services…
The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, swore in the new commanders general of the Army and Air Force, as well as the new director of the Police…
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Raytheon, an RTX Corporation company, announced it will dramatically accelerate production of BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles for the U.S. Navy over a period…
Series production of South Korea's first fully domestically developed fighter jet is already under way. The manufacturer now wants to work with Hyundai Rotem on an air-to-air missile…
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