A US Marine took control of a Kratos Valkyrie drone beyond line of sight as it flew an electronic warfare mission alongside F-35s and an F/A-18 at a US Navy test range... Read more »
India’s Ministry of Defence has told a parliamentary committee that it has started work on joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS), two months after the collapse of the Franco-German fighter... Read more »
For decades, military laser weapons promised revolutionary capability but rarely moved beyond laboratory testing and field demonstrations. That is beginning to change. The Pentagon’s decision to award nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin... Read more »
Denmark announced plans to acquire two Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on July 7, 2026, in a decision aimed at strengthening “surveillance and sovereignty enforcement” in the Arctic and North Atlantic. The announcement was made on the same day... Read more »
France’s State aviation safety investigation bureau (BEA-É) has traced the August 2024 mid-air collision that killed two Rafale pilots to a “dual input” in the cockpit, where a trainee and his instructor commanded... Read more »
Thousands of fighter jets are in active duty across the world’s air forces in 2026, from 5th-generation models like the F-35 to relics of the 1970s such as the Sukhoi Su-24. The... Read more »
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the first milestone test of the Golden Dome was a success, marking an early positive achievement for the Trump administration’s planned homeland missile defense shield. Hegseth... Read more »
Edwards Air Force Base, California – A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning, resulting in the presumed deaths of all eight people on board. The... Read more »
French defense technology startup Alta Ares has raised €50 million to expand production of its AI-guided interceptor drones, as European investors continue to back lower-cost air defense systems shaped by the war... Read more »
In a step towards qualifying the MICA NG air-to-air missile, France has carried out the first firing of the next-generation weapon from a Dassault Rafale in supersonic flight, the country’s defense procurement agency announced. Reporting the result on June... Read more »