Airbus U.S. Space and Defense is making significant strides in the development of its Lakota program, with a particular emphasis on advancing the Lakota Connector, an uncrewed, autonomous variant of the versatile... Read more »

The United States has moved forward with a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 Lightning II fighters to Saudi Arabia. This brings the kingdom a step closer to becoming the first Gulf... Read more »

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 »