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Aug 21, 2026
A major U.S. Army training win is pushing Robinson and its R66 into new military territory.
Aug 21, 2026
The U.S. office is increasingly incorporating commercial remote-sensing vendors into its space-based architectures as partners instead of as an afterthought.
Aug 20, 2026
High operations tempo, increasing threats drives a shifting strategy for air defenses and the systems the Army needs.
Aug 19, 2026
Military demand is driving a push to deploy new and larger satellite constellations.
Aug 19, 2026
Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force secretary during the Biden administration, is not the first person you would expect to go all-in on autonomous weapons.
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Aug 26, 2026
Lufthansa Technik has secured a German contract to provide a Global 6000 to prepare crew for the Pegasus mission, while Lufthansa Aviation Training is taking on initial flight training activities.
Aug 25, 2026
Since the last Air Forces in Focus note on Uruguay was published, only two of ten aircraft replacement programs have shown visible movement.
Aug 25, 2026
California-based startup Auriga Space has completed a series of field tests of a supersonic drone interceptor launched using electricity and magnetic levitation.
Aug 25, 2026
The Dutch Navy plans to operate Destinus counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) munitions, with the aim of wrapping up a concept development phase within a year.
Aug 25, 2026
Ursa Major Technologies is joining the rush to the public markets, though opting for the route of using a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) rather than initial public offering.
Aug 24, 2026
The UK government has cleared the release of classified information on MBDA’s Storm Shadow/Scalp air-launched cruise missile to enable local production of the weapon in Ukraine.
Aug 24, 2026
Saab has reiterated its intention to build an aerospace hub in Canada that would be capable of producing the Gripen E/F fighter, should Ottawa decide to split buy its combat aircraft fleet.
Aug 24, 2026
The U.S. Navy wants to steam ahead on bringing more uncrewed aircraft into its air wings, but the service chief favors a different approach than had previously been laid out.