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Sep 03, 2026
Gen. Douglas Schiess has received his fourth star and is officially the U.S. Space Force’s third-ever chief of space operations.
Sep 03, 2026
The U.S. Air Force has restarted RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance flights from England after a hiatus of nearly a year.
Sep 03, 2026
GE Aerospace is shipping its thrust vectoring AVEN nozzle to Shield AI for integration with the defense startup's F110-129E-powered X-Bat UAS.
Sep 03, 2026
The U.S. Navy is looking to bring on surrogate collaborative combat aircraft to learn how to operate the uncrewed systems as it starts to develop its own.
Sep 03, 2026
Turkish Air Force pilots will start Eurofighter Typhoon training in the UK next week, though first deliveries of the aircraft will not arrive until the decade's end.
Sep 03, 2026
The DLR has begun flight trials of its uncrewed high-altitude platform, a demonstrator to validate the air vehicle and sensor technologies for lower stratosphere operations.
Sep 03, 2026
Japan's NEC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered to strengthen Japan's defense industrial base and develop sovereign data and AI capabilities.
Sep 03, 2026
The UK is stepping up its hunt for counter-uncrewed aircraft system capabilities with a particular interest in laser-based directed energy weapons.