On 10 November 2026, NATO convened Allies, established defence firms and emerging start-ups in Brussels to examine how the Alliance can accelerate delivery of deep… 
As Europe confronts renewed great-power competition and questions about the durability of American security guarantees, France is accelerating the modernization of its independent…
The new-generation European fighter jet has become a test of a much deeper issue than simply who will succeed the Rafale and the Eurofighter. It reveals which European nations want…
The FIM-92 Stinger has been the Western world’s most recognizable man-portable air-defense system for more than four decades. First fielded in the early 1980s, it became famous for its…
Germany has commissioned MBDA Deutschland to develop an airborne high-energy laser demonstrator, a so-called Laser-Pod whose key components must already be designed for actual…
The German Army’s 131st Supply Battalion in Bad Frankenhausen took delivery of its first heavy-lift unmanned aircraft from the Portuguese manufacturer TEKEVER. The system, widely reported…
On June 3, 2026, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, the last operational AV-8B Harrier II of the United States Marine Corps touched down for the final time. Marine…
France’s announcement that Ukrainian pilots will begin training on the Dassault Rafale in November 2026 marks more than another delivery schedule. It is the latest and most ambitious…
On September 29, a Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle flew over Denmark. This German drone, piloted from and taking off from a base in Schleswig, flew over the Jutland Peninsula…
In late September 2026 the Australian Army closed flying operations with the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Tiger in Darwin, ending a service career that began in 2004 and formally…
The B-21 Raider is no longer a single rollout photograph. By early October 2026 it is a flying test program, a low-rate production line, and a basing project…
The United States Navy has chosen Boeing to design, develop, and produce its next carrier fighter. On 29 September 2026 the service awarded the company a full-scale development…
