At the NATO summit held in Ankara, Turkey, on 7–8 July 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that the Alliance would begin formal negotiations with Saab regarding the potential purchase of up to ten […]
Between 15 and 17 June 2026, the 52nd annual G7 Summit took place in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. As always, the event required extensive security measures on the ground and in the air. The French and […]
On 23 June 2026, two new Saab JAS 39 Gripen C fighter aircraft landed at Kecskemét Air Base, completing the deliveries stipulated in the contract amendment signed by Försvarets materielverk (FMV – the Swedish Defence […]
Between 29 June and 10 July 2026, Fuerza Aérea de Chile (the Chilean Air Force – FACh) will host the fifth edition of the multi-domain live-fly exercise known as SALITRE 2026. The current iteration of […]
The Swedish company Saab and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) from the USA have successfully completed the maiden flight of the world’s first unmanned Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft. This significant milestone was achieved […]
According to the recent update from the NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), the NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) reached an important milestone on 21 May 2026 with the arrival of the RQ-4D Phoenix […]
On 15 May 2026, the US Air Force (USAF) announced that the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk programme had successfully reached Milestone C, allowing the aircraft to enter the low-rate initial production phase. The decision marks […]
Project NYX is the British Army’s concept demonstrator programme, launched in November 2025 by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in cooperatioon with UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) as the delivery agent. The initiative aims to […]
From 8 June to 4 July 2026, Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (the French Air and Space Force) will deploy personnel and aircraft to the United States to take part in the celebrations marking […]
Boeing and the United States Navy have reached a significant milestone with the first flight of an operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray. This signals tangible progress towards routine carrier operations and a broader shift in naval […]
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