Defense Aerospace News
U.S. Deploys F-16CJ Vipers With Angry Kitten Electronic Warfare Pods Toward Middle East Amid Iran Tensions
In mid-February 2026, new imagery and videos shared on social media showed a formation of Block 52 F-16CJ Vipers from the South Carolina Air Nation...
Turkish AKINCI Drone Achieves First Air-to-Air Kill Using EREN Loitering Munition Against Shahed-Type UAV
On 21 February 2026, footage and statements released by Baykar Technologies on its official X account confirmed that the Bayraktar AKINCI Unmanned ...
U.S. Strengthens Air Combat Forces at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Base Near Israel as Iran Tensions Escalate
The recent reporting by The New York Times, citing Airbus commercial satellite imagery captured Friday, shows a substantial U.S. air power buildup ...
Turkish Aerospace Unveils Evolved 5th-Gen KAAN Prototypes with Advanced Sensors and Refined Design
On 21 February 2025, Turkish Aerospace Industries released new video footage on its official X account showing the National Combat Aircraft KAAN in...
Australia Receives First 2 of 29 U.S. AH-64E Apache Helicopters to Replace Tiger Fleet by 2028
The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command on February 20, 2026, delivered the first two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Australia, initiating a...
U.S. Navy Orders 123 E-2D Hawkeye Intercom Systems in $10M Upgrade for Carrier Air Defense
The U.S. Navy has awarded Mathtech Inc. a $10.56 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver 123 intercommunication systems for the E-2D Advanced ...
U.S. Air Force Designates X-68A LongShot Air-Launched Drone to Extend F-15 Jet Missile Range
General Atomics announced that the U.S. Air Force has assigned the X-68A designation to DARPA’s LongShot, an air-launched uncrewed aircraft designe...
U.S. F-22 Raptors Sighted in UK May Indicate Possible Reinforcement of Middle East Airpower Posture
On February 20, 2026, open-source imagery and videos, alongside flight-tracking data and spotter reports, indicated that a second group of United S...
U.S. and Brazil Companies Launch KC-390 Autonomous Boom Tanker Bid for U.S. Air Force
Embraer and Northrop Grumman on February 19, 2026 announced a joint effort to equip the KC-390 Millennium with an advanced autonomous refueling boo...
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Now Armed with StormBreaker Smart Glide Bomb for Enhanced Precision Warfare
On 19 February 2026, the U.S. Navy announced that the Small Diameter Bomb II, better known as the StormBreaker, has reached initial operational cap...
U.S. MQ-28A Ghost Bat Stealth Drone Tests Syracuse Electronic Warfare System in Live Fire
According to information released by the U.S. Company Syracuse on February 18, 2026, the company’s Generic Multi-Function Array (GMFA) system was f...
U.S. Air Force to accelerate B-21 Raider production to boost U.S. strategic bomber fleet
As reported by Inside Defense on February 18, 2026, the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman are nearing an agreement to accelerate B-21 Raider prod...
U.S. Missile Defense Agency Selects New SHIELD Partners for Golden Dome Homeland Defense
Leonardo DRS announced on February 17, 2026, that it secured multiple awards under the Missile Defense Agency’s $151 billion SHIELD IDIQ contract v...
Spain’s Eurofighter Deployment in Romania Enhances NATO Air Shield Along the Black Sea Flank
On 18 February 2026, NATO Allied Air Command announced the deployment of three Spanish Air and Space Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, supported ...
Did Pratt & Whitney accidentally revealed the U.S. Air Force's Boeing F-47 fighter future design?
On February 17, 2026, Pratt & Whitney presented new details and video of its XA103 adaptive cycle engine developed for the US Air Force Next Genera...
U.S. deploys nearly 40% of entire E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet to Middle East for potential war against Iran
As reported by Steffan Watkins on February 18, 2026, the U.S. Air Force has deployed six of its 16 remaining E-3 Sentry airborne early warning airc...
U.S. F-16CJ Wild Weasels Appear to Be Moving to Middle East for Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
On February 19, 2026, open-source flight tracking data in conjunction with air traffic control communications suggested that several United States ...
U.S. Supplies 3 King Air Surveillance Aircraft to Boost Philippine Maritime Security
The Philippine Coast Guard has formally secured three Beechcraft King Air turboprop aircraft from the United States following the signing of a cont...
Pakistan showcases China's PL-10E air-to-air missile on JF-17 jet at World Defense Show 2026
At World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan presented the PL-10E, the export variant of China’s PL-10 short-range air-to-air missile, alon...
Russia’s Rostec Elevates Khrizantema-M Missile to Supersonic Speed with Extended Combat Range
On 19 February 2026, the Russian state corporation Rostec announced that its updated Khrizantema-M guided missile now combines an extended engageme...
Germany Tests FV-014 Loitering Munition with 100 km Strike Range and 600 mm Armor Penetration
Rheinmetall unveiled live-fire footage of its FV-014 loitering munition following a February 19, 2026 trial at Germany’s Cochstedt UAS test center,...
Türkiye’s Bayraktar TB3 Proves Cold-Weather Carrier Operations in NATO Baltic Exercise
During NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2026 exercise in early February over the Baltic Sea, Turkish officials announced that the Bayraktar TB3 unmanned comba...
Germany weighs purchase of 35 more F-35 jets as FCAS faces uncertainty
As reported by Reuters on February 19, 2026, Germany is weighing the purchase of up to 35 additional U.S.-made F-35A fighter jets beyond the 35 air...
U.S. Shield AI Reveals X-BAT AI-Piloted vertical take-off and landing Fighter Jet for Autonomous Combat
U.S. Company Shield AI announced the development of the X-BAT, a next-generation AI-piloted vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft designed a...
Italy’s Leonardo Offers Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter Jet to Philippines
Italian defense company Leonardo confirmed that it has formally offered the Eurofighter Typhoon to the Philippine Air Force, according to informati...