August 31, 2026 – Aerospace and Mechanical Insider

General Dynamics’ $533 Million Army Factory Reportedly Produced No Usable Shells

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Again Hits 430,000 MPH, Future Under Review

Ukrainian Drone Strike Leaves All Major Lukoil Refineries in Russia Offline

FAA Moves to Fire Two LaGuardia Controllers Who Left Tower Without Backup

Pentagon Raises F-35 Acquisition Estimate $51 Billion to $536.2 Billion

Lockheed’s $58.6 Billion Patriot Expansion Cannot Quickly Refill Inventories

Golden Dome’s 7,800 Satellites Drive $1.2 Trillion 20-Year Cost Estimate

U.S. Threat Assessment: 16,000-Plus Foreign Systems Could Target America by 2035

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Push Russia to Record Seaborne Gasoline Imports

Zaporizhzhia Loses Grid Power for Over a Week, Has 10 Days’ Diesel

Federal Regulators Investigate GM V8 Failures After Recall Repairs in 997,743 Vehicles

Ukraine Says Four-Day Russian Barrage Nears 1,500 Drones, Pressuring Interceptor Production

U.S. Northern Command Says 350-Plus Installations Have Uneven Drone Defenses

ICE Plans Up to $2 Million for Spot Inspection Robots, Not Arrests

U.S. Northern Command Laser Destroys Three Border Drones; Cartel Link Unconfirmed

Pentagon’s $22.9 Billion Tomahawk Deal Targets 16-Fold Production Increase

Qatar’s $400 Million Boeing 747-8 Enters Air Force One Service, Costs Unclear

Earth’s Shadow Covered 96.3% of the Moon but Totality Stayed Out of Reach