Senate Block Leaves Qatar-Origin Air Force One Conversion Spending Open
A Senate objection on Wednesday prevented a proposed ban on further Pentagon spending for the Qatar-origin Boeing 747-8 used for…
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EU Releases €3.47 Billion for Ukraine Drones, Air Defense and Gripen Fighters
The European Union released €3.47 billion ($4 billion) to Ukraine on Thursday, July 30, 2026, to finance additional drones, missiles,…
SpaceX Finishes Spy-Satellite Launch Set as Rival Rockets Remain Unavailable
SpaceX launched the classified NROL-95 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office early Thursday, July 30, completing the company’s third and…
Whiteman Plan Sends 24 F-15E Fighters in 2031, Preserving Reserve Wing
The Department of the Air Force approved an initial basing framework on July 30, 2026, identifying Whiteman Air Force Base…
Ukraine’s Five Reported Wildberries Strikes Put Russian Logistics Under Pressure
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck five Wildberries logistics facilities in Russia from Saturday through Wednesday, putting parts of the country’s largest…
Ukraine Contracted 25,000 Ground Robots as Missions Passed 50,000
Ukraine contracted 25,000 uncrewed ground vehicles during the first half of 2026, twice its total for all of 2025, as…
2027 Chevrolet Silverado Standardizes Expanded Safety Tech and Replaces Both V8s
Chevrolet unveiled the redesigned 2027 Silverado 1500 on June 16, 2026, replacing its existing 5.3-liter and 6.2-liter V8 engines with…
Ukraine’s Moscow Refinery Drone Strike Suspends Flights Across Capital’s Airports
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in southeast Moscow on Thursday, after which flights were suspended at every Moscow airport,…
Amazon Seeks Approval for 5,105 Satellites to Connect Phones Beyond Cell Towers
Amazon’s Kuiper Systems LLC asked the Federal Communications Commission on July 24, 2026, to authorize 5,105 low-Earth-orbit satellites intended to…
CBO Projects Stealth Majority by 2033, Fighter Availability at 35–45% by 2040
The Congressional Budget Office projected in July 2026 that stealth aircraft will exceed half of the U.S. military fighter force…
De Havilland’s 10-Aircraft Annual Limit Delays French Water Bombers Until 2028
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada’s current production limit of about 10 firefighting aircraft per year means France will wait until…
FAA Reviews Starship Return Route That Could Affect 600 Aircraft Hourly
The Federal Aviation Administration was still reviewing SpaceX’s proposed Starship return corridor across the western United States as of July…
Boeing 787 Fuel-Switch Test Finds No Fault, AI171 Cause Remains Unresolved
India’s government told Parliament this week that manufacturer-level testing found no abnormality in the locking mechanism of a Boeing 787…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Vast Martian Polygon Field With Origins Still Unresolved
NASA’s Curiosity rover documented an unusually extensive field of tiny, honeycomb-like polygons in Mars’ Valle Grande on June 19 and…
Air Force Keeps Two Pilots on Automated B-21 for Long Missions
The U.S. Air Force confirmed on July 9, 2026, that the highly automated B-21 Raider will officially operate with two…
CSIS Estimates China Can Build Up to 5,000 Satellites Annually
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has published an assessment of China’s commercial space expansion estimating that the country…
Defense Innovation Unit Tightens Sourcing as 200,000 Orders Trail Ukraine’s 6-Million Output
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit on July 28, 2026, publicly quantified a wide small-drone capacity gap while tightening manufacturer sourcing…
Boeing’s $280 Million Charge Puts Air Force One’s 2028 Transition Under Pressure
Boeing disclosed Tuesday, July 28, that it recorded another $280 million loss on the VC-25B Air Force One replacement program…