3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1157+ words) The Ukrainian Army claimed to have recovered a Russian Kalibr cruise missile, disintegrated it, and analyzed it in depth, only to discover that it continues to be equipped with foreign components despite international sanctions. Amid a barrage of missiles and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (910+ words) The troubled sixth-generation fighter program, the FCAS (Future Combat Air System), has finally collapsed after months in a tailspin. France and Germany have decided to abandon FCAS plans amid irreconcilable differences between Airbus (representing Germany and Spain) and Dassault (representing…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (419+ words) A French Rafale fighter jet operating under the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a UAV inside Latvian airspace. This marks the very first time that NATO's rapid reaction air mission has intercepted and neutralized a stray drone over…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1544+ words) When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's air force consisted almost entirely of aging Soviet-era aircraft. Over four years later, it now operates a diverse and rapidly modernizing fleet that blends legacy Soviet platforms with Western-supplied jets, including…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (933+ words) Lithuania, a NATO frontline state that shares a direct border with Russia and Belarus, has signaled its willingness to host US nuclear weapons as part of NATO's nuclear-sharing arrangements. Lithuania's Minister of National Defense, Robertas Kaunas, said his country was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1438+ words) As the United Kingdom inches closer to investing billions of dollars in the GCAP aircraft program, some critics have expressed skepticism'about the feasibility of pursuing a multinational program, citing past examples and mistakes. The UK is reportedly preparing to allocate…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1191+ words) Russia has adopted some extra measures to protect the buildings in Moscow from frequent long-range drone attacks, such as the installation of specialized counter-drone Pantsir air defense systems atop skyscraper rooftops. A video of a Russian Mi-26 military transport helicopter carrying…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (881+ words) Ukraine is poised to order 20 Saab Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden and receive up to 16 second-hand Gripen C/D jets in the interim to bolster its combat prowess. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Swedish…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1332+ words) With the next-generation European FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program standing at the verge of collapse amid a sustained deadlock between Airbus Defense and Space, representing Germany and Spain, and Dassault Aviation, representing France " Airbus has given a firm signal…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (672+ words) Once reliant on Soviet-era Mi G-21 and Mi G-29 fighter jets, Poland has made a historic leap into the fifth-generation era with the arrival of its first F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters. With this, Poland has become the first country on NATO's Eastern…...