- February 8th, 2026
Europe today fields two of the world’s most lethal fighter aircraft, flying side by side in the air forces of different NATO nations—but designed around radically different philosophies of war. On one side is the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II,...
Eurofighter and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) have signed a long-anticipated contract to resume development, testing, and certification of the Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK) for the Eurofighter Typhoon, marking a significant milestone in the long-term evolution of...
The United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX fleet is most commonly associated with dense domestic flying across the United States, serving as a high-frequency workhorse on short- and medium-haul routes. However, by 2026, United is increasingly stretching the aircraft into long-haul...
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Airbus, and Northrop Grumman dominate the Western aerospace and defense industry as the only manufacturers capable of designing and producing complete, frontline military aircraft at scale. France’s Dassault Aviation and the UK’s BAE Systems are also major...
Morón Air Base in southern Spain, one of the United States military’s most important transit and logistics hubs for operations stretching from North America into Europe and the Middle East, remains closed days after a U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus...
For decades, France has marketed its combat aircraft as symbols of strategic independence in a global arms market dominated by the United States. At a time when Washington is increasingly accused of using arms exports as a tool of political...
Sweden and Ukraine are discussing what could become one of the most consequential security assistance packages of the war, with talks covering advanced air defense systems, combat aircraft, long-range missiles, and deeper industrial cooperation aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s domestic defense...
For much of modern Chinese political consciousness, history begins not with triumph but with trauma. It began with the Opium Wars of the 19th century, when European imperial powers forced China’s Qing dynasty into a series of humiliating defeats that...
NATO is grappling with an unusual but increasingly disruptive challenge along its eastern border: balloons filled with helium or hydrogen drifting in from Belarus into the airspace of Lithuania and Poland. At first glance, the objects appear almost farcical—low-tech, slow-moving,...
Europe’s ambition to field a sovereign sixth-generation combat aircraft is entering one of its most uncertain phases yet, as political mistrust, industrial rivalries, and ballooning costs threaten to derail two flagship programs: the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) and the...
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