Sikorsky Nomad 100 Fast Pack: Four Drones in a Shipping Container
Share this story The US Army spent Monday at its biggest trade show of the year, and Sikorsky brought a shipping container. Inside it are four drones. The Nomad 100 Fast Pack, unveiled on 12 October at the Association of the US Army annual meeting in Washington, is a...
RAF Fairford Plot: UK Formally Blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Share this story For two weeks the British government chose its words carefully. On Monday it stopped. Standing at the despatch box in the House of Commons on 12 October, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the suspected plot against RAF Fairford, the Gloucestershire...
Airbus U740 Valkyrie: First Flight for Europe’s Combat Drone
Share this story Somewhere over northern Europe on Monday morning, a slim grey wedge with no cockpit sat on a launch rail, lit a rocket booster and went flying. No runway. No pilot. No ladder, no canopy, no crew bus. The aircraft is the Airbus U740 Valkyrie, and it...
PAC-3 Seekers: Boeing Has to Triple Output of the Patriot’s Eyes
Share this story Every PAC-3 interceptor fired by a Patriot battery depends on one component made in Huntsville, Alabama: the radar seeker in its nose. Boeing builds it as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, and with Patriot stocks drained by wars in Ukraine and the...
Ocean Molica: U.S. Fighter Jet Disables Ship Running the Iran Blockade
Share this story Ignore a U.S. warship on channel 16 and you may get a very short, very loud reply. On Saturday, 10 October 2026, a U.S. fighter jet put a precision-guided munition into the stern of the Panama-flagged cargo ship M/V Ocean Molica in the Gulf of Oman,...
Riyadh Airport Attack: 12 Killed as Missile Hits King Khalid Terminals
Share this story The third strike in four days was the one nobody walked away from. On Saturday, 10 October 2026, a projectile slammed into King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Saudi capital’s main gateway, killing at least 12 people and wounding...
Queen Suthida Flies the Gripen Solo: Thailand’s First Female Gripen Pilot
Share this story At 10:06 on Thursday 8 October 2026, a single-seat JAS 39C Gripen rolled down Runway 22 at Wing 7, Surat Thani, in southern Thailand. In the cockpit, alone, was Queen Suthida. She landed 41 minutes later as, in the words of the Bureau of the Royal...
X-BAT Gets $150 Million More as the Navy Doubles Down on VTOL Drones
Share this story The Navy has looked at a fighter-sized drone that takes off standing on its tail, and decided to put more money on the table. On 8 October 2026, Shield AI announced that the U.S. Navy had executed a $150 million modification to its agreement for...
USS Abraham Lincoln Comes Home Covered in Epic Fury Kill Marks
Share this story Most warships come home with a fresh coat of paint. USS Abraham Lincoln came home with a scoreboard. When the Nimitz-class carrier eased into Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on Thursday, 8 October 2026, its island was plastered with rows...
Avolon Orders 250 Jets: 140 Boeing 737 MAX and 110 Airbus Aircraft
Share this story Somewhere in Dublin, a company that does not fly a single passenger has just bought 250 jetliners. On Friday, 9 October 2026, aircraft lessor Avolon announced firm orders for 140 Boeing 737 MAX and 110 Airbus aircraft, plus options on 100 more. If the...
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