EDGE’s JENIAH UCAV to fly within the next 2 years 12/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Abu Dhabi) During the press tour we are currently attending in the United Arab Emirates, we have learned that the JENIAH Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), built… [read more]

SM-6, an increasingly versatile missile 12/11/2026 | Massimo Annati The operational flexibility of the SM-6 BLOCK IA, also designated RIM-174B STANDARD EXTENDED RANGE ACTIVE MISSILE (ERAM) DUAL-II, continues to expand. At sea, the missile… [read more]

METEOR missile makes first release from F-35B internal bay 06/11/2026 | Luca Bruzzone A new step forward in the integration of the METEOR long-range air-to-air missile on the F-35. On October 7, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River… [read more]

Exercise RHINO TITAN, restoring the UK’s Airborne Task Group 06/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In the course of a long, 7-week exercise in Germany known as Exercise RHINO TITAN, the British Army’s Airborne Task Group, drawn from 16 Air… [read more]

Euronaval 2026, MBDA reveals the AQUILA missile configuration 05/11/2026 | Eugenio Po (reporting from Paris) At a media briefing held during Euronaval 2026, MBDA provided, for the first time, precise details on the AQUILA endo-atmospheric interceptor, a model of which… [read more]

Plans progress for an F-47 campus at Nellis AFB 05/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The United States Air Force’s Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) is undertaking a project to build the F-47 Future Campus at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada,… [read more]

General Atomics and Saab test MQ-9B LOYALEYE AEW solution 04/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Saab have performed a first round of flight testing of their uncrewed Airborne Early Warning (AEW) solution based… [read more]

A-400 for the Italian Air Force? 02/11/2026 | Andrea Mottola On the 30th of October, the British Embassy in Italy published on its X profile some photos of a meeting between the Chief of the… [read more]

Leonardo UK signs agreement with Shield AI to integrate autonomy software HIVEMIND on PROTEUS 30/10/2026 | Carolina Paizs Leonardo UK has signed an agreement with U.S.-based Shield AI to integrate the HIVEMIND autonomy software on PROTEUS, the uncrewed helicopter developed by the company’s… [read more]

Taiwan receives first F-16 Block 70 Fighters 30/10/2026 | Andrea Mottola On October 2, at Chihhang Air Base, the Taiwanese Air Force received the first 2 of 66 new F-16C/D Block 70 fighters. The delivery arrived… [read more]

USAF eyes air-to-air role for its bomber fleet 26/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The latest USAF report to Congress about the fighter fleet strength needed by 2035 contains a line confirming that the Service is actively considering an… [read more]

Russia’s new low-cost cruise missile FILIN 26/10/2026 | Luca Bruzzone Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) has released new information on the Russian cruise missile FILIN, a long-range, low-cost strike system which, according to Kyiv,… [read more]

USAF conducts first in-flight CCA control test from an F-22 23/10/2026 | Andrea Mottola On October 5, in the training range of Edwards Air Force Base, a pilot of an F-22 RAPTOR air superiority fighter of the USAF controlled… [read more]

Lockheed Martin unveils PAC-3 EDGE interceptor 19/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Lockheed Martin unveiled PAC-3 EDGE, a new interceptor intended to counter hypersonic and other advanced missile threats. Derived from the combat-proven PATRIOT PAC-3 MSE, the… [read more]

First flight test for the AHM-4 Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) 15/10/2026 | Francesco Bossi Between late September and early October, the US Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) conducted the first flight test of the… [read more]

KAI Completes First FA-50 Formation Flight with Unmanned Aircraft 13/10/2026 | Atul Chandra Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has completed the first formation flight between an FA-50 light combat aircraft and its AAP (Multi-Purpose Aircraft) unmanned platform. According to… [read more]

GCAP: Edgewing’s Italian site inaugurated in Turin. 3 production lines expected 09/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi and Carolina Paizs On October 9, the Italian operational headquarters of Edgewing was inaugurated in Turin, at Leonardo’s facility. Edgewing is the equal-share Joint Venture between BAE Systems,… [read more]

Unmanned Cessna SKYCOURIER for US Pacific resupply 06/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Textron Aviation and autonomy software company Merlin (commonly known as Merlin Labs) have unveiled an uncrewed cargo aircraft concept aimed at sustaining forces spread across… [read more]

DAN-T: Russia expands its low-cost strike options in Ukraine 05/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In recent weeks, Russian forces have fielded a new low-cost weapon to strike targets in Ukraine: the DAN-T mini cruise missile. The weapon was also… [read more]

Boeing wins the F/A-XX competition for the US Navy's next fighter 30/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In a somewhat surprising outcome — most observers expected Northrop Grumman and a "TOMCAT-like" design — the US Navy has selected Boeing to develop its… [read more]