Drones, Missiles & Air Defense

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (788+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Sep 16, 2026 | Aviation militaire, Nouvelles | 0 comments For as long as the United States has had an independent Air Force, defending its airfields against attack from the sky has been somebody else’s job. Specifically, the Army’s. That arrangement is…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (559+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 16, 2026 | Aviazione militare, Notizia | 0 comments Electronic warfare has always been an expensive aircraft’s privilege. The jamming pod on an EA-18G Growler is a large, power-hungry, individually precious thing, hung on an aircraft that costs tens of millions…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (733+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Sep 16, 2026 | Military Aviation, News | 0 comments A Russian drone crossed into Lithuanian airspace overnight on 15 September, and NATO fighters shot it down. That part has happened before — by the alliance air commander’s own count, at least six times…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (610+ words) The Daily Scrum News - Downing and Capturing of US Advance Drones Costing US Military Hundreds of Millions WASHINGTON — The protracted strategic standoff between United States armed forces and regional Iranian networks continues to generate severe asset attrition, drawing intense scrutiny…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (477+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Sep 15, 2026 | Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht | 0 comments Air defence against a Shahed-type drone is, more often than not, a human being looking up. The aircraft is small, slow, made largely of composite and plywood, and flies low enough to…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (628+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Sep 15, 2026 | Aviation World, News | 0 comments Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, NATO fighter aircraft shot down an unidentified drone in Lithuanian airspace. It came down near the village of Pratkūnai, in Kaunas County in the centre of the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (574+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 13, 2026 | Aviazione militare, Notizia | 0 comments A propeller-driven drone took off from a test centre in Tekirdag on Friday, flew out over the Black Sea, and put a ballistic missile through a ship more than 250 kilometres away. Then…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (356+ words) Australia's integrated air and missile defence capability has been strengthened with the achievement of Final Operational Capability for Army's National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) capability. This milestone confirms the NASAMS has met all requirements for operational service…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) Operationally proven laser weapon system receives first international purchase order valued at more than $50 million, highlighting growing global demand for scaled directed energy defense for counter-UAS missions. The purchase order covers an initial delivery of AV’s mission‑proven LOCUST systems…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (44+ words) LiveNOW from FOX The United States struck three Iranian oil tankers after CENTCOM said naval warships had been targeted with ballistic missiles. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall brings prof. Alon Burstein from Israel-Palestine-Report into the conversation to discuss....