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20 May

Six U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon aircraft are parked on the flightline during exercise Sentry South 26-2, Gulfport, Mississippi, Feb. 25, 2026. Sentry South 26-2 is a large force employment exercise focused on major combat operations and joint maritime opportunities in a contested or degraded operational environment. Sentry South 26-2 applies joint and combined warfighting doctrine against realistic and robust enemy integrated threat systems, all while under safe and controlled conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan McCrink)

US Air Force Grounds T-38 Fleet After Training Jet Crash

The US Air Force has halted activities of its entire T-38 Talon fleet following a crash involving an aircraft assigned to Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.

20 May

A Bumblebee V1 drone under manual control intercepts practice targets at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 23, 2026.

Giulia Bernacchi

US Expands Counter-Drone Push With $500M Perennial Autonomy Contract

Perennial Autonomy secured a US military contract worth up to $500 million to support counter-uncrewed aerial system operations.

20 May

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

DZYNE’s New ‘Blitz’ Drone Goes From Rucksack to Airborne in Two Minutes

A new group 1 unmanned aerial vehicle from DZYNE Technologies features a foldable airframe that fits into an 80-liter rucksack and can be assembled and deployed in under two minutes.

20 May

Iranian firefighters work to recover the body of an Afghan woman from the ruins of a residential building in Tehran, Iran, on March 27, 2026.

Giulia Bernacchi

Watchdog Warns Pentagon No Longer Equipped to Prevent Civilian Harm

A Pentagon inspector general report says the US military’s civilian harm prevention framework has been severely weakened.

20 May

Christine Casimiro

MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Cleared for Low-Rate Initial Production

The US Navy has announced that the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker secured Milestone C approval, advancing it to begin low-rate initial production.

20 May

US Marines looking at a drone flying in the air with a sunny background

Jodesz Gavilan

Quantum Cyber Launches US Drone Defense Subsidiary

Quantum Cyber has launched a new US-based subsidiary focused on autonomous warfare and drone defense programs.

20 May

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jakob Smith, 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation support operator, guides a forklift during a Prepositioned Warfighting Materiel movement at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 15, 2026. The movement of PWM revamps Pacific Air Command's ability to rapidly generate airpower and provides the theater with enhanced infrastructure, robust material maintenance, and advanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hites)

Jodesz Gavilan

US Air Force Awards Blue Yonder $62M Logistics Modernization Contract

Blue Yonder Defense Solutions has secured a $62-million US Air Force contract to continue work on the service’s logistics modernization program.

20 May

A Shiite Muslim woman holds an Iranian flag as she shouts anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a protest against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 4, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

US, Iran Trade Threats but Trump Says Tehran Wants Peace Deal

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States may strike Iran again — a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal — but Tehran's army threatened to open "new fronts" if he went ahead.

19 May

Rojoef Manuel

US Greenlights $428M in Apache, Howitzer Support Deals for India

The US State Department has cleared potential military support deals worth a combined $428.2 million for India’s Apache rotary-wing aircraft and ultra-light howitzers.

19 May