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Search ArticlesGallery: 2026 Aviation Week Photo Contest Early Entries
Aviation Week Staff August 31, 2026 Credit: Robert Tabor/Suisun City, California A UK Royal Air Force A400M conducts low-altitude flight training on the "Sidewinder" route, navigating through the Sequoia National Forest in California. Credit: Hunter Karl/Seaside Heights, New Jersey A JetBlue Airbus A321-231, powered by International Aero Engines V2533-A5 engines, taxis at Atlantic City International Airport after a diversion from Los Angeles International Airport.
U.S. Navy to Base E-130J at N.C. Marine Corps Station
Brian Everstine August 28, 2026 Credit: Northrop Grumman The U.S. Navy will station the E-130J Take Charge and Move Out nuclear command and control aircraft and its training unit at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina, according to a new solicitation. A notice published Aug. 28 identified Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point as the main operating...
Trump Presents Artemis II Crew With Medals Of Honor
Mark Carreau August 28, 2026 President Donald Trump with U.S. astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen in Houston. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—President Donald Trump presented the four Artemis II crewmembers with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor during ceremonies Aug. 28 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center here. The astronauts join a historically significant list of space explorers recognized for their meritorious efforts to...
Ariane 6 Logs First GTO Mission
Robert Wall August 28, 2026 Credit: ESA/Arianespace/CNES/ArianeGroup Arianespace has completed the first geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) mission with an Ariane 6, deploying the Thales Alenia Space MTG-I2 weather satellite for European meteorological agency Eumetsat. This is the rocket's farthest mission so far. The two-booster Ariane 62 took off at 5:11 p.m. local... Robert Wall Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space.
Sweden To Bolster Finnish Airspace Surveillance
Tony Osborne August 28, 2026 Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet. Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week LONDON—Sweden’s military will deploy Saab Gripen fighter jets, warships and its ground-based radar system to Finland after Helsinki requested help to monitor the airspace along its border with Russia. This emerges as countries along NATO’s eastern front see more aggressive Russian military activity... Tony Osborne Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs.
Russia To Commence New Counter-Drone Radar Production
Robert Wall August 28, 2026 Credit: Ukraine Ministry of Defense Russia says it is starting series production of a new counter-drone radar system optimized to detect swarms of uncrewed aircraft, after a period of Ukraine inflicting extended damage on Russian petrochemical, military and other infrastructure in response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Russian... Robert Wall Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space.
U.S. Navy Sets 'Feisty' Schedule, Novel Funding Plan For New Missile
Steve Trimble August 28, 2026 Credit: U.S. Navy U.S. Navy officials have set a “feisty” schedule for developing a replacement for the RTX-built Standard Missile family and are asking industry to fund much of the development, according to a recorded presentation obtained by Aviation Week. The Aug. 27 presentation to a virtual crowd of industry... Steve Trimble Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.
POTUS Signs Executive Order To Stand Up U.S. Space Academy
Vivienne Machi August 28, 2026 President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing the U.S. Space Academy at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the U.S. Space Academy during an Aug. 28 ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center here. The order describes the proposed academy as “a NASA-led federal academy dedicated to combining rigorous technical education with leadership...
First Two-Seat Gripen F Flies In Sweden
Tony Osborne August 28, 2026 Credit: Saab LONDON—Saab has completed the first flight of the two-seat Gripen F following the roll-out of the aircraft in June. The first of eight Gripen Fs planned for the Brazilian Air Force took to the air from Saab’s Linkoping City Airport facility on Aug. 28, making a 40-min. flight. Saab’s chief test... Tony Osborne Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs.
UK Invests In Start-Up Paraglider Developer
Tony Osborne August 28, 2026 Credit: Blakcro LONDON—The UK defense ministry has invested £6 million ($8 million) in a UK start-up developing a paraglider system that could enable soldiers to deploy into hostile territory virtually undetected. Wiltshire, England-based Blakcro has developed a clean-sheet-design, rucksack-sized powered paraglider... Tony Osborne Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs.