The Israeli Air Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker, which arrived at Nevatim Airbase on May 27, 2026, less than a month after the aircraft’s first flight in the United States. Nevatim Airbase notably also hosts all of Israel’s F-35I fifth generation fighters, providing an indication that the new tanker may be intended specifically to support operations by the elite of the Israeli combat fleet.
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The Canadian Defence Ministry has selected the Swedish GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system to modernise its air defence capabilities, rejecting the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, which is widely considered the most capable NATO-compatible system, as well as the L3Harris Aeris X system. Announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney, this landmark procurement decision marks the beginning formal negotiations for six new aircraft, with the Swedish firm Saab having secured a preferred status.
The U.S. Air Force has begun to deploy F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters from dispersed base locations across Alaska to provide a more robust and flexible air defence capability, which represents a shift toward faster and less predictable air defence operations to counter growing challenges from Russian and Chinese strategic aviation.
Eve Sampson, Army Times
The Lightweight Command Launch Unit, LWCLU, will replace the older, heavier command units and offer improved target detection range
Defence Blog
The United States just used its most powerful conventional bombs against the deepest underground nuclear facility in the world.
Bill Sweetman, UnHerd
Drones don’t have mothers
Aviationist
An F-35 Lightning II pilot sent tactical autonomy commands via a tablet to the MQ-20 Avenger as part of a recent Manned-Unmanned Teaming demonstration.
Global Defense News
An exclusive analysis of an image released by The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service reveals a U.S.
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for major live-fire exercises near Mount Fuji, Japan, demonstrating the ability to rapidly redeploy launchers and delivery precision fires from austere positions. Equipment and ammunition was transported by air and sea, with HIMARS having been specifically designed to be highly compact allowing launchers to be rapidly redeployed by C-17 or C-5 transports to forward locations in strength.
In 2024, when Jiangsu Delong, the world’s second-largest stainless-steel producer, filed for bankruptcy, several Chinese firms and state-owned enterprises quietly absorbed its Indonesian assets. Among them was China First Heavy Industries, a state-owned enterprise founded in 1954 as one of China’s early Soviet-backed industrial projects. Today, China First Heavy Industries supplies military-grade metals to China’s military, including reactor vessels for nuclear submarines.