Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jan- 2026 -

7 January

Textron Wins $41M Contract for US Air Force T-7A Maintenance Training Support

Textron Systems has secured a $41-million contract to support the US Air Force’s T-7A Advanced Pilot Training Program - Maintenance Training System.

7 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Russia Fields MANPADS-Armed Shahed to Deter Ukraine Counter-Drone Efforts

The Ukrainian Armed Forces has shot down a Russian Shahed one-way attack drone that was equipped with a man-portable air defense system.

7 January

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

MQ-9B Drone Picks Up a New ‘Brain’ for Data-Heavy Missions

The Knox-5 processor is built on an open SOSA-aligned architecture, supports air, land, and maritime missions, and runs cloud-native applications in contested environments.

7 January

Ronald Watkins

L3Harris to Sell Majority Stake in Space Propulsion and Power Unit

L3Harris Technologies plans to sell a controlling interest in its Space Propulsion and Power Systems business to AE Industrial Partners.

6 January

The Condor Mk3, Collins Aerospace’s cooperative surveillance radar capable of communicating directly with aircraft transponders.

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Field Surveillance Radars for US National Airspace System

RTX segment Collins Aerospace has received a $438-million contract to deploy surveillance radars for the Federal Aviation Administration.

6 January

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Pushes Sixth-Gen Fighter Boundaries With Real-Time Morphing Wings

India’s future sixth-gen fighter uses morphing wings, a tailless blended wing-body design, and shape memory alloys for real-time wing shaping.

6 January

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Keep Engines On: US Air Force Debuts R-20 Hot-Pit Refueling Tech

R-20 refueling is a next-gen hot-pit system that allows helicopters to stay powered during fueling, pumps up to 450 gallons per minute per hose, and draws from bulk bladders holding over 200,000 gallons.

6 January