Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Aug- 2026 -

17 August

M1 Wins US Army’s $10B Next-Gen Helicopter Training Deal

M1 Support Services has secured a contract worth up to $10 billion to lead the US Army’s Flight School Next program, inaugurating a modern approach to deliver initial entry training for the military’s rotary-wing pilots.

17 August

Rojoef Manuel

India Opens Bidding for 60 New Military Airlifters

New Delhi has issued a formal request for proposals to procure 60 Multi-Role Transport Aircraft for the Indian Air Force at approximately $10.4 billion.

17 August

U.S. airmen prepare an MQ-9 Reaper with an extended range modification for a sortie on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2015. The Reaper is an armed, multimission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft used primarily for intelligence collection and against dynamic execution targets. The modification allows for 20 to 40 percent additional flight time. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

Rojoef Manuel

US Has Lost 25% of Reaper Drone Fleet in Iran War: Report

The US military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper tactical unmanned aerial systems during its 2026 campaign against Iran, representing roughly 25 percent of its pre-war fleet.

17 August

Cubic and Draken enters into an agreement to boost training.

Jodesz Gavilan

Cubic, Draken Partner to Modernize Adversary Air Combat Training

Cubic Defense is joining forces with Draken to modernize adversary air combat training through advanced range and data systems.

17 August

Successful launch of the FV-014 Loitering Munition System.

Jodesz Gavilan

Rheinmetall Tests Containerized Launcher for FV-014 Drone

Rheinmetall has successfully demonstrated the launch of its FV-014 loitering munition from a modular containerized missile launcher.

14 August

Rojoef Manuel

Poland Advances Apache Program With In-Country Helicopter Service Center

Poland has agreed with Boeing to establish a local support base for Warsaw’s incoming fleet of AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters.

14 August

Inder Singh Bisht

Lockheed Invests in Common Airframe for Hypersonic Weapons

Lockheed Martin has announced a multimillion-dollar investment to develop a Modular Payload Delivery System.

13 August

LITAVR unmanned aerial system. Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Defence

Rojoef Manuel

Ukraine’s F-Drones Debuts Upgraded LITAVR UAS to Hunt Russian Shaheds Faster

Ukrainian defense firm F-Drones has launched an upgraded version of its LITAVR unmanned aerial system, built to intercept Russia’s jet-powered Shahed kamikaze drones at speeds exceeding 400 kilometers per hour.

13 August

Concept illustration of a hypersonic missile powered by scramjet engine during atmospheric flight

Jodesz Gavilan

US Eyes Mobile Radar to Track Hypersonic Missiles

The US Missile Defense Agency is planning a highly mobile radar system to improve the detection and tracking of hypersonic and other advanced missiles.

13 August