Air, Space & Cyber 2026

The USAF is about to kick off a larger review of next-generation airlift options, and is still refining requirements for new tankers.

Allied interest in Collaborative Combat Aircraft is growing as USAFE works to ensure interoperability across a wide mix of future systems.

The standoff weapon could eventually give other F-35 operators a new path to a long-range precision strike capability.

Gen. Dale White says while the F-47 will fly by 2028, doing F/A-XX at the same time is concerning, but that’s not unique to just next gen fighters.

Exercise Emerald Flag will give the USAF a completely new opportunity to test how its CCA drones work together with crewed assets.

With alarming incursions into NATO territory by Russian drones and missiles, and the possibility that worse is on the horizon, NATO is adapting its air defense playbook.

Space Force learned important lessons from the war with Iran about operations inside and outside of the atmosphere.

FLEX aims to give the JASSM missile family modular weapons architecture spanning longer-range, anti-ship, and new launch configurations.

New imagery highlights potential air-to-ground weapons integration on Fury, pointing to the possibility of a broader strike capability for production FQ-44s.

The Air Force’s top officer acknowledged that a lack of organic base defense was a factor in the destruction caused by Iran.

Space Force has finally confirmed it has weapons in space and has also shared details about its “space control” mission set.

The YFQ-44 Fury has already taken to the skies alongside fifth-gen fighters as the company works toward a true crewed-uncrewed teaming demonstration.

Air Force Chief Of Staff Gen. Wilsbach offered vignettes of airmen performing under punishing Iranian attacks.

Swarm Aero’s Gamera is designed to be inexpensive but pack major range and the ability to be adapted to many missions beyond standoff strike.

500 CCAs is a step up from recently stated USAF plans, and the service also now wants 500 more new drones to succeed its MQ-9s.

Branded Content: Modernizing command, control, and communications network is critical for the future nuclear era.

We have new details on Lockheed’s tailless CCA, including about its exotic “submerged” air inlet and how its design puts a premium on survivability.

The USAF has aggressive cost and schedule goals for new drones to succeed the MQ-9 fleet that has suffered major losses.

The USAF’s new EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare jet was part of a larger NATO package that flew along the doorstep of Russia’s strategic military outpost.

With rapidly evolving threats around the globe, the USAF’s target drones need to start making leaps to catch up and a new family of systems is wanted for this.

SPACECOM is working to dissolve traditional silos of operations and thinking in order to speed-up swatting-down increasingly complex missile threats.