AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
Spain’s president, Pedro Sánchez, announced on May 21, 2026 that the Spanish Air Force will fit some Airbus A400M military transports with specialist firefighting kits. The move signals how operators are adapting the A400M beyond airlift roles to add capability for aerial wildfire response.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: UK show had been due to run from 17-19 July. The organisers of the annual Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) have announced the cancellation of this year's event, due to its location being inaccessible due to US operations against Iran.
aviationnews.eu
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Royal Thai Air Force will become the second military branch in the country to operate the C295 turboprop Royal Thai Air Force has ordered two Airbus C295 tactical transport aircraft in a deal that will expand the country’s military airlift fleet.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Intellisense Systems will supply data concentrator units and multifunction displays for Boeing’s C-17 flight deck replacement program.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Australia has opened a new AUD 200 million (US $130 million) facility at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh in South Australia. It is set to serve as a regional hub for the maintenance and sustainment of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Embraer signed a memorandum of understanding with Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) on May 22, a move that signals growing expectations that Greece could become a future operator of the C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft.
aeromorning.com
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Inside the closed-door ISR roundtable at DTM 2026 Berlin: latency, sovereignty, procurement reform, and the retired-generals paradox.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: GBU-39B gives special forces an accurate stand-off weapon from a key uncrewed platform. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed aircraft assigned to the US Air force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have gained the capability to use the GBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Scanlon
