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Breaking Defense • Tim Martin

Saab flight-tests its own AI agents on Gripen as it builds path to operational use

Saab says it is developing AI agents for crewed and uncrewed aircraft and has flight-tested its own algorithms aboard Gripen, following earlier trials of Helsing’s air-combat agent. The company is building an academy and infrastructure to create, train and evaluate the agents, with potential operational deployment targeted within months.

Aviation Week • Tony Osborne

Saab Moves To Industrialize Combat AI After Gripen Trials

Shephard Media • Kim Moore

Saab’s flight-tested AI agents signal new era of crewed-uncrewed fighter systems

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2026-11-02T23:04:30.241858-08:00

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Reuters • Luiza Ilie, Tom Balmforth

War widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines

By Reuters: After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said it would deploy maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones to bolster its eastern flank in the Black Sea.

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2026-11-02T23:04:20.908304-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

French Rafale M conducts flight tests from Indian aircraft carrier

By FlightGlobal: India operates two aircraft carriers with ambitions to obtain a third. A Dassault Aviation Rafale M has successfully landed and taken off from an Indian aircraft carrier.

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2026-11-02T21:04:53.092391-08:00

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Via Satellite • Shaun Waterman

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force sees space not just as a physical domain, with thermodynamic laws and orbital mechanics, but as a digital domain, too.

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2026-11-02T17:55:39.821782-08:00

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The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

By The War Zone: Mar-a-Lago is the latest real-world deployment for the U.S. military's growing arsenal of LOCUST counter-drone lasers.

Also: defence-blog.com and laserwars.net

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2026-11-02T14:04:58.968521-08:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Wizz Air A321neo escorted by Gripen after bomb threat

By Air Data News: Flight W64302 from London to Sofia diverted to Budapest after NATO issued an Air Airbus A321neo was escorted by a Hungarian Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen to Budapest on Monday after a bomb threat interrupted a flight from London to Sofia.

Aviation24

Wizz Air flight diverted to Budapest after bomb threat, escorted by Hungarian Gripen fighters

Simple Flying

Wizz Air Flight From London Diverts Due To Bomb Threat

Also: Aviation A2Z, theaviationhub.co.uk, The Independent and 3 more

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2026-11-02T07:54:49.452649-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

By FlightGlobal: As the global aerospace industry moves into the sixth-generation era of combat aircraft, marked by radical tailless designs and tactical fighters that fly themselves, one new jet stands as especially.

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2026-11-02T15:04:47.789571-08:00

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The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

New X-Plane To Be Announced At Max Power Airshow: NASA Administrator Isaacman

By The War Zone: NASA's boss insists it is "not the one you're thinking about" and has deflected a new question about a 'missing' SR-71.

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2026-11-02T10:28:50.438077-08:00

Saab flight-tests its own AI agents on Gripen as it builds path to operational use

Saab Moves To Industrialize Combat AI After Gripen Trials

Saab’s flight-tested AI agents signal new era of crewed-uncrewed fighter systems

War widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines

French Rafale M conducts flight tests from Indian aircraft carrier

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

Wizz Air A321neo escorted by Gripen after bomb threat

Wizz Air flight diverted to Budapest after bomb threat, escorted by Hungarian Gripen fighters

Wizz Air Flight From London Diverts Due To Bomb Threat

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

New X-Plane To Be Announced At Max Power Airshow: NASA Administrator Isaacman

Sweden's Saab launches family of AI agents for future aircraft projects

War widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines

French Rafale M conducts flight tests from Indian aircraft carrier

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

Russia is giving its drones bigger antennas to beat Ukrainian jamming

These Are The U.S. Weapons Most At Risk In The Looming Rare Earths Supply Crisis

Tiny Ukrainian receiver intercepts Russian drone feeds in real time

Spy satellite designs could change as AI takes on more intelligence analysis

Iran’s strikes on more than two dozen U.S. bases targeted early-warning systems before aircraft and buildings, AP analysis finds

China says GJ-11 UCAV has demonstrated shipboard takeoff and landing

Vector Defense expands as US seeks to build low-cost military drone capacity from near zero

UK policy raises stakes for foreign bidders in military space market

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