Reuters
Executives from Honeywell Aerospace and Howmet Aerospace said they can scale production to meet a surge in demand for commercial aircraft components and munitions, citing robust aftermarket activity and defence-driven orders as geopolitical tensions push procurement higher and suppliers to add capacity.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: The Air and Space Power Conference 2026 took place in Canberra, bringing together global military leaders to explore air and space power in national defense.
AeroTime
By AeroTime: Airbus A340-300 Israel says it destroyed Airbus A340-300 used by Iran’s late leader Israel said it destroyed an aircraft used by Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an overnight… ByStephen PopeMarch 16, 2026.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: An aircraft panel measuring approximately 12 inches by 24 inches dropped from an F-35A sometime during a “routine training mission” about 65 miles east of Okinawa.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has released images of its developmental Kawasaki EC-2 electronic warfare aircraft, converted from the first C-2 transport delivered, as the service weighs acquisition numbers and its future transport fleet composition.
DefenseNews.com
• Stephen Losey
By DefenseNews.com: The 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, resumed flying T-6A Texan training flights on Tuesday. But the cause of the hypoxia-like symptoms that led Vance officials to ground the Texan fleet Nov.
DefenseNews.com
• Pierre Tran
By DefenseNews.com: Airbus Defence and Space continues to work on two key capabilities sought by France.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Canada’s Liberal government will announce next week plans to proceed with an interim buy of used F/A-18 Hornets from Australia, dashing Boeing’s hopes of a Super Hornet sale, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Reuters
