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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

Dassault formally pitches Rafale as Portugal weighs F-16 replacement; Airbus deepens Eurofighter industrial ties

Dassault Aviation has submitted the Rafale to Portugal as Lisbon considers options to replace its aging F-16 fleet. The French company signed an industrial cooperation agreement with AED Cluster Portugal, while Airbus and Eurofighter are also strengthening ties with Portuguese aerospace and defense companies ahead of a major fighter procurement decision.

Also: Aviation A2Z and defence-industry.eu

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2026-09-28T01:37:14.099592-07:00

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Wall Street Journal • Alistair MacDonald, Drew Fitzgerald

Defense Firms Are Rushing to Boost Missile Output. It’s Coming Too Late.

By Wall Street Journal: A Tucson, Ariz., factory run by defense giant RTX is working around the clock to increase production of Tomahawk and other missiles in short supply for U.S.

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2026-09-27T22:50:21.563762-07:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact

Associated Press • Claudia Ciobanu, RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI

On Poland's border with Ukraine, residents brace for a possible Russian hybrid attack

By Associated Press: 1 of 5 | Firefighters and territorial defence officers stand close to the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine, in Wyryki near Lublin, Poland, Sept.

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2026-09-27T23:35:31.661997-07:00

Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Defense Policy

CNBC • Mike Sheen

Police 'investigate Iran link' to suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by U.S.

By CNBC: U.K. counter-terrorism police are understood to be investigating a potential link with Iran after an alleged bomb threat against an air base hosting U.S.

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2026-09-28T00:36:54.477015-07:00

North America Military Aircraft Procurement Orders Workforce & Skills Development

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

First Pilatus PC-21 trainers arrive in Canada

By Air Data News: First two of 19 aircraft will support a new RCAF training system, while Canada plans a separate PC-21 fleet to replace the Snowbirds' CT-114 Tutor jets.

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2026-09-27T10:05:33.146207-07:00

Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Defense Policy

Reuters • Toby Shepheard

Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do 'big damage'

By Reuters: An Iranian-linked motive is considered the most likely, a source familiar with the investigation said, while a Russian sabotage operation or an Islamist plot were also being looked at.

Air & Space Forces Mag

UK Thwarts Suspected Terrorist Plot Against Base Used by US Bombers for Strikes on Iran

aviationnews.eu

Five Men Arrested Near RAF Fairford as Counter-Terror Police Lead Investigation

Also: Air Data News, Aviation24, DefenseNews.com, Associated Press, Axios, AirForceTimes, Aviation Week, Fortune, Navy Times, Army Times, ukaviation.aero, Bloomberg and 19 more

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2026-09-27T01:05:43.526402-07:00

China Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Defense Policy

Bloomberg • Bloomberg News

China Conducts Air-Sea Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal on Sunday

By Bloomberg: China‘s People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command conducted a joint naval and air training exercise in the waters and airspace around Scarborough Shoal on Sept.

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2026-09-27T04:35:25.045014-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

U.S. secures authority for Golden Dome missile defense in Greenland

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The United States has secured authority to establish Golden Dome missile-defense capabilities in Greenland, opening the way for the Pentagon to expand a homeland defense network around Pituffik Space Base, where the U.S.

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2026-09-26T09:30:41.801687-07:00

Dassault formally pitches Rafale as Portugal weighs F-16 replacement; Airbus deepens Eurofighter industrial ties

Defense Firms Are Rushing to Boost Missile Output. It’s Coming Too Late.

On Poland's border with Ukraine, residents brace for a possible Russian hybrid attack

Police 'investigate Iran link' to suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by U.S.

First Pilatus PC-21 trainers arrive in Canada

Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do 'big damage'

UK Thwarts Suspected Terrorist Plot Against Base Used by US Bombers for Strikes on Iran

Five Men Arrested Near RAF Fairford as Counter-Terror Police Lead Investigation

China Conducts Air-Sea Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal on Sunday

U.S. secures authority for Golden Dome missile defense in Greenland

Rafale, Eurofighter deepen AED Cluster ties in Portugal F-16 replacement race

Police 'investigate Iran link' to suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by U.S.

On Poland's border with Ukraine, residents brace for a possible Russian hybrid attack

Defense Firms Are Rushing to Boost Missile Output. It’s Coming Too Late.

First Pilatus PC-21 trainers arrive in Canada

China Conducts Air-Sea Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal on Sunday

Laser Weapons Will Be Deployed At Cape Canaveral Spaceport To Take Down Drones

KBR taps veteran defense executive to lead Trinzic spinoff

Canada, Saab to enter full negotiations for six GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft

Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Seen Flying On F/A-18 Super Hornet For The First Time

Five Arrested in Suspected Terror Plot Near RAF Fairford, U.S.-Used Air Base in Britain

U.S. advances stealth, uncrewed combat aircraft and allied airpower integration

Canada advances negotiations for six Saab GlobalEye aircraft for Arctic and NORAD missions

Navy targets 2028 operational service for lower-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missile

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