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Bloomberg • Bloomberg News

China’s PLA Conducts Joint Naval-Air Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal

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. 27. The activity underscores the military significance of the disputed feature in the South China Sea.

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

Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Defense Policy

Reuters • Toby Shepheard

British police arrest five men at US air base in major incident

By Reuters: Police have not said who they believed was involved in the incident, in which residents of a nearby village were woken in the early hours and 85 homes evacuated.

aviationnews.eu

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

Axios

5 arrested over alleged terrorism offenses near U.K. base used by U.S. Air Force

Also: Aviation Week, ukaviation.aero, Stars and Stripes, BBC, The Guardian, Economic Times, NBC News, CNA, Euronews and Economic Times

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

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

KBR taps veteran defense executive to lead Trinzic spinoff

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — KBR is putting a veteran defense executive in charge of a $5 billion-plus government technology business as it prepares to spin off operations spanning national security, NASA and military space into an independent public company.

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2026-09-26T13:36:00.163285-07:00

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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

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The War Zone • Howard Altman

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

By The War Zone: With the job of launching giant tubes packed with explosives and extremely expensive national security payloads on top, if anywhere could use lasers, it's the Cape.

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2026-09-26T11:15:08.034619-07:00

Hypersonic Military Aircraft Procurement Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons

The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

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

By The War Zone: The Navy is pushing to get Blackbeard, a lower-cost and fast-to-produce standoff weapon, into operational service by 2028 at the latest.

Also: FlightGlobal and Aviation Week

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2026-09-25T13:50:26.638853-07:00

North America Military Aircraft Procurement Defense Policy

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Warthog, the A-10 attack jet, leaves Nellis after nearly 50 years but retirement remains distant

By Air Data News: The last A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to Nellis Air Force Base departed the Nevada installation on September 22, ending nearly five decades of operations at one of the most important bases in the history of the US Air Force attack jet.

Also: Aero-News

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2026-09-26T02:05:13.992328-07:00

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The War Zone • Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

F-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Separating Fact From Fiction

By The War Zone: What we know and don’t know, and the potential security impacts, regarding the real possibility China has major F-35 components in its possession. What we know and don’t know, and the potential security impacts, regarding the real possibility China has major F-35 components in its possession.

Also: CBS News, news.ssbcrack.com and defenceconnect.com.au

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2026-09-24T12:50:56.071522-07:00

China’s PLA Conducts Joint Naval-Air Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal

British police arrest five men at US air base in major incident

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

5 arrested over alleged terrorism offenses near U.K. base used by U.S. Air Force

KBR taps veteran defense executive to lead Trinzic spinoff

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

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

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

Warthog, the A-10 attack jet, leaves Nellis after nearly 50 years but retirement remains distant

F-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Separating Fact From Fiction

China Conducts Air-Sea Exercise Near Scarborough Shoal on Sunday

British police arrest five men at US air base in major incident

KBR taps veteran defense executive to lead Trinzic spinoff

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

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

Warthog, the A-10 attack jet, leaves Nellis after nearly 50 years but retirement remains distant

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

Swedish, Finnish fighter jets intercept group of Russian military aircraft

US F-35 fighters to debut in Indian multinational air exercise

Thunderbirds F-16 crashed after misaligned engine vanes led to blade fracture

Pentagon investigates diversion of Australian F-35 parts to Hong Kong

Airbus to pitch Eurofighter Typhoon to Portugal against Lockheed Martin’s F-35 for 28-aircraft F-16 replacement

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Finland and Sweden conduct first joint fighter mission to identify Russian aircraft over Gulf of Finland

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