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🇪🇸 🇫🇷 France to Deploy A400M Water Bombers for the First Time Within Two Weeks
France's civil security chief said an Airbus A400M fitted with a firefighting kit will fly its first operational wildfire mission within 10 to 15 days, as fires have already burned twice the area recorded by this point last year.
🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇺🇸 NATO's Ankara Summit Yields European ATACMS Line, Triton Buy, and Barracuda Missile Deal
The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara produced a wave of transatlantic arms agreements on July 7, 2026, led by Europe's first ATACMS production line, a four-nation Triton drone buy, and a new Polish cruise-missile plant.
🇯🇵 Japan Commissions 10th Mogami-Class Frigate as JMSDF Pursues Leaner Fleet
JS Nagara joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on June 29, 2026, the tenth of a stealth frigate class built to operate with a third of a destroyer's crew.
🇬🇷 Greek Air Force F-16 Crash-Lands in Flames at Zakynthos After In-Flight Fire
A Hellenic Air Force F-16C caught fire in flight and made an emergency landing at Zakynthos International Airport on July 9, 2026; the pilot escaped unhurt but the jet was engulfed in flames on the runway.
🇫🇷 Naval Group Delivers De Grasse, Fourth Suffren-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine, to French Navy
Naval Group handed over the nuclear-powered attack submarine De Grasse to the French defense procurement agency and the French Navy at Cherbourg on June 24, 2026, the fourth of six Suffren-class boats built under the Barracuda program to replace the Rubis class.
🇺🇸 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Marks 25 Years of US Navy Service as Production Nears Its End
A quarter-century after VFA-115 declared the type operational in September 2001, the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet remains the backbone of US carrier air wings even as the last new-build airframes approach delivery.
🇺🇸 F-15 Eagle Marks 50 Years in US Air Force Service as F-15EX Production Ramps Up
Fifty years after the first operational F-15A arrived at Langley Air Force Base on January 9, 1976, the Eagle remains in frontline service with six air forces and in production as the F-15EX Eagle II.
🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 UK, Italy and Japan Award £4.6 Billion GCAP Development Contract to Edgewing
The trinational GCAP Agency on July 3 awarded a £4.6 billion ($6.1 billion), 18-month contract to Edgewing, the BAE Systems-Leonardo-JAIEC joint venture, to complete concept work and begin detailed design of the sixth-generation fighter targeted for service entry in 2035.