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FAA’s Lack of Staffing, Proper Training, and Data Access Cited in OIG Report The Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) started keeping a closer eye on the Federal Aviation Administration’s relationship with United Airlines after it flagged a series of safety incidents in 2023 and 2024. Its conclusion? Staffing shortages, uneven training, and limited access to carrier data have stalled the regulator’s attempt to boost oversight.

GA-ASI plans to fly an MQ-9B with at least one between JASSM, LRASM and JSM in 2026, responding to demand for greater long-range fire capabilities in the Western Pacific.  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced on Feb. 23, 2026, that it is working on introducing air-launched standoff surface-strike capability on its MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), in both SeaGuardian and SkyGuardian variants. The company, in facts, is integrating the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and the Kongsberg/Raytheon Joint Strike Missile (JSM). GA-ASI said its engineers have already started working on the drones’ structure…

KYIV, Ukraine — The army that stopped Russia’s march on Kyiv four years ago no longer exists.Outmanned and outgunned by a nuclear power in the largest land war in Europe since 1945, Ukraine’s front line is increasingly held not by soldiers, but by machines and the skeleton crews that control them.Commanders describe brigades hollowed out to half strength or worse. Frontline units often operate at 50% to 60% of authorized manning, some as low as 30%.In some sectors, a maximum of 12 fighters hold 5 to 10 kilometers of front, far below what Cold War-era NATO planning assumed for high-intensity…

Transport Canada has now issued type certificate validations for Gulfstream’s G500, G600, G700, and G800, clearing the full group of large-cabin jets that had become an unusually public cross-border flashpoint in recent weeks.  The approvals for the G500 and G600 were documented in a Type Certificate Data Sheet dated February 15, 2026. Reuters reported on February 24 that Transport Canada has now certified the G700 and G800 as well, bringing the full set of Gulfstream models at the center of the dispute into the Canadian market after a lengthy delay.  The move comes after several weeks of public friction between Washington and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.Some say the situation feels hopeless. Battered by decades of sanctions, heightened by Trump’s 2018 decision to withdraw from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, Iranians also just suffered through the bloodiest crackdown on dissent in the country’s modern history as security forces…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow’s ambitions.In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim anniversary of the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands of people, upended life for millions of Ukrainians and created instability far beyond its borders.Zelenskyy said his country has withstood the onslaught by Russia’s bigger and better…

Italian prosecutors are investigating the reported disappearance of nearly 2,500 components for Tornado and AMX fighter-bombers, as well as C-130 tactical transport aircraft of Italy’s air force. The missing material is valued at approximately €17 million.  The case, as reported by La Repubblica, is being handled by the Rome public prosecutor’s office together with a military prosecutor, and reportedly involves around 10 people under investigation, including senior Italian Air Force logistics officials, several generals, and executives linked to GE Avio, a GE Aerospace subsidiary involved in military aircraft maintenance in Italy.  Italian Air Force fully cooperating  In a statement published on February 23, 2026, the…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to meet Tuesday with the CEO of Anthropic, with the artificial intelligence company the only one of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network.Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, declined to comment on the meeting but CEO Dario Amodei has made clear his ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI, including the dangers of fully autonomous armed drones and of AI-assisted mass surveillance that could track dissent.The meeting between Hegseth and Amodei was confirmed by a defense official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke…

Embraer unveiled the Praetor 500E and 600E, the latest iteration of its best-selling executive jet family at a broadcast event on February 24, 2026.  The new mid-sized and super mid-sized executive jets, which are expected to enter service in Q1 2029, represent a significant evolution of the Praetor 500 and 600 family of aircraft, particularly when it comes to cabin design.  The new Praetor 500E and 600E will feature a high-tech cabin environment, with a sophisticated digital cabin management system which will be possible to control through multiple channels, including voice interface, tech panels located on the upper section of the cabin and a mobile app.  Technology has also been applied to cabin monuments in order to boost comfort…

The F-35 has been tested with a new artificial intelligence-enhanced Combat Identification capability to help pilots quickly identify unknown emitters detected by its sensors. Lockheed Martin has announced that it has tested a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced Combat Identification (Combat ID) capability on the F-35 Lightning II. The test marks the first time AI has been integrated into the F-35’s systems to generate an independent Combat ID and provide it to the pilot while in flight. Project Overwatch The demonstration was part of Project Overwatch and was conducted at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, with the flight likely taking place…