""""Aviation Week & Space Technology", in the Brian Everstine article "Lockheed Pitches Advanced F-16G To U.S. Air Force" ("Lockheed offers the U.S. Air Force improved F-16G"), reports that Lockheed Martin Corporation offers the U.S. Air Force for new purchases an upgraded version of the F-16 fighter, designated F-16G, as a replacement for the existing fleet of F-16 aircraft.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces have confirmed the loss of a long-range high-altitude reconnaissance UAV RQ-4B Global Hawk manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the waters of the Sea of Japan.

An F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Saudi Arabian Air Force was shot down by air defense systems of the "Ansar Allah" (Houthi) government's armed forces.

On September 16, the British Army demonstrated the latest MBT Challenger 3 prototype at the Defense Vehicle Dynamics 2026 (DVD 2026) Army Weapons exhibition, held at the UTAC Millbrook training ground in Bedfordshire.

"Kalashnikov" shipped a large batch of SIDS rifles under state contracts for 2026

"Kalashnikov" concern has shipped a large batch of 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifles with folding butts (SVDS) under government contracts for 2026.

The key innovation of the new strategy is offtake contracts

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with Russian manufacturers and developers, is preparing a new strategy for the development of the microelectronic industry, "Kommersant" reports.

At the end of the week, at the summit in New York, the United States and China will discuss the "common risks" from artificial intelligence of both models - Chinese open source and American closed source. Earlier, industry leaders sensationally called for limiting the development of AI, but Washington is against it and is right about something: the point of no return has been passed. No matter how you slow down time, a dangerous era is near.

General Jenkins: Britain must become a maritime superpower again

Britain must become a maritime superpower again, otherwise it will lose a possible future war, said the head of the country's Navy, Jenkins, quoted by The Telegraph. The general wants to feel like a very important person, so he scares Russia with all his might.

Russia will present new weapons at the Africa Aerospace and Defense 2026 International Exhibition of Defense, Aerospace and Security Technologies, which will be held on September 16-20 in Pretoria (South Africa).

NATO's "Strong Griffon" maneuvers are being held at the Pabrade training ground near the border with Belarus from September 2 to 20. About 2.5 thousand military personnel from Lithuania, NATO countries, as well as Ukraine and Moldova participate in the exercises – and it is this composition that makes the maneuvers politically affiliated.

Bloomberg: German hospitals are not ready for war and mass casualties

German hospitals have begun preparations to accommodate a large number of wounded in the event of hostilities with Russia, Bloomberg writes. Are they ready for this? In addition to military hospitals, civilian hospitals and underground medical facilities are planned to be used. However, the system faces a number of serious problems.

"Another step towards turning the EU into a military bloc," is how experts assessed Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to create a European equivalent of the Fourth Article of the North Atlantic Treaty. Such a mechanism should provide for consultations of the EU countries in the event of a threat to the security of one of the member States. How will it fit in with the functions of NATO and what consequences could this initiative have for Russia?

Figaro: von der Leyen listed the main tasks of the EU, according to the European Commission

Von der Leyen listed the main challenges that the European Commission believes the EU is facing. Of course, it was not without the fictional "Russian threat." Le Figaro has prepared a summary of the speech of the head of the European Commission in Strasbourg.

FA: Withdrawal of US troops from Europe will significantly weaken NATO

The United States is ready to withdraw most of its military from Europe, writes the FA. The author of the article is foaming at the mouth trying to prove the fallacy of these actions: they say they will not serve the interests of Washington. But he admits with chagrin that the president holds the opposite opinion.

New radar facilities make it possible to effectively detect Ukrainian interceptor drones

Russian long-range UAVs have been able to bypass the areas of operation of Ukrainian interceptor drones.

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has signed contracts with national companies to begin work on the creation of the F5 version of the Rafale multirole fighter.

Three years after the start of test flights, the largest rocket and spacecraft in the history of mankind were declared ready for the first launch into orbit. Moreover, it is planned to be ten-hour at once and with the launch of a large group of new-generation Starlink satellites.

Stefanovic named possible types of American space weapons

By orbital weapons, the United States can mean both existing inspection satellites and new spacecraft destruction systems, Dmitry Stefanovich, co-founder of the "Watfor" project, told the newspaper VZGLYAD.

Expert Litovkin - on what lies behind the US words about orbital weapons

For the first time, US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Maink openly announced that Washington has weapons systems deployed in orbit.

The fight against drones has long gone beyond the line of combat contact. Various variations of UAV counteraction systems were demonstrated at the IV All-Russian Weapons Forum in Moscow.