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US Air Force: primary Iran strike arm via Operation Epic Fury and CCA production contract awarder, June 2026.
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#174 20 Aug
Mentioned in: Qatar offered tankers, not yet sold them
Iran Conflict 2026#16 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Britain unveils its first sovereign combat drone
Drones: Industry & Defence#16 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Honeywell licenses Shield AI's autonomy stack
Drones: Industry & Defence#16 20 Jul
Mentioned in: Anduril and Archer unveil the Thunder tiltrotor
Drones: Industry & Defence#156 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Two Americans killed at Jordan air base
Iran Conflict 2026#13 17 Jun
Awarded CCA production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics on 17 June
Drones: Industry & Defence: Air Force hands robot fighter to upstarts#127 14 Jun
Mentioned in: Vance, Ghalibaf named but pen stays dry
Iran Conflict 2026#109 26 May
Mentioned in: IRGC claims first US aircraft kill
Iran Conflict 2026#10 15 May
Mentioned in: UK launches Apache drone wingman trial
Drones: Industry & Defence#96 13 May
Mentioned in: Trump flies east, desk still empty
Iran Conflict 2026#8 5 May
Mentioned in: Anduril names Sandia on Golden Dome team
Drones: Industry & Defence#7 21 Apr
Mentioned in: RTX demos reusable Coyote against swarms
Drones: Industry & Defence#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Baqaei rejects uranium handover on sacred ground
Iran Conflict 2026#74 18 Apr
Mentioned in: Hengaw reports executions and custodial death
Iran Conflict 2026#74 15 Apr
Deployed F-16s to reinforce Saudi Arabia's airspace integration in mid-April
Iran Conflict 2026: Pakistani F-16s reinforce Saudi airspace mid-war#5 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Skydio wins first overseas USAF deal
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 9 Apr
#5 9 Apr
#59 4 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran War Burns Through Pacific Missile Reserves
Iran Conflict 2026#58 3 Apr
Mentioned in: First US jet downed; officer missing
Iran Conflict 2026#57 2 Apr
#51 29 Mar
Mentioned in: Russia's drone delivery deadline lapses
Iran Conflict 2026#3 26 Mar
Mentioned in: Shield AI hits $12.7 billion valuation
Drones: Industry & Defence#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: A-10s and Apaches hunt Hormuz fast boats
Iran Conflict 2026#2 19 Mar
Mentioned in: Fury completes AMRAAM captive carry test
Drones: Industry & Defence#36 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran hits five KC-135s at Saudi base
Iran Conflict 2026#33 11 Mar
Mentioned in: US KC-135 tanker crashes in Iraq
Iran Conflict 2026#28 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Israel strikes Tehran's Shahran refinery
Iran Conflict 2026#29 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran claims fourth US Reaper downed
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: French Rafales deploy to UAE Al-Dhafra
Iran Conflict 2026#19 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Hegseth: second massive assault imminent
Iran Conflict 2026#12 2 Mar
Mentioned in: IRIB broadcaster struck again in Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#12 2 Mar
Mentioned in: B-2s sent; Iran buried arsenal survives
Iran Conflict 2026#10 2 Mar
Mentioned in: Kuwait Patriot fire kills three US jets
Iran Conflict 2026#9 2 Mar
Mentioned in: UK opens Diego Garcia for Iran strikes
Iran Conflict 2026#4 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump pledges force 'never seen before'
Iran Conflict 2026#6 1 Mar
Mentioned in: One killed at Abu Dhabi airport strike
Iran Conflict 2026#6 1 Mar