BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 13:06:24 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

AUSTRALIA ACHIEVES INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY WITH LRASM AND JASSM-ER MISSILES...

New official visuals show RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets releasing AGM-158B JASSM-ERs and a P-8A Poseidon striking a target ship with an AGM-158C LRASM during live-fire tests in 2025 and 2026.

SCOTT: Component revenue is how you stay alive while the type certificate crawls. Cool story for investors. For pilots: the question is still “what does it do when the battery is having a bad day at density altitude.”

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