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Rundown · Thursday, February 26, 2026

Space & defense news on February 26, 2026

On Thursday, February 26, 2026 the Space and defense desk recorded 8 news events. The earliest report came from The Hindu - Business Line at 04:44 UTC. One more event was reported; it is listed at the end.

  1. 01

    Starfighters Space names Tim Franta chief executive

    3 outlets · first: kansascity.com Aerospace

    Machine summary Starfighters Space named Tim Franta its chief executive on Feb. 23, according to a report on his remarks during a Feb. 25 podcast. Founder Rick Svetkoff resigned as CEO, president, chairman and director, and Brenda Svetkoff stepped down as company secretary, the report said.

    1. Founder Rick Svetkoff resigned as CEO, president, chairman and director, and Brenda Svetkoff stepped down as company secretary, according to the report.
    2. Podcast host and TheStreet Pro portfolio manager Chris Versace described Starfighters Space as "the only commercial company in the world with the ability to fly payloads at sustained Mach 2+," according to the report.

    Reported by kansascity.com, miamiherald.com and Sacbee.

    • Starfighters Space

  2. 02

    Coverage recordbreitbart.com: “US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades”

    2 outlets · first: breitbart.com Geopolitics

    Reports ran between 18:45 and 19:20 UTC on Feb 26.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by breitbart.com and Defense News.

  3. 03

    Rare earth shortages worsen in US aerospace, chips despite trade truce, sources say

    2 outlets · first: The Hindu - Business Line Geopolitics

    Machine summary Rare earth shortages in US aerospace and chips are worsening despite a trade truce, sources say.

    Reported by The Hindu - Business Line and Taipei Times.

  4. 05

    Coverage recordSacbee: “Uber stock jumps on high-flying Joby deal”

    2 outlets · first: Sacbee Aerospace

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Sacbee and miamiherald.com.

  5. 06

    Nasa lost lunar spacecraft a day after launch, report says

    2 outlets · first: NPR Aerospace

    Machine summary Nasa lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch, according to a new report that details what went wrong.

    1. A new report details what went wrong after Nasa lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch, according to the reports.

    Reported by NPR and wamc.org.

  6. 07

    Leonardo DRS reported Q4 2025 results

    1 outlet · first: finance.yahoo.com

    Machine summary finance.yahoo.com reported a summary of Leonardo DRS, Inc.'s Q4 2025 earnings call.

    Reported by finance.yahoo.com.

    • Leonardo DRS, Inc.

  7. 08

    Coverage recordMotley Fool: “OneSpan (OSPN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript”

    1 outlet · first: Motley Fool

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Motley Fool.

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

  1. · 1 outletforeignpolicy.com

Each summary and its key facts are a machine summary of the reports linked under it; the outlets, times and counts come from those reports' own records. How a rundown is built.

Also covered for this desk

7 events homed on another desk that the Space and defense desk also carried on February 26, 2026.

  1. Feb 26 · Legal Anthropic CEO says company cannot accede to Pentagon request in AI safeguards dispute 27
  2. Feb 26 · Supply chain US and Iran wrap up latest nuclear talks without a deal 20
  3. Feb 26 · Legal US and Iran hold new round of nuclear talks as US forces deploy 4
  4. Feb 26 · HR & workforce Modi's Israel visit ends with 27 outcomes; ties elevated to special strategic partnership 3
  5. Feb 26 · Legal Cp24: “North Korea warns it could destroy South if threatened, but leaves door open for U.S. dialogue” 2
  6. Feb 26 · Legal US and Iran hold third round of nuclear talks 2
  7. Feb 26 · Legal asiaone.com: “Chinese influence operation targets Japan elections, Trump, other countries, says US foundation” 2

Who was in the news

  1. US military 2

The days around it

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).