Japan Intercepts Chinese WZ-7 High-Altitude Drones Flying Through Miyako Strait

Chinese state media recently featured the WZ-7 alongside other PLA reconnaissance drones, describing the platforms as providing reconnaissance and targeting support to the PLA Army, Navy and Rocket Force. Japan…

From Drones to Bomb Hoaxes: Is Europe’s Civil Aviation Facing a New Form of Hybrid Warfare?

A wave of false bomb threats has triggered flight diversions, emergency procedures and fighter jet scrambles across Europe, raising questions about a possible new tactic aimed at disrupting civilian aviation.…

NASA Announces X-70 Fractal, its Latest Experimental Aircraft

NASA has announced its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, described as a high-performance, highly adaptable crewed research platform with rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology. NASA has announced on Nov. 4,…

RIAT Permanently Relocates to MOD Boscombe Down From 2027

The Royal International Air Tattoo will leave RAF Fairford after decades at the Gloucestershire airbase, moving to MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire as part of an effort to secure the…

First HH-60W Jolly Green II Arrives at Joint Base Andrews

The arrival of the first HH-60W marks the start of the transition from the UH-1N in support of the National Capital Region’s contingency-response mission, with the 5th Helicopter Squadron leading…

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Japan Intercepts Chinese WZ-7 High-Altitude Drones Flying Through Miyako Strait

Chinese state media recently featured the WZ-7 alongside other PLA reconnaissance drones,…

From Drones to Bomb Hoaxes: Is Europe’s Civil Aviation Facing a New Form of Hybrid Warfare?

A wave of false bomb threats has triggered flight diversions, emergency procedures…

NASA Announces X-70 Fractal, its Latest Experimental Aircraft

NASA has announced its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, described as…

RIAT Permanently Relocates to MOD Boscombe Down From 2027

The Royal International Air Tattoo will leave RAF Fairford after decades at…

First HH-60W Jolly Green II Arrives at Joint Base Andrews

The arrival of the first HH-60W marks the start of the transition…

SNC Withdraws From UJTS Competition, Leaving Textron As Sole Bidder

SNC decided to not bid for the U.S. Navy’s UJTS program, leaving…

GA-ASI Opens Remote Split Operation Facility to Remotely Fly MQ-9s for AFRICOM

GA-ASI announced the opening of a new Remote Split Operation facility in…

Greece Signs for up to Six Embraer KC-390 Millennium Multi-Role Transports

The Hellenic Air Force has placed a firm order for three KC-390…

Military Aviation

Rafale M Conducts Trials Aboard Indian Navy’s INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier

India selected in 2023 and ordered in 2025 the Rafale M as…

U.S. Army’s HADES Prototype Completes First Flight

The U.S. Army announced that the HADES Prototype 1 made its first…

Ethiopia Receives First Russian Su-35 Fighters in Moscow

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shared images of two of the 12…

Is Italy About to Join the A400M Club?

A document titled "Airbus A400M for Italy" was spotted during recent UK-Italy…

Drones

Japan Intercepts Chinese WZ-7 High-Altitude Drones Flying Through Miyako Strait

Chinese state media recently featured the WZ-7 alongside other PLA reconnaissance drones,…

GA-ASI Opens Remote Split Operation Facility to Remotely Fly MQ-9s for AFRICOM

GA-ASI announced the opening of a new Remote Split Operation facility in…

China Claims GJ-21 Naval UCAV has Flown from Type 076 Sichuan LHD

The PLA Navy says the GJ-21 has completed its first takeoff and…

GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B

GA-ASI and Saab are testing the LoyalEye radar installed in the MQ-9B’s…

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Developing: Italian CH-47F Chinook Crashes in Bosnia

An Italian Army CH-47F Chinook assigned to the EUFOR Althea mission crashed…

French Mirage 2000D Crashes During Night Training Mission

A French Mirage 2000D assigned to the Escadron de Chasse 2/3 “Champagne”…

[Updated] Two Naval Aviators Eject Following Mishap on USS Eisenhower

The U.S. Navy said that two Naval Aviators ejected from their EA-18G…

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Japan Intercepts Chinese WZ-7 High-Altitude Drones Flying Through Miyako Strait

Chinese state media recently featured the WZ-7 alongside other PLA reconnaissance drones,…

Ethiopia Receives First Russian Su-35 Fighters in Moscow

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shared images of two of the 12…

China Claims GJ-21 Naval UCAV has Flown from Type 076 Sichuan LHD

The PLA Navy says the GJ-21 has completed its first takeoff and…

DIA Releases Clearest Image of China’s Reusable Spaceplane with Service Module Attached

The DIA report reviews the three missions flown between 2020 and 2023,…

Weapons

Europe’s HYDEF Hypersonic Interceptor Program Completes First Stage

The program’s first stage is complete, with all critical technologies reaching at…

U.S. Air Force Moves AGM-183A ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production

The $694 million contract marks a major reversal for the Air-Launched Rapid…

Castelion to Begin Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Integration on USAF F-16s

As part of its work with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Castelion…

Pentagon, BAE Systems Sign Agreement to Increase APKWS Production

The Pentagon signed a framework agreement with BAE Systems to procure up…