Mystery Flight From Rome to Tehran Puts Aircraft Tracking Deception in the Spotlight

An unidentified business jet flying from Italy to Iran under an apparently fictitious identity offers a glimpse into the techniques used to conceal sensitive aircraft movements from public flight trackers.…

T-38C Lost Both Horizontal Stabilizers Before Crashing in Alabama, Investigation Finds

A U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board determined that maintenance errors allowed a horizontal stabilizer actuator pin to become loose, triggering aerodynamic flutter that tore both stabilizers from the T-38C…

HMS Queen Elizabeth Hosts Tekever AR5 and Nyan Strike Drones During New Trials

Operating in the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier launched Nyan one-way attack drones from its deck, while a Tekever AR5 ISR and logistics UAV proved its ability to…

F-35B Releases Meteor BVRAAM for the First Time

The Oct. 7 trial saw the release of an inert Meteor test asset from an F-35B's internal weapons bay, demonstrating safe separation and providing data for further release tests ahead…

Shield AI Reveals First Full-Scale Prototype X-BAT VTOL Fighter Drone

Around half the size of an F-35, and powered by an afterburning GE F110 engine with thrust vectoring capabilities, the X-BAT is billed as the world's first autonomous VTOL  strike…

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Mystery Flight From Rome to Tehran Puts Aircraft Tracking Deception in the Spotlight

An unidentified business jet flying from Italy to Iran under an apparently…

T-38C Lost Both Horizontal Stabilizers Before Crashing in Alabama, Investigation Finds

A U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board determined that maintenance errors allowed…

HMS Queen Elizabeth Hosts Tekever AR5 and Nyan Strike Drones During New Trials

Operating in the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier launched Nyan…

F-35B Releases Meteor BVRAAM for the First Time

The Oct. 7 trial saw the release of an inert Meteor test…

Shield AI Reveals First Full-Scale Prototype X-BAT VTOL Fighter Drone

Around half the size of an F-35, and powered by an afterburning…

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…

Military Aviation

RIAT Permanently Relocates to MOD Boscombe Down From 2027

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

SNC Withdraws From UJTS Competition, Leaving Textron As Sole Bidder

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

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…

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

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

Drones

HMS Queen Elizabeth Hosts Tekever AR5 and Nyan Strike Drones During New Trials

Operating in the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier launched Nyan…

Shield AI Reveals First Full-Scale Prototype X-BAT VTOL Fighter Drone

Around half the size of an F-35, and powered by an afterburning…

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…

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

T-38C Lost Both Horizontal Stabilizers Before Crashing in Alabama, Investigation Finds

A U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board determined that maintenance errors allowed…

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”…

Troubled Areas

Mystery Flight From Rome to Tehran Puts Aircraft Tracking Deception in the Spotlight

An unidentified business jet flying from Italy to Iran under an apparently…

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…

Weapons

F-35B Releases Meteor BVRAAM for the First Time

The Oct. 7 trial saw the release of an inert Meteor test…

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…