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HQ-16 Surrogate Target
Airshows

Wisconsin ANG Shows Off Towable HQ-16 SAM Replica at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Part of the U.S. Military contingent at this year’s EAA AirVenture event, the local Wisconsin Air National Guard showed off a range of its equipment, including a full scale surrogate…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
July 30, 2025
TAI Airbus Hurjet agreement
Military Aviation

TAI and Airbus Sign Cooperation Agreement for Spanish Hürjets

Spain and Türkiye agreed on the workshare to develop the Spanish Hürjets, which will have major Spanish subsystems, ahead of the signing of the contract. A new agreement between TAI…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
July 30, 2025
Military History

A Look at the Engineering and Maintenance of the A-10’s GAU-8/A Cannon

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as…

Darrick Leiker Darrick Leiker
July 29, 2025
X-37B OTV-8
Space

Secretive X-37B Spaceplane Prepares to Launch for its Eighth Mission

The U.S. Space Force will launch the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on Aug. 21, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The U.S. Space Force announced that it will launch the…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 29, 2025
Beechcraft M-346N
Military Aviation

Textron Unveils Beechcraft T-346N Offering for the U.S. Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System

The M-346N is being offered as a “ready-now” solution, based on the original M-346 aircraft developed by Leonardo, to train future naval aviators. Textron Aviation Defense has announced on Jul.…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 28, 2025
Archange SIGINT first flight
Military Aviation

France’s ‘Archange’ SIGINT Aircraft Flies for the First Time

The Archange, based on the Dassault Falcon 8X, will replace the two Transall C-160G Gabriel SIGINT aircraft prematurely divested in May 2022. The French Air and Space Force’s (Armée de…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
July 28, 2025
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