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Gambit 6
Drones

GA-ASI Unveils Gambit 6 Multirole Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The Gambit 6 UCAV will add air-to-ground capabilities to international Collaborative Combat Aircraft programs. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has unveiled the latest iteration of the Gambit Series of Unmanned…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 4, 2025
Second YFQ-42
Drones

GA-ASI Expands CCA Testing with Second YFQ-42A

GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s first flight in August. Two months after the type’s first flight on Aug. 27, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 4, 2025
F-35

Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense Force) officially began its training operations…

Rin Sakurai Rin Sakurai
November 4, 2025
RAAF P-8 Increment 3 Block 2
Military Aviation

RAAF to Upgrade P-8 Poseidon to Increment 3 Block 2 Configuration

Australia will be the first global P-8A operator to receive Increment 3 Block 2 modifications, few months after the U.S. Navy started testing the upgraded jet. Boeing has announced the…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
November 3, 2025
First Indonesian A400M Delivered
Military Aviation

Indonesian Air Force Receives its First Airbus A400M

Indonesia has ordered two A400Ms, which will potentially receive a fire-fighting kit, and the government is planning to soon begin negotiations to buy four more aircraft. The Indonesian Air Force…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
November 3, 2025
JP-7 Special Fuel of SR-71
Military History

JP-7: A Look at the Special Fuel of the SR-71

Flying at altitudes and speeds unheard of for contemporary jet aircraft, the Blackbird family required a fuel with unique properties to perform in the extremes the aircraft would be subject…

Darrick Leiker Darrick Leiker
November 2, 2025
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