World’s Longest One-Stop Flight Launched by China Eastern via Auckland
China Eastern Airlines has unveiled a two-continent route that rewrites long-haul maps. The carrier will link Shanghai Pudong and Buenos Aires Ezeiza…
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GAO Reports Highlight New F-35 Deficiencies
The Government Accountability Office released two companion studies dated April 25 that paint a stark picture of the F-35’s technical health and budget…
Canada Boosts Defense Spending to Hit NATO 2% Target, Eyes Europe
Prime Minister Mark Carney has broken from decades of caution. He pledged an extra US $6.6 billion (CA $9 billion) for the Department…
Tanks and Launchers from the United States for Poland
A heavy-lift vessel slipped into the port of Świnoujście late on 21 November. Its deck held twenty-six U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks,…
Fisingapore Inducts New Protected Combat Support Vehicles
Defense-aerospace.com reports that the Fisingapore Army has introduced a new generation of protected combat support vehicles intended to strengthen its military readiness and…
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Ahead of Modi Visit, US Approves Sale of 22 Guardian Drones to India
The United States has cleared the sale of twenty-two MQ-9B Guardian unmanned aircraft to India, opening a path for New Delhi to field…
R-168: The Russian Military Radio That’s Not So Russian
Moscow sells the R-168 as proof its army can talk under fire without outside help. Documents and captured sets prove many key chips…
KAI Completes Deliveries of MUH-1 Helicopters to Korean Marine Corps
The Republic of Korea Marine Corps now holds the last MUH-1 Marineon helicopter in its hands. KAI moved the final airframe out of…
The New Norwegian Long-term Defence Plan
On 23 March the Norwegian Government presented a fresh long-term plan for the Armed Forces. The document repeats the core security goals set…
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China’s Expanding Drone Arsenal Reveals Strength of Civil-Military Integration
The first taxi runs of Jiutian’s SS-UAV “drone mothership” at a private airfield in Sichuan on 16 June reflect how far China’s unmanned programs have moved in a single decade. According to industry sources, technicians completed telemetry checks in less than six weeks, after the…
Poland Receives First AH-64D Apaches to Prepare for Guardian Fleet
Three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters landed this morning at the 56th Air Base in Latkowo, near Inowrocław. They taxied to the ramp in quick succession, rotors still spinning while ground crews signaled them into place. Defense officials confirm these aircraft now belong to the 1st…
The F-35 Fighter Jet, The World’s Costliest Weapons Program, Just Got More Expensive
The Pentagon just raised the F-35 bill again. Numbers inside its fresh acquisition report point to $438 billion for development plus production. Last year they put the figure at $412 billion. Now planners must live with extra $26 billion—they said inflation and stretched schedules forced…
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World’s Longest One-Stop Flight Launched by China Eastern via Auckland
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France Commits €717 Million to Eutelsat’s LEO Constellation as Starlink Rival
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