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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Z-20 Helicopter Pushes Ahead in PLA Service
China’s medium-lift Z-20 is no longer a paper plan. Pilots in several PLA brigades now fly the grey-green machines every week. Beijing says…
Award of the Contract for the Next Phase of the SCAF Project
The French, German, and Spanish defense ministries have committed to the next stage of the tri-national Future Combat Air System. Their signature on…
Italian Navy Landing Helicopter Dock Trieste Nears Full Service
Trieste — The Italian Navy’s new landing helicopter dock Trieste is finishing fit-out work in its namesake port. Crews install last cables, test…
Successful Flight Testing of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator
The Indian Space Research Organisation marked a decisive step toward air-breathing launch systems with the first flight of its Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator…
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Taranis UCAV Marks A Decade of Quiet Influence in British Air Power
The Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle once showed up in the corner of BAE Systems’ Warton site, almost out of sight. At first…
Romania Submits €10 Billion Military Upgrade Plan to Parliament
Romania’s defense ministry has asked lawmakers to clear a modernization package worth just over €10 billion. The request, sent earlier this month, covers…
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 Netherlands Buy Additional F-35 Fighter Aircraft
The Dutch government has ordered nine more Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters, lifting the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) plan from 37…
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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
China Eastern Airlines has unveiled a two-continent route that rewrites long-haul maps. The carrier will…
Why Airbus Led Order Books and Defense Dominated Exhibits at Paris Air Show 2025
Paris closed the gates of Le Bourget last night. Crowds went home with ringing ears…
How Operation Midnight Hammer Deployed 30,000-lb Bunker Busters on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz
Operation Midnight Hammer, carried out from late Friday into early Sunday, hit the Fordow, Natanz,…
New High-Resolution Images Reveal China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter
Fresh air-to-air photos released on Chinese and foreign social media within the last forty-eight hours…
How Europe Could Co-Build U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft After Paris Air Show Reveal
PARIS – Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCAs, stepped onto the world stage this week at…
Chinese Shijian-25 and -21 Satellites Execute Close GEO Rendezvous for Refueling Test
WASHINGTON — The Chinese spacecraft Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 have come within docking range high over…
France Commits €717 Million to Eutelsat’s LEO Constellation as Starlink Rival
France will pour €717 million into Eutelsat Group. The cash comes through the State Shareholdings…
Contract Award for the Next Phase of the NGWS/FCAS Project
MADRID – France, Germany, and Spain signed a trilateral contract on December 15 that launches…