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Japan says Chinese aircraft incursion a 'serious violation'
Aug 27, 2024 (AFP)
China's growing economic and military clout in the Asia-Pacific region and its assertiveness in territorial disputes -- most recently with the Philippines -- ha...
Zelensky says Ukraine used F-16s against Russian air attacks
Aug 27, 2024 (AFP)
Zelensky announced earlier this month that Ukraine had received the first batch of the fighter jets promised by Western countries, declining to say how many had...
VoloCity Air Taxi completes critical vibration testing
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
The VoloCity model is distinguished by its unique design, featuring 18 electric motors arranged in a circular elastic ring. "This distinctive feature poses a ma...
Air France says Tel Aviv, Beirut flights to resume Tuesday
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
The French carrier's low-cost subsidiary Transavia will also resume services to both destinations, it said in a statement to AFP Monday. Air France had suspende...
NASA's EXCITE mission prepared for scientific balloon flight
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
EXCITE is designed to study atmospheres around exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon flights. But f...
Japan scrambles jets after China aircraft 'violates' airspace: ministry
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
A Chinese aircraft was "confirmed to have violated the territorial airspace off the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture," the ministry said in a statement, add...
Air France says suspending Tel Aviv, Beirut flights at least until Monday
Aug 25, 2024 (AFP)
"Flights today and tomorrow are suspended," a spokesman for the French carrier said, adding that the suspension could be extended depending on the situation in ...
Shield AI advances multi-jet autonomy in Kratos firejet tests
Aug 23, 2024 (SPX)
During the flight tests, two autonomous agents, powered by Shield AI's 'Hivemind' AI Pilot, executed coordinated maneuvers, showcasing operationally relevant co...
HySpex Payloads Successfully Complete Key Diurnal Stratospheric Flight
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
The HAPS, launched from Sceye's New Mexico facility on August 15th at 7:36 AM MST, landed the next day at 12:21 PM MST after successfully meeting all flight tes...
US approves $3.5-bn sale of military helicopters to S. Korea
Aug 19, 2024 (AFP)
"The proposed sale will improve the Republic of Korea's capability to meet current and future threats by providing a credible force capable of deterring adversa...
Pilot killed in Russia military plane crash
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
The Tu-22M3 plane went down late Thursday in a deserted area over the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev said. Rescue efforts "lasted all night... unfortunately one of...
Climate activists halt traffic at two German airports
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
Activist group "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) said its members had entered four German airports -- Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg, Berlin and Stuttgart -- unfur...
Two French pilots die after Rafale jets collide mid-air
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
One pilot ejected following the crash over northeastern France, but authorities had launched a desperate search for a missing instructor and a student pilot on ...
Poland signs $10 bn deal for US Apache attack helicopters
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
Poland has sharply accelerated the modernisation of its armed forces since Russia's full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in 2022. "This is the landmark p...
Whisper Aero Partners with ORNL's Summit Supercomputer to Advance Quiet Electric Aircraft Development
Aug 13, 2024 (SPX)
Established in their new headquarters in early 2024, Whisper Aero has transformed a former printing facility into a cutting-edge aerospace technology hub. This ...
AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric VTOL aircraft for military applications
Aug 12, 2024 (SPX)
Since mid-June, experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force's innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, have been working with Beavercre...
Philippines says China air force harassed its plane over disputed reef
Aug 10, 2024 (AFP)
Two China air force aircraft "executed a dangerous manoeuvre at around 9:00am and dropped flares in the path of our NC-212i," armed forces chief General Romeo B...
Pilot error, lax safety blamed in US Osprey crash off Australia
Aug 10, 2024 (AFP)
Three US Marines died in the August 27 crash after the crew lost control of their MV-22B Osprey during war games near a remote tropical island off Australia. Th...
British Airways to suspend London-Beijing direct flights
Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)
The move comes as airlines struggle with an airspace ban over Russia, introduced after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted the EU to shut its airspace to...
Study: Flying keeps getting safer
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
The risk of a fatality from commercial air travel was 1 per every 13.7 million passenger boardings globally in the 2018-2022 period - a significant improvement ...
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