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Denmark to buy 16 more US-made F-35 fighters after drone flights
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
Copenhagen will also buy anti-drone defences worth some 2.1 billion kroner ($320,000 million), after the flights, including over military installations, prompte...
Qatari Emiri Air Force facility planned for Idaho, Pete Hegseth says
Oct 10, 2025 (UPI)
The Qatari fighter jets and pilots will be hosted at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwestern Idaho, which Hegseth said will enable training exercises w...
India and China to resume direct flights after 5 years
Oct 03, 2025 (AFP)
Direct flights between the world's two most populous countries were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and were not resumed as tensions grew between...
France doubles down on threat to build future fighter jet alone
Sep 29, 2025 (AFP)
The statement comes a day after the head of French defence company Dassault said his firm could build the future European fighter jet by itself, as tensions per...
India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets
Sep 29, 2025 (AFP)
The first Tejas jets -- meaning "brilliance" in Hindi -- were commissioned into the airforce in 2016, with the latest commission for the fourth-generation versi...
We can build fighter jet without Germany: France's Dassault
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme was launched in 2017 to replace France's Rafale jet and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain. But the ...
Advancing airspace integration for remotely piloted aircraft
Sep 22, 2025 (SPX)
On Aug. 21, NASA's ATM-X project supported Wisk Aero during a Bell 206 helicopter flight in Hollister, California. The aircraft was used as a surrogate to test ...
Future aviation study shows path to near zero emissions by 2070
Sep 22, 2025 (SPX)
The conservative scenario suggests emissions per 100 passenger kilometers could fall by 23 percent, while a progressive scenario projects up to 89 percent reduc...
Cambodia opens $2bn Chinese-built airport
Sep 09, 2025 (AFP)
Officials hope the facility -- which replaces Phnom Penh's old airport as the capital's main aviation transport hub -- will boost Cambodia's struggling tourism ...
Estonia slams new Russian airspace violation
Sep 08, 2025 (AFP)
The Russian MI-8 aircraft entered the Baltic country's airspace on Sunday near the island of Vaindloo, in the Gulf of Finland. Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus...
Norway experiments with electric plane in real-life test
Sep 04, 2025 (AFP)
The small aircraft -- an Alia built by US aircraft manufacturer Beta -- flew the 160 kilometres (100 miles) in a test run by the Norwegian affiliate of the tran...
Ground vibration test validates structural models for UpLift research aircraft
Sep 01, 2025 (SPX)
The aircraft, developed in partnership with Deutsche Aircraft, was isolated from the ground using a custom-designed air support system that allowed undisturbed ...
Polish F-16 jet crashes killing pilot ahead of air show: govt
Aug 28, 2025 (AFP)
"Tragedy in Radom, during preparations for the air show, a F-16 jet crashed. Unfortunately, the pilot has died," Adam Szlapka wrote on X, adding that the defenc...
German defence minister ups pressure on France over jet project
Aug 28, 2025 (AFP)
Launched in 2017 to replace France's Rafale jets and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain, FCAS is being jointly developed by Paris, Berlin and Madr...
India to develop fighter jet engines with French company
Aug 23, 2025 (AFP)
India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi's defence minister said. Defence Minister Rajnat...
Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulence
Aug 22, 2025 (AFP)
The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses. For many flyers, air turbulence can be an unnerving experience -- and in a world warmin...
Boeing in talks to sell up to 500 planes to China: Bloomberg
Aug 21, 2025 (AFP)
US aviation giant Boeing is in talks to sell up to 500 aircraft to Chinese companies, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter....
New Zealand spending $1.6b on sub-hunting helicopters, planes
Aug 21, 2025 (AFP)
New Zealand will spend US$1.16 billion on a fleet of Sikorsky submarine-hunting helicopters to bolster its military capabilities, it announced Thursday. The pur...
Navy pilot rescued after ejecting from F/A-18E near Viriginia coast
Aug 21, 2025 (UPI)
The pilot was conducting a training routine flight at around 10 a.m. EDT Wedenesday morning at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. Search teams foun...
Top US Air Force officer to retire before end of term
Aug 19, 2025 (AFP)
General David Allvin will retire just two years into his four-year term as chief of staff of the US Air Force, the service announced on Monday. The Air Force di...
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