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LAT Aerospace Lat One uSTOL aircraft

LAT Aerospace: India’s start-up validates uSTOL capability before prototype crash

India

January 8, 2026

RICTOR X4 flying

CES 2026 showcases the rise in ultralight, no-licence eVTOLs for personal flight

CES 2026

January 8, 2026

USAF B-52H lands at RAF Fairford on July 17, 2024 [Khalem Chapman]

B-52J takes shape as USAF awards $2bn engine integration contract to Boeing

B-52J upgrade

January 7, 2026

Spirit Engineering SE-1

Meet the Spirit SE-1, the retro light sport aircraft turning heads

Aircraft manufacturing

January 7, 2026

Whisper Aero turns to leaf blowers

From the Whisper Jet to leaf blowers: Aviation noise research…

CES 2026

January 6, 2026

Ukranian soliders with drones were flying blind during the Starlink outage

Gamechanger for defence: World’s first solid-state battery to be integrated…

CES 2026

January 6, 2026

Coolfly flying scooter

Meet the Flying Scooter: Coolfly’s bonkers eVTOL makes its CES…

Coolfly Aircraft

January 6, 2026

American Airlines Boeing 787

American Airlines will hold flights for connecting passengers at more…

AI

January 5, 2026

Boom supersonic laser beam engine testing

How Boom is using laser beams to perfect its supersonic…

Boom Supersonic

January 5, 2026

South Korea KF-21 Boramae

South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter jet to move from test…

KAI

January 5, 2026

AerCap 787-9

The biggest commercial aircraft lessors by fleet size in 2026

AerCap

January 4, 2026

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Northrop Grumman Project Talon

Project Talon: is Northrop Grumman the last major contractor to unveil a loyal wingman drone?

CCA

December 5, 2025

Air traffic controller workplace. Work space of the manager of takeoffs and landings of aircraft at the airport in tower. Monitors, chairs, computers. Air control center office.

US airspace overhaul begins as FAA moves to modernise ATC infrastructure

Air Traffic Control

December 5, 2025

India ejection seat test

Rocket-sled success: India tests indigenous fighter jet ejection seat at 800 km/h

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

December 4, 2025

Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA loyal wingman

Flat-pack fighter? Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat can be packed, moved and reassembled in hours

Boeing

December 4, 2025

JEKTA PHA-ZE100 flying boat model

JEKTA unveils 1:9 scale test model of its zero-emissions PHA-ZE 100 amphibious flying boat

electric seaplane

December 4, 2025

Archer Aviation Miami vertiport

Archer Aviation unveils full details of its proposed Miami metropolitan area air taxi network

AAM

December 3, 2025

F/A-XX fighter jet mock up

A new stealth fighter for the US Navy: What we know about the F/A-XX so far

Boeing

December 3, 2025

Leonardo Proteus uncrewed helicopter

UK Royal Navy’s Proteus uncrewed helicopter moves toward first flight as Leonardo completes ground trials

Drone

December 3, 2025

Daher Eyepulse MALE UAV

Rapid UAV development: Daher and Thales fly EyePulse MALE drone in just 6 months

Daher

December 3, 2025

Arrow 3 interceptor missile firing

Germany receives ultra-high alt Arrow 3 SAM as Israel declares Iron Beam laser ready

Air defence

December 2, 2025

Turkish Airlines tails

Not just Apple AirTags: Turkish Airlines is 1st to use Samsung SmartTag baggage tracking

Apple AirTag

December 2, 2025

R-20 missile from intercepted Shahed drone

Russia arms Shahed drones with R-60 air-to-air missiles to hunt Ukrainian helicopters

Drone

December 2, 2025

Brisbane Airport with air new zealand aircraft

Brisbane Airport trials tailwind flight operations to reduce night-time aircraft noise

aircraft noise

December 1, 2025

Mauve space telescope

SpaceX Falcon 9 puts UK-built ultraviolet telescope Mauve into orbit for subscription-based space science

Blue Skies Space

December 1, 2025

Kızılelma in test exercise

Turkey’s Kızılelma UCAV claims world’s first BVR air-to-air kill by drone

Baykar Kizilelma

December 1, 2025

A futuristic supersonic aircraft soars through the sky, leaving a visible sonic boom in its wake as the sun sets on the horizon.

Astro Mechanica teams with UK SME Helix to build hybrid-electric engines for the next generation of supersonic aircraft

Astro Mechanica

December 1, 2025

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