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F-35B with flap open in hover

Why does the F-35 have a flap on top?

Aviation

February 21, 2026

AXIS pilot training flight simulation

Pilot training in 2026: How AI, VR and data are reshaping the industry

AI

February 20, 2026

F-35 taking off from USS Abraham Lincoln

US Navy seeks new anti-radiation missile to target enemy radar aircraft

AWACS

February 20, 2026

Merlin Mk2 Helicopter takes off from the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth

Royal Navy expands AI predictive maintenance to fixed-wing aircraft to boost readiness

AI

February 19, 2026

Airbus render of FCAS

Germany questions need for FCAS fighter as Airbus admits programme…

6th generation fighter …

February 19, 2026

Mach Industries Divergent Technologie Venom drone prototype

Divergent Technologies unveils 3D-printed Venom strike drone built in just…

3D Printing

February 18, 2026

Pair of SM-39 Razor renders

Stavatti unveils fanciful SM-39 Razor fighter jet concept resembling Sci-Fi…

6th generation fighter …

February 18, 2026

Nuclear reactor airlifted by C-17 Globemaster

US military flies nuclear microreactor aboard C-17 in Operation Windlord…

Airlift

February 17, 2026

Ukranian soliders with drones were flying blind during the Starlink outage

SpaceX and xAI join Pentagon contest for voice-controlled drone swarms

AI

February 17, 2026

ERC System eVTOL

Europe’s heaviest eVTOL: ERC Systems flies 2.7-tonne Romeo demonstrator

ERC Systems

February 16, 2026

UK GCAP 6th generation fighter jet Tempest over London

GCAP Excalibur Boeing 757 testbed emerges with new nose radome…

Boeing 757

February 16, 2026

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SpaceX Starship

SpaceX puts Mars on the back burner as the Moon offers a faster route to settlement

Mars

February 10, 2026

A bird's eye view of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. Image via Newmark Group

RAF Scampton for sale as future vision revealed for former Red Arrows and Dambusters base

Air Base

February 10, 2026

BAE Systems Common Missile Warning System for Helicopters

BAE Systems wins $137m US Army deal for missile warning systems on Apache, Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters

AH-64E Apache

February 10, 2026

Diamond DA62 MPP

QinetiQ upgrades Diamond DA62 MPP to stream live ISR video to ground forces

Diamond Aircraft

February 10, 2026

B-1B Lancer from the USAF's 7th BW takes off from Nellis AFB, Nevada, for a WSINT mission on November 21, 2019

US Air Force turns to 3D printing to keep legacy aircraft flying longer

3D Manufacturing

February 10, 2026

LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

LATAM Airlines to install AeroSHARK riblet coating across its entire Boeing 777 fleet

AeroSHARK

February 9, 2026

Boeing-MQ-28 Ghost Bat

Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Block 3 upgrades add internal weapons bays and extended range

boeing mq-28 ghost bat

February 9, 2026

Space butterfly

China just hatched a butterfly in space, offering a glimpse of life beyond Earth

China

February 8, 2026

British Airways Concorde

How were Concorde’s Rolls-Royce engines adapted for supersonic flight?

Aviation

February 8, 2026

Royal Netherlands Air Force Pilot Training

Royal Netherlands Air Force trials AI simulators that adapt to pilots’ brain activity

Artificial Intelligence

February 7, 2026

ST Engineering DrN-600 medium lift cargo drone

ST Engineering unveils DrN-600 medium-lift cargo drone at Singapore Airshow

cargo drone

February 5, 2026

beautiful foggy dawn of the Sun over a huge field of urban garbage, saturated with poisonous fumes of decomposition of organic waste and household chemicals

Rubbish jet fuel? Korean pilot plant converts landfill gas into 100 kg of SAF daily

net zero

February 5, 2026

Airbus A330 MRTT automatic refuelling (1)

Airbus A330 MRTT enables world-first automatic refuelling capability for RSAF

Aerial refuelling

February 4, 2026

INDRA Group drone at Malaga Airport

Indra Group and ENAIRE validate integrated drone and ATC operations at Málaga Airport

Air Traffic Control

February 4, 2026

AirFish 8 WIG craft, developed by ST Engineering AirX

Singapore’s AirFish wing-in-ground aircraft to fly with BatamFast in 2026

AirFish

February 3, 2026

ZIPAIR B787-8 JA824J @ Tokyo, Narita on April 24, 2022. Photo: S. J. Byles

ZIPAIR uses riblet coatings to cut aerodynamic drag on its Boeing 787s

Boeing

February 2, 2026

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