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Eurofighter typhoon Türkiye

UK’s BAE Systems secures Eurofighter Typhoon training and support deal for Türkiye

BAE Systems

March 25, 2026

Ukrainian Yak-52 shoot down drone

Watch: Ukraine blows up Russian Shahed drone with machine gun fire from vintage Yak-52 trainer

Russia

March 25, 2026

Colombia Air Force C-130

Colombian president calls ex-USAF C-130H a ‘crappy’ gift after deadly crash

Colombia

March 25, 2026

Skylark Labs AI FOD detection on aircraft carriers

Indian Navy tests AI system that spots debris on carrier decks in real time

Aircraft carrier

March 24, 2026

Saab GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft with Saab Gripen E fighter alongside

Saab strengthens GlobalEye bid with Canadian partnership as AEW&C decision…

AEW&C

March 24, 2026

Saab 340 AEW&Cs

Saab 340 airborne early warning aircraft appears over Ukraine for…

Saab 340 AEW&C

March 24, 2026

C-130 Hercules de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana en Florencia.

66 killed in Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules crash

C-130 Hercules

March 24, 2026

Dawn Aerospace's rocket powered spaceplane Aurora in the sky

Rocket-powered Aurora spaceplane tracked by navy in New Zealand defence…

Aurora

March 23, 2026

AGR-20F Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II laser-guided rockets on the F-15E

CENTCOM denies Iran shot down US F-15 as false reports…

Boeing F-15E Strike Eag…

March 23, 2026

Emirates Airbus A380

Emirates A380 and Saudia A321 damaged in Iran strikes on…

Airbus A321

March 23, 2026

A USAF-operated C-130J Super Hercules taxis on the pan at Military Air Base No 1 Santa Lucía in Zumpango, Mexico, during FAMEX 2025. Image: USAF/Michael Dougherty

What was improved to turn the C-130 into the C-130J…

C-130 Hercules

March 22, 2026

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E-2C Hawkeye of Frech Navy Flotille 4F on Charles de Gaulle

3 French Navy E-2C Hawkeyes undertake simultaneous launch Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier

Dassault Rafale M

March 13, 2026

Ukraine Sting Wild Hornets interceptor drones

US and Gulf states turn to Ukraine interceptor drones to counter Iran attacks

Drone

March 12, 2026

Air Force B-1B Lancer prepares for takeoff in support of Bomber Task Force Europe at Dyess Air Force Base

B-1B bombers armed with JDAMs at RAF Fairford raise questions over UK role in Iran conflict

Iran

March 12, 2026

UK tour of Spitfire for 90 years

Rare chance to fly in a Spitfire as UK celebrates fighter’s 90th anniversary

Battle of Britain

March 11, 2026

Rendering of Rolls Royce Orpheus engine

Rolls-Royce targets CCA drone boom with AE 3007 and Orpheus engines

Collaborative Combat Aircraft

March 11, 2026

RAAF E-7A WEDGETAIL PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISE PACIFIC EDGE 21

Australia deploys Boeing E-7A Wedgetail to UAE amid Iran conflict

Australia

March 11, 2026

Darpa X-76 experimental VTOL aircraft

DARPA reveals X-76 X-plane designed for jet-speed runway-independent flight

Bell Textron

March 10, 2026

US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat

End of an era? Israeli strikes may have eliminated Iran’s last F-14 Tomcats

F-14 Tomcat

March 10, 2026

B-52 Superfortress ready for strikes

Watch: US bomber force grows at RAF Fairford as B-52s arrive for Iran strikes

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

March 10, 2026

TEJAS Mk2

India’s AMCA stealth fighter research achieves near-perfect intake airflow efficiency

6th generation fighter jet

March 10, 2026

Embraer A-29 super tucano c-uas counter drone technology

Embraer integrates Valkyrie Gunslinger AI system on A-29 Super Tucano for counter-UAS missions

A-29 Super Tucano

March 9, 2026

Patriot PAC-3 missile defence

Can US missile defence intercept Iran’s Fattah-2 hypersonic weapon?

Drones

March 9, 2026

Ukrainian Dassault Mirage 2000

Ukraine expects two more Mirage 2000-5s from France in March

Dassault Mirage 2000-5F

March 9, 2026

Mahan Air A340-600

Israel destroys 16 commercial aircraft used by IRGC at Tehran airport

Airbus A340

March 9, 2026

Batch of Sukhoi Su-34 being delivered

Russia bombs itself at least 10 times in 2026 as glide bomb failures continue

glide bomb

March 9, 2026

CAE aerospace worker shortfall

International Women’s Day: Women in aerospace on what the industry gets right and where it still falls short

25by2025

March 8, 2026

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