NHTSA Moves to End Separate Big-Rig Engine Economy Rules, Expanding Design Flexibility
A heavy truck does not save fuel through its engine alone. Its transmission calibration, cab shape, tires, mass and other…
EU Exemption May Keep Chinese Parts in Ukraine’s €6 Billion Drone Push
Europe is committing nearly €6 billion to Ukraine’s drone capabilities, but the money cannot immediately create the component factories needed…
Japan Orders 3D-Printed Terra B1 Drone After Three-Month Procurement
Japan has ordered Terra Drone’s Terra B1 interceptor for mass production after compressing a defense procurement that normally takes one…
Kenya’s 30-Year-Old Presidential Jet Returns With OneWeb Internet, Cost Undisclosed
Kenya’s 30-year-old presidential Fokker 70 is returning to duty after a year-long overhaul added new aircraft systems, a refurbished interior…
Singapore’s 20 F-35 Fighters Cost $4.06 Billion, but Basing Remains Unsettled
Singapore’s 20 F-35 fighters and related equipment carry a newly disclosed value of US$4.06 billion, or S$5.17 billion, but the…
Airbus Resumes A330neo Deliveries After Tail Checks Halt Two Months of Handovers
Airbus has resumed A330neo deliveries after additional horizontal-tail inspections coincided with two consecutive months without a single handover. The manufacturer…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russia to Import Gasoline as Six Regions Restrict Sales
Russia remains a leading producer of crude oil, but repeated Ukrainian long-range drone strikes have disrupted the refineries needed to…
Northwood Opens 185,000-Square-Foot Factory With Two Dedicated Antenna Lines
Northwood Space has opened a 185,000-square-foot headquarters and factory in Torrance, California, designed to move its satellite ground-terminal business from…
51 Open Potomac Safety Recommendations Leave Technology and Training Work Unfinished
Fifty-one of 52 National Transportation Safety Board recommendations issued after the January 2025 Potomac River midair collision remain open. That…
Ram Plans Gas-Generator Pickup With Up to 690 Miles of Range
The planned Ram 1500 REV will rely on electric motors to turn its wheels, even after its large battery runs…
U.S. Military Says It Took Down About 100 Suspected Cartel Drones in August
Approximately 100 suspected cartel drones were taken down along the southern border in August, according to a senior U.S. defense…
Drone Alerts Restrict Moscow Airports Again, With 43 Cancellations and 329 Delays
Drone alerts restricted civilian flights at two major Moscow airports for a second consecutive night, extending a disruption that produced…
Rheinmetall Adds F-35 and Missile Factories as €80.4 Billion Backlog Ties Up Cash
Rheinmetall’s €80.4 billion order backlog is driving a factory expansion that reaches from F-35 aircraft structures to rocket motors, drones,…
Air India A320 Detected Three Hydraulic Losses Before Upset Injured 24
An Air India Airbus A320 abruptly pitched up and down at 36,000 feet after its flight-control system detected the loss…
China’s 4.3 Million-Car Recall Could Reshape Tesla’s Electronic Door Design
Some 4.3 million vehicles in China are set to receive emergency-door safety fixes from Tesla and eight other automakers. The…
U.S. Commits $93 Billion to Patriot and THAAD Missiles, but Rebuilding Takes Years
Interceptor shortages have reportedly moved beyond a budget concern and begun shaping U.S. military decisions. The New York Times and…
China Adds Four Huge Hangars, Taxiways to Expand Lop Nur Testing
China is substantially enlarging its remote Lop Nur flight-test base with four large hangars, parallel ground-movement routes and other support…
James Webb Study Finds Galaxies Supply 10% of Little Red Dot Light
A James Webb Space Telescope analysis has separated the brilliant centers of 217 “little red dots” from the faint galaxies…