Velana Airport Reportedly Routes Restricted Aircraft Parts to Russian Airlines
An aircraft component can cross several borders without changing what it is, but each transfer can make its destination and…
X-Bow Gets Nearly $11 Million to Test a Sub-$750,000 Interceptor
A missile interceptor priced below $750,000 sounds inexpensive only by the standards of missile defense. The Pentagon has awarded X-Bow…
Ukraine’s 21 August Refinery Strikes Coincided With Moscow Gasoline Lines
Twenty-one is the number defining the pressure on Russia’s oil-refining system in August 2026. Ukrainian forces reportedly struck Russian refineries…
Navy’s E-130J Replacement Aircraft Delayed About a Year by Heavy Equipment
The Navy needs its E-130J Phoenix II to replace an aging strategic communications fleet, but the equipment required to perform…
Whisper Aero’s First Powered Flights Validate Integration, Not Yet Noise Claims
Whisper Aero has moved its electric ducted-fan program from ground endurance work and unpowered gliding into powered flight. Disclosed in…
Delayed GE Engines Keep Tejas Fighter Deliveries at Zero Despite 30 Airframes
India has made substantial progress assembling its Tejas Mk1A fighter, but aircraft production has moved ahead of the propulsion supply…
All 16 Rassvet Satellites Reportedly Stall Low, Risking Shorter Lives
Russia’s planned alternative to Starlink faces a basic orbital contradiction: spacecraft meant to build a long-lived communications network reportedly remain…
Tesla Patent Concentrates 3D Perception Detail Where Driving Scenes Need It
An automotive occupancy network faces a basic scaling problem: make its three-dimensional grid twice as fine in every direction, and…
Air Force’s $75.5 Million Morón Plan Fits Nine Unarmed B-52s, Three Armed
Nine unarmed bombers, or three carrying live munitions: that capacity split defines the U.S. Air Force’s proposed $75.5 million expansion…
Air Force Activates Andrews Squadron for 26 Rescue Helicopters, Tightening Fleet
The Air Force is preparing to place 26 Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters at Joint Base Andrews for crisis…
France’s Airbus A400M Drops 20,000 Liters but Must Return to Reload
France has gained a firefighting aircraft able to release about 20,000 liters of retardant in one pass roughly three Canadair…
Ford Recalls 148,663 Mustangs as Ground Terminals May Cut Drive Power
An electrical ground terminal is physically small, but it provides the return path needed for a vehicle circuit to operate….
Germany Probes Airbus A380, Boeing 787 Incidents on Same Munich Runway
German aviation investigators are examining two mechanically different incidents involving large passenger aircraft on Munich Airport’s Runway 26L within roughly…
NASA Grounds SpaceX Crew-13 After Dragon Oxidizer Leak
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the Crew-13 astronaut flight to the International Space Station after an oxidizer leak was detected…
De Havilland Builds Four Water Bombers, but Deliveries Start in 2028
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is assembling four new DHC-515 water bombers, but the first deliveries are not expected until…
NASA Delays Four-Person Crew-13 Flight After SpaceX Dragon Oxidizer Leak
A propulsion-system leak has stopped a four-person spaceflight before it could leave the ground. NASA and SpaceX delayed Crew-13, their…
Boeing Engineers Authorize Strike as MAX 10 Safety Reviews Remain Unfinished
The Boeing 737 MAX 10 has completed its planned certification flights, but the aircraft is not yet ready for Federal…
Ukraine Says Zircon Is Slower Ballistic Missile as Patriot Supplies Dwindle
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says Russia’s 3M22 Zircon is not the Mach 9 hypersonic cruise missile Moscow describes. In an…