France Orders Four More Air-Defense Systems, Raising Total Ordered to 12
France has ordered four additional SAMP/T NG ground-based air and missile-defense systems, increasing its total order to 12. The Organisation…
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Lufthansa Retires Fan-Favorite Airbus A340-600 as Twin-Engine Jets Take Over
A jet regarded as a commercial disappointment received an unusually affectionate sendoff from Lufthansa. Aviation enthusiasts gathered at Washington Dulles…
Navy Raises Gecko Robotics Ceiling to $300 Million Amid Ship Delays
$300 million is the new ceiling on the U.S. Navy’s ship-inspection contract with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, up from $70 million….
Ford Patent Proposes Cars That Move Themselves to Frustrate Thieves
A parked car is normally valuable precisely because it stays where its driver left it. A recently published Ford patent…
California’s $772 Million Siemens Plan Covers Three Trains and Decade of Maintenance
About $772.1 million is the scale of California’s planned initial Siemens high-speed-train package, but the figure covers considerably more than…
Chery Unveils Omoda X Concept That Spots People and Wildlife 90 Meters Away
Thermal night vision that can identify a person or animal up to 90 meters, or 295 feet, away is not…
2027 Ford Mustang Mach-E Gets Larger Battery but Costs $2,200 More
The least expensive 2027 Ford Mustang Mach-E comes with substantially more battery capacity and a higher price of entry. Ford…
Saab Backlog Jumps 80%, Loading Factories With Work Beyond 2029
Saab has secured years of additional work, but the resulting aircraft and naval systems will not roll out all at…
Ukraine Says U.S. Delivered Just 24 Patriot Interceptors in 90 Days
Twenty-four missiles in 90 days: That is the full measure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave for recent U.S. deliveries of…
Navy Selects Radiant’s 1-Megawatt Reactor for Five-Year Off-Grid Power
The U.S. Navy has selected Radiant Industries to design, build and deliver a transportable 1-megawatt microreactor for Naval Weapons Station…
Qatar Moves New Business-Class Suite to A350 as Boeing 777X Slips
Qatar Airways plans to introduce its Qsuite Next Gen business-class cabin on newly delivered Airbus A350-1000s beginning in mid-2027, rather…
RAF Plans Chinook and A400M Firefighting Without Aircraft Count or Start Date
Britain has assigned two Royal Air Force fleets a new domestic mission without saying how much operational capacity it will…
BMW iX5 Claims 528 Miles but Full Home Charge Takes 20-Plus Hours
The BMW iX5 presents an unusually sharp electric-vehicle tradeoff: BMW claims as much as 528 miles of range, yet completely…
USS Spruance Reaches 339 Deployed Days With No Firm Return Date
Three hundred thirty-nine days after leaving San Diego, the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance remains deployed without a firm homecoming date….
Toyota Opens Engine-Recall Inspections to 26,000 More Tundras, but Replacement Isn’t Automatic
Approximately 26,000 more Toyota Tundras can now enter the company’s engine-recall remedy process, giving covered owners access earlier than Toyota’s…
Tesla Reports $650,000 Lobbying Spend Amid Autopilot Crash Scrutiny
Tesla reported $650,000 in third-quarter in-house lobbying expenditures while seeking to influence autonomous-vehicle policy, as senators examined whether federal regulators…
Porsche Adds 548 Cars as Subaru Issues Eight-Vehicle Stop-Drive Recall
Porsche and Subaru are telling affected owners to park certain vehicles until dealers inspect and repair fastening components that could…
Polar Ice Loss Makes Solid Earth Rounder While Oceans Flatten It
Earth’s rocky surface is becoming rounder, but the planet measured together with its oceans is becoming flatter. That apparent contradiction…