3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1306+ words) Irish Torres, an aerospace technology writer at Safran Navigation & Timing, examines whether aviation’s existing alternatives to GPS can provide genuine operational resilience as interference becomes more common. For most passengers, GPS happens quietly in the background. It helps the aircraft…...

5+ day, 23+ min ago   (602+ words) The order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) covers work between 2026 and 2028, with options to continue during 2029 and 2030. It includes flying and ground-based demonstrators, advanced studies and the development of concepts spanning crewed and uncrewed aircraft. Saab will work…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1108+ words) Canada’s Snowbirds have flown their CT-114 Tutors over Toronto for the final time, saluting the CN Tower before beginning the last six engagements of the aircraft’s 55th and final display season. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 431 Air Demonstration Squadron completed its…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (516+ words) New images of China’s mysterious new stealth drone, dubbed the WZ-X, have given analysts their best opportunity to examine the aircraft’s unusual design. While nothing has been officially released by the Chinese government, the aircraft is thought to be a low-observable,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (751+ words) The German Navy has successfully fired Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Naval LORA ballistic missile in a dual operational trial, testing a capability that could give German warships a new long-range precision-strike option against targets at sea and ashore. The firings…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (816+ words) The US Air Force’s (USAF) long-awaited transition to a new helicopter type for its nuclear security mission has reached a major milestone. The Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf officially achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on 10 August, marking the beginning of its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (572+ words) Israel and Greece have signed a $3.5 billion defence deal for the integrated ‘Achilles Shield’ air defence. Greece will purchase a multi-layered air defence system as part of the Hellenic Republic’s broader military modernisation programme. The deal is the largest ever…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1067+ words) On 1 September 1974, an American reconnaissance aircraft did something that sounded almost impossible even by the standards of the jet age. A Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, serial number 61-7972, flew from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds – setting a transatlantic…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (726+ words) The maxim, “it’s not what’s on the outside, it’s what is on the inside that counts,” may be applied to people and beauty, but it’s also very applicable to next-generation combat aircraft. Externally, the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1593+ words) On August 31, 1956, the KC-135 took to the skies for the first time. Now, seven decades later, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker has been one of the most important aircraft in the history of the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed in…...