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The test marked the fastest recovery of a monorail sled in over 30 years, and the first time a planned reusable sled was ever recovered at those speeds. The test paves the way for more [...] The post Rocket Sled Traveling At 7,200 km/h (4,363 mph) Successfully Stopped During Hypersonic...

There’s an enigmatic hint in their words: “Darkstar’s capabilities could be more than mere fiction. They could be reality…” About a week after the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick finally hit the theaters, the Skunk Works [...] The post Skunk Works Release Details About Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar Hypersonic Aircraft appeared...

The Biden administration is reportedly in the final stages of approving the sale of armed MQ-1C Grey Eagle remotely piloted aircraft to Ukraine, a major change in policy....

US operator Frontier Airlines has added a $250 million reverse termination fee to its agreed offer for ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines in the regulators block the deal....

Japan’s All Nippon Airways will a apply a new livery to a pair of Boeing 787s to highlight its sustainability efforts, and to also research ways to reduce the impact of flying on the environment....

Boeing has delivered to Atlas Air another 747-8 Freighter, leaving the airframer with just three undelivered 747-8Fs and bringing the jumbo jet’s 50-year-plus production run one step nearer to the end....

The US Air Force says the troubled KC-46 aerial tanker is now approved to support 97% of the daily joint force air refuelling demands....

Spirit Airlines is facing fresh opposition to its planned acquisition by Frontier Airlines, with investors suing to stop the deal and a management consulting firm recommending against it....

The White House has plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones to help Kyiv in the war against Russia. The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can [...] The post U.S. Plans To Sell Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones To Ukraine ‘In...

Japan’s Nakanihon Air has operated the country’s first helicopter flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel in collaboration with Airbus Helicopters....

Dominican airline Sky High Aviation received its first E190, becoming the first Caribbean-based carrier to fly an airframe in the E-Jet line....

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada on 30 May completed first flight of a CL-415 water bomber upgraded with Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics....

Procurement of another type may have no real benefit. Spokesman for the Polish Armament Agency (Polish MoD’s defense procurement organ) stated, via his Twitter account, that Warsaw is considering acquisition of the KAI FA-50 as [...] The post Is Poland Really Considering Procurement Of Korean FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft? appeared...

Ongoing tensions between the industrial partners involved in a tri-national effort to develop a sixth-generation fighter appear no closer to resolution, with efforts to progress the project still stalled....

Imagine if a company could reduce its manufacturing cycle time by 80 percent while upgrading the products it was building, decrease the weight of those products by as much as 50 percent compared to earlier iterations, incorporate sustainability improvements that could result in a fully recyclable product at the end...