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Russia to receive ‘several hundred’ drones from Iran: White House official
Russia is in the process of acquiring a range of reconnaissance and combat drones from Iran, United States…
HAV CTO Mike Durham on Airlanders and the future of airships
There have been ups and downs in the process that some call ‘the airship renaissance’. A few decades…
Ukraine to be given three Bayraktars following crowdfunding campaign
Turkish company Baykar said it will donate three Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to the Ukrainian Armed Forces following…
Inmarsat, ESA aim to take Iris satellite air traffic comms system global
Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced plans to globalize the Iris air traffic system that…
Has a Bayraktar TB2 drone been spotted in Pakistan?
The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drone has been sighted in a satellite photo in Pakistan for the first…
Israel publishes footage of F-35 shooting down Iranian stealth drones
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has published footage claiming to show two Iranian-made stealth drones being intercepted and…
Bordeaux prepares the airport of tomorrow
Taking advantage of the exceptional growth of its metropolis, Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) has positioned itself to be an…
Canada picks the Lockheed Martin F-35 as its next fighter jet… again
More than 10 years after its initial choice, Canada reconfirmed that it would replace its fleet of CF-18…
A month of defense: how the invasion of Ukraine has shaped European air forces
As Russian cruise missiles began to strike Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Europe unanimously reacted. One such response was…
Fact check: Belarus captured a mysterious drone. Who built it?
On February 3, 2021, Ukraine’s ambassador to Belarus, Igor Kizim, was summoned to the Belarusian foreign ministry and…
Turkey to provide Kyrgyzstan with first combat drones
Kyrgyzstan has announced the purchase of an unspecified amount of Bayraktar TB2 combat drones for its armed forces.The…
Exosonic contracted to study supersonic aggressor drones
United States-based startup Exosonic was awarded a contract by the US Air Force (USAF) to develop a low-boom…
Global Hawk drones to be converted for hypersonic testing
Four retired EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk UAVs should be repurposed to participate in the hypersonic testing of…
Drones, delays and 6th gen jets: Russia’s UAC publishes strategy update
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has a new strategy that offers snippets of information on Russia’s plans for…
FAA overhauls UAV flight rules, paves the way to drone delivery services
New US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules regulating flights of small drones over populated areas went into effect…
Pentagon authenticates leaked “UFO” footage from US Navy
A new batch of photos and videos of “unidentified aerial phenomena” that had been leaked to the public…
US Navy admits ships were swarmed by unidentified drones
A US Navy’s top officer confirmed a bizarre incident in which Navy vessels were swarmed by dozens of…