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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shared images of two of the 12 Ethiopian Su-35s at Zhukovsky airport near Moscow, delivered on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa summit. Ethiopia received on Oct. 28, 2026, its first Russian-made Su-35 fighters, according to a surprise announcement made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. The handover ceremony took […]
The PLA Navy says the GJ-21 has completed its first takeoff and landing aboard the Type 076 amphibious assault ship, which is fitted with an electromagnetic catapult and arresting system. China’s GJ-21 naval Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) has reportedly conducted its first takeoff and landing aboard the Type 076 Sichuan amphibious assault ship, the […]
A document titled “Airbus A400M for Italy” was spotted during recent UK-Italy talks about RAF-ItAF cooperation, adding substance to reports that Rome is considering the European cargo aircraft. Years after withdrawing from the program that resulted in the A400M, Italy might be looking again at procuring the European military cargo aircraft. A document appeared in […]
Days after its rollout, the first M-346 trainer jet destined to the Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team took off for its maiden flight. The first M-346 trainer jet destined to the Italian Air Force’s Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team has now conducted its maiden flight, days after being rolled out of factory at Leonardo’s facilities in Venegono. […]
An Italian Army CH-47F Chinook assigned to the EUFOR Althea mission crashed near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving four people dead and 11 injured. A CH-47F Chinook helicopter of the Italian Army has crashed in Bosnia in the afternoon of Oct. 29, 2026. The helicopter, assigned to the EUFOR Althea mission, came down near Gorice, […]
On the anniversary of its first flight, NASA’s X-59 QueSST has started its first journey east from California, headed to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Oct. 28, 2026, NASA’s experimental X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) celebrated a year since its first flight as part of the agency’s program which will pave the way for […]
GA-ASI and Saab are testing the LoyalEye radar installed in the MQ-9B’s new Airborne Early Warning pods, which first flew in May 2026. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Saab announced that they started the testing of the new Airborne Early Warning (AEW) payload for the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). According to the press […]
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress taking part in STRATCOM’s annual Exercise Global Thunder staged a transatlantic global power mission, culminating in a link up with British and Norwegian forces in the High North. British F-35Bs from HMS Prince of Wales, deployed on Operation FIRECREST as part of Neptune Strike 26-4, and Norwegian F-35As joined […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued further solicitation to industry ahead of bids being tendered for the construction of support facilities for the Boeing F-47 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The F-47 Future Campus at Nellis is projected to cost $1.057 billion and potentially involve as many as four different contractors. The chosen […]
The DIA report reviews the three missions flown between 2020 and 2023, highlighting reported rendezvous and proximity operations during the second and third flights, before China launched the spacecraft again in February 2026. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has released a new image of China’s secretive reusable spaceplane, captured by a Maxar Technologies spacecraft […]