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August 20, 2026
The first White House Drone Dominance event packed roughly 40 drone makers into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, two weeks before Section 232 tariffs hit and hours before Beijing demanded…
EHang today announced a strategic cooperation framework agreement of intent with China Construction Sixth Engineering Bureau to develop the Cross-Sea Low-Altitude Corridor Project in Lingao, Hainan…
The four-engine turboprop is expected to form a key new piece of China’s modernizing military transport fleet. The post Our Best Look At China’s New Y-15 Turboprop Airlifter appeared first on TWZ .
Aviación Digital, Sp.- On August 19, 2026, in a desert in northwestern China, a stainless-steel rocket descended on its legs and showed that orbital reusability is no longer…
Ethiopian Airlines is drawing closer to awarding the key contracts for the development of its…
Since mid-August, images of the Chinese Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter have been circulating online showing an unusually strongly reflective, silvery surface. Are they real?
“It is critically important for us in this time, a time of not living in peace time … that both in words and deeds to not make any steps to create an image that would indicate to Moscow or Beijing…
China reached a major milestone in its commercial space program this week. Private company LandSpace managed to carry out the first land landing of an orbital rocket stage…
The advances the company has achieved in its robot dogs are backed by unwitting American funding, according to several researchers involved in this type of project and a…
The 288-metre lift cuts the journey of residents and students through a canyon in China from three hours to about 30 minutes. The post 288-metre lift…
HAECO and China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop an engine lifecycle support platform in Hong Kong. The agreement establishes a…
The US Air Force is preparing to buy several Chinese-made DJI drones for an unusual reason: to help protect one of America’s most sensitive military installations from the very drones it has spent…
Shenzhen Airlines, a subsidiary of the Air China group, announced plans to increase seating density on seven Airbus A320neo jets. This will allow the airline to respond to rising demand in China’s…
The launch of the Chang'e-7 lunar probe is scheduled for the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Chang'e-7 lunar probe and the…
Ramp-up comes as airline anticipates higher demand during year-end holidays. Singaporean low-cost operator Scoot will expand its Mainland China operations, with the launch of flights to the…
LandSpace has announced the successful launch, orbital payload deployment and first-stage recovery of its August 19 mission featuring the Zhuque-3 Y2 reusable carrier rocket. The achievement marks a…
The Chinese company Aerofugia and Thales subsidiary SYSGO are jointly developing the avionics platform for the electric vertical takeoff AE200-100 aircraft. … more...
The United States and nine other allied countries will take part in the Northern Viking 2026 (NV26) exercise, held in Iceland and its surrounding waters between August 22 and…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing into orbit the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace subsidiary Hongqing…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace's subsidiary Hongqing…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing into orbit the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace subsidiary Hongqing…
The planned architecture must counter a combination of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons and drones. The defense of Guam is thus one of the central elements…
The partnership with China’s Eastern Airports Group (EAG) provides a “practical framework for exploring future aviation links” while “supporting tourism, education, research, trade and cultural…
The transformation of Antelope Reef is no mere expansion of Chinese infrastructure in the Paracel Islands: it is an operation set to reshape the military geometry…
August 19, 2026
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A reusable space launch capability similar to SpaceX's Falcon 9 will degrade a key U.S. advantage in space access for national security as well as commercial applications. The post China’s Reusable…
Air China's logistics operation linked China with Bogotá, delivering water treatment plants, generators and tents on a single high-capacity flight.
Air China's logistics operation connected China with Bogotá to deliver water treatment plants, generators and tents in a single high-capacity flight.
The August 19 landing of its ZhuQue-3 rocket marked the first landing of a Chinese-made rocket using landing legs as well.
LandSpace successfully recovered the first stage of the Zhuque-3 after putting Honghu-03 into orbit, a milestone for Chinese reusable launchers.
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LandSpace successfully recovered the Zhuque-3's first stage after placing the Honghu-03 satellite in orbit, a milestone for China's reusable launch vehicles.
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