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August 24, 2026
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The United States government authorized the possible sale of thousands of guidance sections for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) for rockets intended for the Forces…
NASA has completed a major test campaign for a lightweight, flexible radar antenna that will enable its proposed SkyFall Mars helicopters to search beneath the Red Planet’s surface for accessible…
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Airnorth’s Embraer E190 VH-XFC flew a SpaceX recovery team to Christmas Island on 15 August for a crew change following Starship Flight 13’s splashdown in the Indian Ocean. According to the airline…
What if Heyl Ha’Avir became the launch customer for the future American sixth-generation fighter? That, at least, is what seems to be taking shape…
Stacie Pettyjohn, of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), warned that "Ukraine serves as a battlefield for understanding how drone warfare is reshaping combat…
In this context, it adds, its Blackbeard development “is an example of what the United States can do when private capital and government work together.” Thanks to its work, the company that…
Over the past months and years, the United States Armed Forces have been advancing the development of a new generation of air-to-air missiles, characterized by an increasingly greater…
The US Government authorized the possible sale of new weaponry for South Korea's Air Force aimed at strengthening the air-to-air combat capabilities of its Air Force. Th…
AerFin is expanding its support for operators across North and Latin America with significant Boeing 777 inventory available through its Miami hub. AerFin’s Miami facility provides customers across…
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August 23, 2026
Qatar Airways, was the world’s first airline to equip its fleet with Starlink Wi-Fi. As a result, the airline has become the major global airline to operate this ultra-fast Wi-Fi on the Boeing 787-9…
Aviation Expo's inaugural show brought avgeeks to Seattle for four days of collectibles, behind-the-scenes tours at Boeing and Alaska Airlines, and a rooftop plane spotting party overlooking…
On August 21, 2026, mission managers from NASA and SpaceX completed the formal Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The milestone clears the next-generation…
An international team observed a magnetar known as 1E 1547.0–5408 using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), leading to what could be the first detection of vacuum birefringence taking…
For quite a few years now, the US Army, United States Army, has been trying to introduce new armoured design concepts into its arsenals that would allow it to renew its…
Royal Air Maroc is poised to become the first African commercial airline to use SpaceX’s Starlink technology to provide in-flight […] The post Royal Air Maroc Set to Become First African Airline to…
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Aug. 24, 2026 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), today announced the selection of Česká letecká servisní, a.s. (ČLS) as an authorized Sikorsky...
With a scheduled launch date of Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is… The post NASA’s Roman telescope nears launch, reaches final integration and rehearsal milestones appeared first…
Following the meeting between Peru's Minister of Defense, Rafael Belaúnde Llosa, and the US ambassador, Bernie Navarro, the arrival of the F-16 Block 70, preparations ahead…
AIM-424 Malice As the photos in this post show, the Department of Navy is developing the Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-424 Long Range Air to Air Missile (LRAAM), a next-generation missile intended to…
Last July, the US Navy achieved a new milestone: the new autonomous submarine ORCA completed a voyage of more than 1,000 nautical miles in the Pacific. The milestone is part…
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A laptop caught fire aboard an American Airlines Airbus A321 during the approach to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, in the United States, on Friday, 21…
For more than a decade, travelers shopping for flights in the United States have become accustomed to one simple principle:... Read More »
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AW | 2026 08 23 11:44 | AIRLINES ROUTES US authorizes National Airlines to operate in Venezuela The US Department of Transportation (DOT) granted a special permit and an exemption…
The U.S. has approved a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of up to 21 UH-60M Black Hawks to Norway plus spares and associated equipment for $2.3 billion. Just months after Norway reneged on its…
As part of its blockade measures against Iran, the US reportedly set up a secret shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz. … more...
On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for later moon missions.
The US Navy unveiled a long-range missile... The post «Marinha dos EUA testa novo míssil ar-ar AIM-424 Malice com alcance superior a 460 km» first appeared on…
NASA and its commercial partners are making progress on their way to a permanent human presence on the Moon. As part of that, a recent press release and accompanying YouTube video hints they may be…
The US ambassador to Chile, Brandon Judd, sparked controversy after revealing on social media that Chile's Minister of National Defense, Fernando Barros, signed the Declaration…
NASA has chosen 18 technology proposals for its Innovative Advanced Concepts awards to help turn some out-of-the-box ideas into out-of-this-world research.
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