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August 18, 2026
Two US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters recovered five US Navy personnel from mountainous terrain near… The post USAF Jolly Green IIs rescue five after Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing…
A number of impacted operators see end in sight for AOG disruption amid stepped-up maintenance activity. Ever since details first emerged in 2023 of the disruptive recall of Pratt & Whitney’s geared…
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NASA is turning a Boeing 737-700 into a kind of flying laboratory capable of reproducing, for a few seconds, the gravity found on the Moon's surface. The aircraft will be used to…
Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the sky. For decades, experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted…
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Volunteers help keep Seattle runway operations safe by removing foreign object debris.
On the ground right now at Bari airport there is something unusual and rarely seen: the Boeing 747F Dreamlifter N780BA, which, having reached the area overhead due to bad weather, then…
The Tomcat Produced from 1969 to 1992 for the US Navy, the F-14 Tomcat was one of the last specialized fighters to reach production before the US military transitioned to using cost-saving multirole…
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Argentina is among the countries included in a US$31.3 million contract aimed at providing technical assistance and strengthening the in-house support capabilities of its F-16 fleet.
Argentina is among the countries included in a US$31.3 million contract to provide technical assistance and strengthen the in-house support capabilities of its F-16 fleet.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged NGC 2392 (also known as the Lion Nebula), named for its distinctive appearance, which resembles a lion's face seen head-on.
The Moon's shadow crossed Greenland, Iceland and Spain on Aug. 12, and a fleet of satellites along with the International Space Station captured the event from angles…
Boeing has announced new seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Raytheon, an RTX group company, to increase production…
Live coverage: SpaceX to send Starlink satellites to orbit with Tuesday night launch from California
The Starlink 17-50 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. PDT (11:45 p.m…
Could DJI actually escape the Pentagon’s blacklist? A new court ruling suggests it’s no longer out of the question.
The award follows other investments in munitions production capacity aimed at reducing delivery times, strengthening supply chains and supporting U.S. and allied demand. Raytheon, an RTX business…
This system provides greater detection and tracking capabilities than the mechanical radars of previous generations and allows combat capabilities to be exploited further beyond the…
The Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 left marks at the end of the runway during a botched takeoff in Munich and touched its tail down during rotation. The German accident bureau now confirms…
Vietnam Airlines' Boeing 787-9 left marks at the end of the runway during a failed takeoff in Munich and struck its tail during rotation. This has now been confirmed by the German federal…
K2 Aviation has completed a deal with Aircastle for two Boeing 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs), which ASL Airlines will operate, making it a new airline customer for K2 Aviation. Boeing…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and Vanessa Bailey explain how Roman’s wide view will spot as…
Despite Congress increasing the ceiling in 2023, the Pentagon continues to pay AvIP rates at 2017 levels seemingly preferring more targeted bonusses.
As final assembly progresses at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility, the first F-35A fighter for Germany entered the finishing phase…
SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location just off the coast of… The post Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Return to Starbase appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Bulgaria's Defence Minister, Dimitar Stoyanov, learned during a meeting on 14 August with Lockheed Martin representatives that delivery of the second batch of eight…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot began a spacewalk at 8:29 a.m. EDT outside the International Space Station to replace a Space-to-Ground antenna on…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Southern Naval Command, Kochi, on 14 Aug 2026. The bilateral engagement witnessed intensive professional interaction, exchange of... The post India…
Pentagon’s Worst Nightmare: China’s J-36 Shatters Assumptions with Shocking Sixth-Generation Agility
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The global military-aviation balance may have just shifted dramatically. China has publicly showcased what no other sixth-generation... The post…
MARSIS found an intensely bright boundary beneath Mars's south polar ice. SHARAD has now reached the same layer and returned a much fainter signal. The post A radar aboard ESA’s Mars Express…
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On July 24 one of our members’ aircraft – a medevac jet – departed MGGT/Guatemala...
New multi-year contract builds on more than 25 years of partnership with USAF on T56 platform SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – August 18, 2026 – StandardAero (NYSE: SARO), a leading independent pure-play…
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