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August 21, 2026

Fabricaciones Militares added the FSL, a semi-automatic version of the historic military-origin FAL, to its commercial lineup. The company said the model is aimed at users who…

KOI-319 c is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 27.7 Jupiters, it takes 80.1 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.39941542329158 AU from its star. Its discovery…

KOI-319 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 10 Jupiters, it takes 46.1 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.2668 AU from its star. Its discovery was…

TOI-6158 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a M-type star. Its mass is 0.425 Jupiters, it takes 3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.03275 AU from its star. Its discovery was…

Lockheed Martin has released new images and an official update documenting the move of Germany's first F-35 from the final assembly line to the Aircraft Final…

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into…

For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for…
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An alternative measurement reveals that the Indian Ocean gravity hole is not the world's largest, ranking behind an anomaly in Antarctica…

Operating costs weighed on the aviation group's EBITDAR. Adrián Neuhauser highlighted the mitigation plan and the group's strong footprint in international markets.

Los costos operativos impactaron el EBITDAR del grupo aeronáutico. Adrián Neuhauser destacó el plan de mitigación y la fuerte presencia en los mercados internacionales.

During the Falklands War in 1982, the Argentine Navy's 2nd Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque [ARA – Armada de la República Argentina] made life difficult for the Royal Navy, by…

Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration…

Firm has already begun running a clean-sheet turbojet engine that will power the technology demonstrator. GKN Aerospace has revealed the first full-scale mock-up of the uncrewed air vehicle and…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure…
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The Argentine Army has just taken an important step toward acquiring 235 8×8 Stryker VCBR vehicles, after Defense Minister Carlos Presti led the signing of the…

A contingent of 32 Argentine personnel is already in Quibdó, in the Chocó department, to provide assistance to the population affected by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred on the 10th of…

Google is launching Operation Blue Skies together with the British government and partners from aviation and research. Artificial intelligence is meant to help identify particularly climate…

A glider returns home after a day of competition.

Conceived as the United States' supersonic shield against Soviet bombers, the interceptor... The post Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: the fighter that broke the sound barrier after…

Today's bad weather, with heavy showers, lightning and wind, is causing various problems. Among them also Venice, where inbound flights have been diverted…
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Photos by Johan Gamarra The Paraguayan Air Force received the fifth unit of a batch of six A-29 Super Tucanos acquired from Embraer. The new aircraft will reinforce surveillance capabilities…

21/08/2026 La Nación – Report – Politics – Pg. 13 MOBILIZATION. Union leadership marched to the Ministry of Economy alongside the CTA and left-wing organizations. The General Confederation…

20/08/2026 lanueva.com (Bahía Blanca) – report The works will take place between Tuesday and Thursday of next week. The works to be carried out during next week at the…

Argentina's Ministry of Defense announced that today, Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Presti signed, alongside US Ambassador Peter Lamelas, the letter of…

20/08/2026 periferia.com.ar – Report The Ministry of Economy formalized the action plan of the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones, which projects a negative operating result of more than 14,000…

The meticulously restored 1941 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina claimed the Grand Champion World War II award at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, just a few weeks after its first flight after a seven-year…

21/08/2026 LaNacion.com – News Li Rui – Xinhua WASHINGTON, August 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court overturned on Thursday the order issued by the administration of President…

Mammoth Freighters has delivered its first 777-200LRMF freighter to Jetran, the first of more than two dozen aircraft ordered, with 13 destined for revenue service within the DHL global network. The…

Polish airline LOT Polish Airlines will launch a year-round direct connection on 5 April 2027 between the northern Polish port city of Gdańsk and the French airport…

President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space…