The country’s biggest warplane maker told the Farnborough Air Show on Wednesday that the EU powerhouse should join forces with Britain, Italy and Japan on the new Tempest stealth jet plan after a rival French […]
Following the collapse of the FCAS fighter jet programme and a lack of available latest-generation alternatives, Spain is now forced to prolong the service life of its F-18 fleet. This week, Madrid commissioned defence and technology giant […]
The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed that a Su-57 aircraft had been lost due to a “technical malfunction,” though locals described it as a friendly fire incident, with surface-to-air missile fire and a loud bang heard […]
A satellite photograph taken Sunday appears to confirm what Ukraine’s president claimed just two days earlier: a Russian strategic bomber sitting at Engels air base did not survive a recent drone strike. The open-source monitoring […]
The German Air Force’s (Luftwaffe) first Tranche 4 Eurofighter EF-2000 aircraft under Project Quadriga has completed its maiden flight at Airbus’ Military Aircraft Centre in Manching, Germany. Berlin ordered a total of 38 Tranche 4 […]
On Thursday, Ukraine’s National Guard announced that its Omega unit used attack drones to destroy a Russian Su-24M bomber at the Saky air base in occupied Crimea. Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko detailed how the first drone […]
Ukrainian FPV (first-person-view) drone shot down a Russian Mi-28N in Donetsk Oblast, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Sept. 29. Pilots from the 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces […]
The U.S. Air Force recently conducted its first-ever live-fire test using the unmanned, semiautonomous aircraft the service has dubbed as its “loyal wingmen.” The Anduril-made YFQ-44A executed an end-to-end, beyond-line-of-sight strike against a simulated target […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has officially confirmed that Ukraine has secured domestic manufacturing licenses for three of France’s most advanced military assets: Aster-30 anti-ballistic missiles, AASM Hammer 250kg precision-guided bombs, and SCALP long-range cruise missiles. […]
The Swedish and German governments have signed a letter of intent regarding air defence, Sweden’s defence minister said on Wednesday, adding that there was German interest in working with Sweden’s Saab on new fighter jets. […]
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