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- A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrongby Dede Dinius on June 30, 2026 at 7:27 pm in Armstrong Flight Research Center, Aeronautics, Flight Innovation, NASA Aircraft, Supersonic Flight
Flight testing is a team sport. For nearly 80 years, teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, […]
- NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovationby Joseph Atkinson on June 29, 2026 at 8:38 pm in Langley Research Center, Aeronautics, General
For more than 100 years, wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have helped shape […]
- 99th FTS leaders become first AETC pilots qualified on T-7A Red Hawkby Benjamin Faske on June 4, 2026 at 5:04 pm in MAJCOM News, All Images
In a historic milestone for future fifth- and sixth-generation fighter pilot production, two leaders from the 99th […]
- Air Force forges decision advantage through logistics C2 hackathonby Debora Henley on June 4, 2026 at 1:00 pm in MAJCOM News
The 505th Command and Control Wing recently hosted a Logistics C2 Hackathon, focusing on solutions to accelerate […]
- Bird of Prey: the Airbus answer to one-way attack dronesby marta.quintana@airbus.com on July 9, 2026 at 11:19 pm
Introducing the Bird of Prey: a cost-effective, reusable platform designed by Airbus to counter one-way attack drones.
- NATO paves the way towards a Multinational A400M Fleetby beatriz.lozano-mendez@airbus.com on July 9, 2026 at 11:19 pm
The governments of Belgium, Croatia, France, Poland, Spain, Türkiye and the United Kingdom, launched a High Visibility […]
- Boeing, U.S. Navy Achieve Successful MQ-25A Test Flighton April 27, 2026 at 1:48 pm
- Boeing to Build 96 AH-64E Apache Helicopters for Polandon November 26, 2025 at 9:27 pm
- Germany to buy US Tomahawks in shift toward own long-range capabilityby Reuters on July 9, 2026 at 1:36 pm in / Europe
Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil.
- US will lift sanctions on Turkey, possibly sell F-35 fighter jets, Trump saysby Humeyra Pamuk and Huseyin Hayatsever, Reuters on July 7, 2026 at 2:49 pm in / Europe
The sanctions were imposed in 2020 over the country's purchase of Russian defense missiles.
- New UK CMO activity guidelines show every movement countsby HM Government on July 9, 2026 at 11:15 pm
pdated UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines find even small amounts of physical activity benefit […]
- Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' reportby HM Government on July 9, 2026 at 11:01 pm
A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing […]
- Flying Lessons - 130425on April 30, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Topics this week include: •It’s axiomatic •Test it out •Three objectives for survival
- Protecting the backbone of aviation: EASA and EUROCONTROL host workshop on Europe’s GNSS interference Action Planon July 8, 2026 at 9:00 pm
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and EUROCONTROL joined forces this week, hosting a workshop with more than […]






