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{loadposition bannertop} {loadposition sidebarpub} Swedish Company Saab has unveiled the A3-001 unmanned fighter jet concept as a European counterpart to the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort, introducing an autonomous combat-drone concept designed to operate alongside Gripen fighters in heavily contested airspace. The aircraft is intended for suppression of enemy air de…

{loadposition bannertop} {loadposition sidebarpub} Sweden has fired a TAURUS KEPD 350 long-range cruise missile from a JAS 39 Gripen C for the first time, demonstrating progress toward a deep-strike capability that could extend the reach of Swedish and NATO air power. The Swedish Air Force disclosed the August 21, 2026 test at the Vidsel Test Range, highlighting a potential ability to engage high…

What do unmanned vehicles need for reliable autonomy development? A modular flight controller brings open standards, redundant sensing, and flexible interfaces.  YARI Robotics has launched the YARI V6X, a modular flight controller and autopilot platform for small unmanned aerial and robotic vehicles. Designed and built in India, the FMUv6X Pixhawk-compatible controller supports platforms includin…

IntroductionAccurate determination of aircraft engine compressor characteristics is vital for stability and performance optimization. However, experimental data acquisition is often hindered by high costs, resulting in a strong reliance on limited test data.MethodsTo address this challenge, this paper proposes the Graph Attention Enhanced Scale-Aware Inverted Transformer (GAESA-iFormer), a novel …

IntroductionAn ideal flight mechanism model reasonably approximates the efficiency of aerodynamic flight, similar to how ideal heat engines approximate what is possible with different engine designs. It is useful for modeling ground effect flight. The ideal model provides a benchmark against which vehicle prototype performances may be compared to rapidly assess design effectiveness; similar bench…

A ground laser could push an ultralight sail to nearly 60,000 kilometers per second, but today’s experiments are still testing materials and femtonewton forces.

The automation age has a fatal flaw: pilots trained to monitor systems rather than fly them may be the last line of defense when everything goes wrong.

USD 5 for 27 minutes in the air – that was the power cost, when the world’s largest electric aircraft took off for the first time.

Unrelenting wildfires across Europe have focused the minds of policymakers on the imperative to strengthen air power options to combat the deadly blazes now spreading faster and farther. French start-up Hynaero, with backing from several leading legacy aerospace groups, is stepping up its plans to offer an alternative to the ubiquitous but aging Canadair water The post French start-up to develop …

As aircraft bodies grow wider and flatter, the traditional single-aisle layout becomes a relic—forcing designers to reimagine what the inside of a plane should actually look like.

Lockheed Martin is highlighting a successful collaboration with Saildrone, a specialist in maritime autonomous systems. USV Basically, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was equipped with lethal defence technology, the live-fire […] The post Saildrone, Lockheed Martin demonstrate live-fire from USV platform appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

{loadposition bannertop} {loadposition sidebarpub} The Royal Netherlands Air Force flew an armed MQ-9 Reaper for the first time, moving the aircraft from an ISR-focused platform toward a combined surveillance and strike role. The change gives the Netherlands a persistent precision-engagement option already being pursued by other European MQ-9 operators within NATO. The first flight used training …

The mission to rescue NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory space telescope may be in need of some rescuing itself. Due to multiple malfunctions in the LINK spacecraft's attitude control system, space engineers have decided to abandon the boost attempt. Continue Reading Category: Space Systems , Engineering Tags: Swift Satellite , NASA , Satellite

Aircraft and spacecraft may be judged by thrust, payload capacity, and range, but the German Industry Solutions Session held at Automation Taipei 2026 on August 20 suggested that some of aerospace manufacturing's most consequential advances are taking place somewhere far less visible: inside connectors, bonded joints, laser-processed surfaces, dispensing paths, and robotic assembly cells.

SAN FRANCISCO – California startup Elve has qualified its 100-watt millimeter-wave Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier platform for spaceflight. With U.S. Space Force Small Business Innovation Research funding, Elve “didn’t just […] The post Elve qualifies millimeter-wave amplifiers for spaceflight appeared first on SpaceNews .

Huntsville, AL — Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) announces a significant expansion at its Huntsville, AL facility that now includes a new secure Hypersonic/Interceptor Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) lab. It is […] The post Moog Highlights Huntsville Expansion and New Hardware-in-the-Loop Lab During Space and Missile Defense Symposium appeared first on SpaceNews .

The era of artificial intelligence in aerospace is no longer a futuristic concept; it is actively reshaping production engineering workflows today... The post From Simulation to Surrogate: AI Transforms Aerospace Workflows appeared first on AIAA - Shaping the future of aerospace .

The Indian government has issued a long-awaited request for proposals for a new fleet of transport aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force’s fleet of Antonov An-32s. The post RFP issued by Indian government for transport aircraft appeared first on AIAA - Shaping the future of aerospace .

NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Initiative, which offers  student teams the opportunity to contribute to real-world flight research that advances NASA’s go…