Quick Facts CompanyZeroAvia (HQ: Hollister, California) EngineZA601 — 600 kW hydrogen-electric powertrain How It WorksHydrogen fuel cell generates DC power → inverters → direct-drive electric motor at 2,200 rpm Target Aircraft10- to 20-seat turboprop-class...
Quick Facts ProgrammeGlobal Combat Air Programme (GCAP) PartnersUnited Kingdom, Italy, Japan Lead CompanyEdgewing (BAE Systems + Leonardo + JAIEC) First Contract Value£686 million (~$912 million) Contract TypeBridge contract through June 2026 Target Delivery2035...
Quick Facts TeamU.S. Navy Blue Angels AircraftF/A-18E/F Super Hornet (6), C-130J Super Hercules “Fat Albert” (1) 2026 Season StatusMultiple shows cancelled; more cancellations expected ReasonHeightened base security (Iran war) + Fat Albert maintenance Fat...
The world’s two busiest Middle East hubs seized up in early March 2026. Dubai International, the planet’s top airport for international passengers, went from processing 200,000 travelers a day to canceling flights by the thousands. Hamad International in Doha, the...
On December 26, 2025, Turkey’s Baykar proved something crucial about the future of warfare: precision-guided munitions fired from unmanned platforms now match anything launched from manned aircraft. The Bayraktar AKINCI, a 6-ton heavy combat drone, completed live-fire...
Jet fuel just did something it hasn’t done in a decade. In a matter of weeks, it doubled. Airlines across Asia woke up in mid-March facing a crisis: the Strait of Hormuz—through which nearly 20 percent of the world’s crude oil flows—was becoming a war zone, and every...
Related: Countdown to the Moon: Artemis II Launches Today On April 1, 2026, NASA lit a rocket that sent two former Navy fighter pilots toward the Moon. Fifty years after Apollo, the first crewed orbit of the lunar surface since 1972 will be piloted by men who spent...
In January 2026, two sleek silhouettes pierced a Chinese sky in perfect formation. The J-35A, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s answer to the F-35, had taken to the air. What appeared on video footage was a signal: China’s stealth program had moved from theoretical to...
At 11:30 p.m. on February 10, the FAA did something it hadn’t done since 9/11: locked down an American city’s airspace with zero public warning. No press release. No email to local authorities. No heads-up to the airport. Just a NOTAM that went live and suddenly El...
On February 27, 2026, a Bolivian Air Force C-130H Hercules loaded with freshly printed banknotes touched down at El Alto International Airport — one of the highest commercial airports on Earth at 4,061 meters above sea level. It never stopped. The aircraft overran the...
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