Share this story Japan’s next jet trainer may come with an instructor who is not in the cockpit at all. In an investor presentation dated 6 October 2026, Kawasaki Heavy Industries showed a concept for a next-generation trainer aircraft, built around an AI...
Share this story The Gripen E is a Swedish fighter with an American heart. Its engine is a General Electric F414, the same family that powers the Super Hornet. On 8 October 2026, Saab and GKN Aerospace signed an agreement that gives Sweden a bigger hand in looking...
Share this story Since 2016, every jet in Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ fleet has been a Boeing. On 7 October 2026, that changed. Bangladesh’s flag carrier signed a firm order with Airbus for ten aircraft: four A350-900 widebodies and six A321neo...
Share this story Canada has ordered only 16 F-35s so far, and it still has not decided whether it will buy the rest. It is, however, building the house for them. On 7 October 2026, Defence Minister David McGuinty announced nearly $4 billion for fighter capabilities at...
Share this story Somewhere in a freight system, an email arrived that said, in effect: do not send this box through Hong Kong. Nobody at the other end read it. The box contained a cockpit canopy and a weapons-bay door from an F-35 Lightning II, and it went through...
Share this story At 10:21 on Tuesday morning, according to Air Data News, a single-engine fighter with the number 4109 on its tail rolled down the runway at Gavião Peixoto, in the interior of São Paulo state, and climbed away. On the face of it, it was a routine first...
Share this story If you take your first flying lesson in America a couple of years from now, there is a growing chance it will be in an Italian two-seater with a carbon-fibre fuselage. Tecnam announced on 5 October 2026 that it is bringing its P2008JC NG trainer to...
Share this story Asked when Indonesia’s Chinese fighters will finally show up, the head of the Indonesian Air Force smiled and gave a two-word answer. “Just wait,” Air Marshal Mohamad Tonny Harjono told Republika on 5 October 2026, on the sidelines...
Share this story India has picked a test pilot to lead its air force through one of its most demanding decades. The government announced on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, that Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, currently Vice Chief of the Air Staff, will become the next Chief of...
Share this story Shortly after lunchtime on Monday, 5 October 2026, an F-35A wearing the Iron Cross of the German Air Force touched down at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and taxied under a ceremonial water arch. The flight from Lockheed...
Share this story The jet trainer most famous for teaching pilots to fly fast is learning a new trade: hunting drones. Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody and Thales Belgium announced on 5 October 2026 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the...
Share this story Russia’s newest attack drones are fast enough to outrun most of the interceptor drones Ukraine sends up against them. On Monday, 5 October 2026, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had found an answer that does not need to fly at all: automated...
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