Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
La Turquie souhaite que son chasseur de cinquième génération soit déployé au combat avec un drone de combat embarqué sur chaque épaule. Lors du salon World Defense Show 2026, Turkish Aerospace Industries a dévoilé un concept de coopération entre systèmes pilotés et non pilotés, associant le chasseur KAAN à deux drones de combat furtifs Anka III.
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
L'Atlantique se densifie. En 2026, les compagnies aériennes multiplient les nouvelles liaisons transatlantiques à un rythme inédit depuis des années, et nombre d'entre elles sont assurées par des avions monocouloirs. Les observateurs du secteur recensent une trentaine de nouvelles liaisons transatlantiques inaugurées cette année….
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
Voici un chiffre qui devrait terrifier tous ceux qui prennent l'avion aux États-Unis : 76. C'est le nombre de jours consécutifs de perturbations dans le trafic aérien américain depuis le 1er avril 2026 – la plus longue période de chaos ininterrompue depuis la déréglementation du transport aérien en 1978. Et le 15 juin….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The United States Air Force has been trying to kill the U-2 Dragon Lady for the better part of three decades. The U-2 keeps winning. On June 10, 2026, the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee released a draft FY2027 spending bill that bars the Air Force from...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
United Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR — and with it, the promise that crossing the Atlantic in a narrowbody jet does not have to mean suffering through it. The aircraft, registered N64321, left Airbus’s Hamburg-Finkenwerder facility on...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
At ILA Berlin, Airbus pulled the covers off a long, dark shape with knife-thin wings and no cockpit — and gave Europe its clearest look yet at the robot fighter it wants to send to war alongside its pilots. The aircraft is the U-760 Ravenstorm, an uncrewed...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
At 43,400 feet over Edwards Air Force Base, the needle crossed Mach 1.1. No bang. No boom. Just a soft thump that most people on the ground wouldn’t notice. On 5 June 2026, NASA’s X-59 QueSST did what 53 years of regulation said commercial aircraft could...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
While American carriers agonise over whether to order Airbus widebodies, a Brazilian airline has quietly answered the question for itself. Azul has signed for four more Airbus A330-900neos — doubling down on the jet that has become the backbone of its long-haul...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
It has no tail, three engines, and a planform like a stingray crossed with a stealth bomber. It is the most radical-looking combat aircraft on Earth — and it is Chinese. Grainy photographs of Chengdu’s tailless giant, widely dubbed the J-36, keep leaking out of China,...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
American Airlines flies more aircraft than almost anyone on Earth, yet it has quietly backed itself into a corner over the ocean. Its long-haul order book has dwindled to just 19 jets. Now the airline is preparing to fix that — and the most interesting part of the...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
Update: This article provides the latest on the investigation into the Lufthansa 787 nose gear collapse at Frankfurt Airport. For our initial coverage, see Brand-New Lufthansa 787 Drops on Its Nose. Germany’s Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
For decades, the global fighter market had two aisles: American and Russian. You bought F-16s or you bought MiG-29s. China was a buyer, not a seller — importing Russian engines, Israeli avionics, and Western design philosophy to build aircraft it could not yet export....
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