Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, a KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline bristling with sensors, cameras, and telemetry equipment that no ordinary tanker carries. This is the Ghost Tanker — the U.S. Air Force’s only...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
Aviation is undergoing a quiet revolution, and one of its most promising frontiers involves replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. ZeroAvia, a British-American aerospace company, is leading this charge with hydrogen-electric powertrains designed specifically for...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
On April 2, at Cotswold Airport in the English countryside, test pilot Paul Stone climbed into a machine that looked like nothing that had ever taken off from a runway before. It had wings like an aeroplane, rotors like a helicopter, and the quiet hum of electric...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On April 8, at Korean Air’s Tech Centre in Busan, a drone with a 26-metre wingspan rolled out of the hangar to polite applause, official speeches, and a significance that went far beyond the ceremony. South Korea has just unveiled its first indigenous strategic-class...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On April 2, two sleek business jets took off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, and turned southeast toward the Middle East. They looked like executive transports — smooth fuselages, swept wings, the unmistakable silhouette of a Gulfstream G550. But serial...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On the night of March 27, a group of American military aircraft was already airborne, heading east across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean, when word came through from Rome: they could not land at Sigonella. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto had...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears to be the infrared...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
At approximately 1 PM Pacific Time on April 6, the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to crash did so in the Californian desert — and the entire programme felt the shockwave. General Atomics’ YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin,” a jet-powered drone...
Monde de l'aviation, Nouvelles
America’s flight training ecosystem is under siege from two directions simultaneously: regulatory overhaul from above and economic pressure from below. The FAA just released a 471-page modernization proposal for Part 141 pilot schools on April 1, while Falcon Field in...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Space warfare is no longer science fiction. It’s industrial policy. The 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, released by the Secure World Foundation, paints a stark picture: thirteen nations are now actively developing weapons and systems designed to disable,...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The Trump administration’s FY2027 defence budget is a masterclass in strategic betting. At $1.5 trillion—with the base budget breaching $1 trillion for the first time ever—it’s less about growth and more about ruthless prioritization. While some weapons...
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