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Underwater Drones Help Discover France’s Deepest Shipwreck
© National Navy via France’s Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research Roughly 71% of Earth’s surface is covered by water, yet much of it remains unexplored, especially its deeper regions, which average around 3,700 meters in depth but can range from just a few meters in coastal zones to over 11,000 meters in the…
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Die Drohne Antiradar – the original Shahed drone
A bit miffed today about the American re invention of the Shahed that has filled
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Fuel exhaustion ends flight to Oshkosh
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.
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Malloy TRV-150 Electric VTOL Drone Demonstrates APKWS Capability
Munitions equipped with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kit were fired at both land and air targets from a modified variant of Malloy Aeronautics’ T-150 octocopter. The test launches were carried out at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah using a truck and a small fixed wing drone as targets. All launches…
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MTU’s Wagner to replace Scherer as Airbus commercial chief
Airbus has named Lars Wagner, currently chief executive of MTU Aero Engines AG, as the next chief executive of its commercial aircraft business. Wagner will officially assume the role on January 1, 2026, succeeding Christian Scherer, who will remain in post until the end of 2025. To ensure a smooth handover, Wagner will join Airbus…
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TEKEVER and Plextek Forge Strategic Partnership to Strengthen UK and European Technological Sovereignty
TEKEVER, Europe’s leading provider of AI-driven Autonomous Systems and Plextek, a specialist in advanced electronics
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Gulf Air places major 787 Dreamliner order
Gulf Air has agreed to purchase 12 additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with options for a further six aircraft, as the Bahraini flag carrier looks to strengthen its international network and modernise its widebody fleet. Once finalised, the order will take Gulf Air’s firm backlog of 787s to 14 aircraft and will support an estimated 30,000…
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Training flight causes DC-3 to scramble off runway
The airport manager notified us that the offending 172 was a student pilot with an instructor and they were on the incorrect frequency. Apparently, they never noticed the DC-3 on the opposite end of the runway.
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GCAP Combat Air Flying Demonstrator Planned To Fly By 2027
A UK developed demonstrator aircraft, which will be used to inform the joint Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), has been revealed and is expected to be ready to fly by 2027. The manned aircraft will be the first supersonic design of this kind developed in the UK for four decades. Two thirds of the airframe’s…
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General Atomics Demonstrates Autonomy Integration on XQ-67A
The recent flight tested the integration of government-owned autonomy on the XQ-67A, paired with active tactical datalink communications. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced on Jul. 16, 2025, that it has successfully demonstrated integration of government reference autonomy on the XQ-67A during a recent flight test in the California High Desert. The unmanned aircraft is part…
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