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Saudia Cargo posts steady growth across 2025 operations
Saudia Cargo has reported total cargo volumes of 573,000 tonnes in 2025, transported across approximately 4,000 flights, underlining steady operational growth during the year. The Saudi Arabian airfreight carrier also recorded 15,000 tonnes in total exports, while maintaining on-time performance above 90% across its network. Customer satisfaction metrics remained strong, with the company achieving a…
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Flyby Guys – Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Training
The drone threat isn’t coming. It’s already here. Unauthorized drones have disrupted airports across Europe,
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AALTO targets Australia for Zephyr’s next operating site, launching call to national payload industry
Darwin, Northern Territory – AALTO HAPS Ltd, (“AALTO” or “the Company”), an Airbus subsidiary that manufactures,
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Dutch Defence Secretary Boldly Claims F-35 Software Could Be ‘Jailbroken’
Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio. The bold claim, the veracity of which is unverifiable from an outside perspective, came as part of a wider dialogue over the operational independence of the F-35…
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First conviction for flying drone over an emergency response
A man has been sentenced for multiple drone offences including flying over emergency services attending
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U.S. Air Force Integrates Open-Architecture for Mission Autonomy on CCAs
Mission autonomy software by Collins and Shield AI was integrated on the YFQ-42 and YFQ-44 CCAs by using the government-owned A-GRA architecture. The U.S. Air Force has reached a new milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, demonstrating that government-owned Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A-GRA) can be successfully integrated with mission autonomy software. As part…
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NAVAIR Issues RFI for Marine Corps Medium Range Tactical UAS
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
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USS Gerald R. Ford Ordered to the Middle East After Eight Months Already at Sea
The U.S. Navy’s newest supercarrier is heading back towards the Middle East having already been recalled across the Atlantic to station off Venezuela. Already in its eighth month at sea, this new assignment – which will require the third Atlantic transit of its current deployment – in the midst of heightened tensions between the U.S.…
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No More DEI: FAA Orders Airlines to Certify Merit-Based Pilot Hiring
The DOT and FAA are requiring airlines to certify that pilot hiring is merit-based in accordance with new federal policy. US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy on Friday announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a new mandatory Operations Specification (OpSpec) requiring commercial airlines to formally certify that pilot hiring is based exclusively…
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Build with Ukraine: Wingcopter and TAF Industries establish Joint Venture to scale production of reconnaissance drones in Germany for Ukraine
German drone pioneer Wingcopter and Ukraine’s largest producer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) TAF Industries
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