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New Whitepaper Outlines Strategic Role of HAPS in Enabling 6G Use Cases
Emerging 6G technology already promises to be transformative in terms of new use cases, performance
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D-Fend Solutions’ EnforceAir C-UAS System Secures 55th Annual JUNO Awards with RF-Cyber Counter-Drone Technology
RA’ANANA, Israel and HAMILTON, Ontario April 6th, 2026 — D-Fend Solutions, the leader in field-proven
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American Civil Liberties Union – Drones for them but not for us
The drone sightings all over Europe are frustrating me somewhat, but a new report from
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AFI KLM E&M appoints Rollier as VP KLM Engine Services
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has announced that Benoît Rollier has been appointed as the new vice president KLM Engine Services, succeeding Martijn de Vries who now takes on the role of senior vice president commercial. Rollier has a strong background within the KLM organisation and the aviation sector, with…
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Narayan joins Chapman Freeborn as president for APAC
Global air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed Latha Narayan as president for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, effective April 1, 2026, to focus on scaling operations, enhancing performance, and strengthening alignment across cargo, passenger and business aviation services. Narayan brings over 20 years of global aviation experience, spanning commercial strategy, revenue management and transformation programmes. She…
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[Updated] U.S. Rescues Downed F-15E WSO Deep Inside Iran
The mission to rescue the isolated airman inside Iran has been described as one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. special operations. The Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) who ejected from the downed F-15E Strike Eagle belonging to the 48th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force in Europe has been…
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U.S. F-16 Shown with Mine-Dispensing Cluster Bombs
CENTCOM has released photos of F-16s loaded with cluster bombs for operations in Iran, a week after BLU-91/B ‘Gator’ anti-tank mines were found on the ground. The U.S. Central Command has released on Apr. 4, 2026, new photos of U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon fighter jets (specifically Block 40s from Aviano, Italy) being refueled…
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Mission to Recover Downed F-15E Aircrew Puts Combat Search And Rescue in the Spotlight
The loss of an F-15E Strike Eagle in Iran prompted specialized Combat Search and Rescue units to spring into action, with a multitude of assets working together to recover all missing aircrew. Here’s how. On Apr. 3, 2026, multiple specialized units sprang into action for a complex mission they train extensively for but hope never…
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Iran’s RQ-170 Clone Destroyed in U.S. Strikes, CENTCOM Video Shows
A video shared by CENTCOM shows the destruction of an Iranian clone of the RQ-170 Sentinel, which was reverse-engineered after crashing in Iran 15 years ago. An Iranian clone of the secretive U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel ISR drone was apparently destroyed in an airstrike, an Apr. 2, 2026 video by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showed.…
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Light Dynamix – Development Drone/UAV Engineer
We are looking for a practical, capable Development Engineer to join our team in a hands-on engineering
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