Military Aviation

The Mexican air force has issued a call for proposals from U.S. suppliers for a range of aviation-related training programs and maintenance services. In a notice, the Mexican air force laid out multiple opportunities for U.S. companies to collaborate with the branch. Specifically, the air force is looking to establish comprehensive training courses for pilots […]

Two naval aviators safely ejected from their F/A-18 Super Hornet when the aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in a friendly fire accident by the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg Saturday. “Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries,” U.S. Central Command said in […]

Ukraine says it’s developed a laser weapon that can shoot down aircraft flying as high as 6,000 feet. Vadym Sukharevskyi, Commander of Unmanned Systems Forces, told Interfax the weapon, called Tryzub, is still under development but has been successfully tested. “It really works, it really exists,” he said. Sukharevskyi said Ukraine is the fifth country […]

The Dutch Ministry of Defense announced today that a pair of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s detected three Russian military aircraft in NATO airspace on Friday (Dec. 6) over the Baltic Sea and escorted them back over international waters. The Netherlands had assumed the NATO Air Policing Mission earlier this month as part of the […]

All U.S. military V-22 Osprey tiltrotors have “paused” operations in light of a part failure on an Air Force CV-22 during a training mission in New Mexico on Nov. 20. The  Osprey landed safely with no injuries to four crew members. The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps pause in operations comes just over a […]

On Thursday, Pilatus announced it has secured a major contract to deliver 19 PC-21 training aircraft to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as part of the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program. The agreement was finalized through a partnership between Pilatus and KF Aerospace, who are collaborating as part of the SkyAlyne team—responsible for providing […]

Among his first targets as co-leader of incoming President Donald Trump’s (advisory) Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took to his social media platform X with scathing statements concerning the Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 stealth fighter—and manned combat aircraft, in general. Musk wrote: “Some idiots are still building manned fighter jets […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force says it’s standing down its CF-18 demonstration team for the 2025 season while it gets ready for its new fleet of CF-35A fighters. The first aircraft won’t start replacing the 40-year-old CF-18 Hornets until 2029 but there is apparently much to do in the interim. “To commit more resources to […]

Aviation tech firm Skyryse has partnered with Black Hawk reseller Ace Aeronautics to integrate SkyOS—a universal flight control system that simplifies aircraft handling—into hundreds of the military helicopters. According to Skyryse, the partnership, announced in a Nov. 21 press release, aims to transform the iconic military helicopters into the “world’s safest and simplest aircraft to […]

The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI in the left seat of its Boeing KC-135 tanker fleet. Autonomous flight developer Merlin announced it will begin flying the KC-135s – an airframe designed in the 1950s alongside the Boeing 707 airliner from the original 367-80 prototype – with Merlin Pilot, […]