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The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray has completed its first flight, marking a key step toward carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling. The U.S. Navy’s production representative MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueling aircraft has successfully completed its first flight on Apr. 25, 2026. The flight, initially planned by the end of 2025, marks a major milestone in the service’s effort to field the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft. The MQ-25 took off from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, Missouri, home of Boeing’s production facilities, accompanied by a company-owned TA-4J Skyhawk and a U.S. Navy UC-12M Huron as chase aircraft. Our friend and aviation photographer…

American Airlines’ Airbus A330s that were (prematurely, in my opinion) retired at the start of the coronavirus pandemic will be returning to the skies… but for a different airline! Sun PhuQuoc Airways picks up eight Airbus A330s Sun PhuQuoc Airways is a leisure airline startup based in Vietnam. The airline received its air operator’s certificate in September 2025, and commenced commercial operations as of November 2025. The carrier’s primary hub is in Phu Quoc (PQC), as you may have guessed based on the name. So far the company has a fleet of 10 Airbus A320-family aircraft, including two A320neos, two…

The Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft established radar contact with a target located above the Ukrainian territory. The pilots were authorized to engage the drones, but they did not fire on the drone. A Russian drone, part of a swarm of 15 Russian OWA (One Way Attack) drones crashed in the municipality of Galați, Romania, early in the morning on Apr. 25, 2026, destroying a house extension and an electricity pole. No casualties were reported. Two Royal Air Force Eurofighters deployed to Romania to support NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission were scrambled from the 86th Air Base in Fetești to intercept the…

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I tend to think that all too often, attention in the airline industry goes to the executives who talk the loudest, rather than those who actually do the most. While I’ve written about the airline CEOs I respect the most, in this post I’d like to talk a bit about someone who might not have the title of CEO, but who might as well be, as I don’t think he gets enough credit… What’s going on with Qatar Airways’ CEO situation? It has been a rather unusual few years when it comes to senior leadership at Qatar Airways. In late…

KYIV, Ukraine — The Pentagon has surged tens of thousands of service members to the Middle East since the war with Iran began, raising questions here about how involved the Trump administration could get in securing a peace agreement in Ukraine when the time comes – even if it wanted to.The war has consumed American stockpiles of key weaponry, including the Patriot interceptor batteries that have become key to protecting the skies over the U.S., NATO countries, and allies like Ukraine for years.As Kyiv watches the defenses it needs get expended in a new war in the Middle East, long-term…

The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy are collaborating to boost the nation’s current inadequate amphibious fleet size, according to the top-ranked U.S. Marine Corps officer.Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said at the 2026 Sea-Air-Space Conference during a Tuesday keynote that the two services are working together with a “unified sense of purpose” to increase the size and availability of the U.S. amphibious fleet through three methods.“We’re in complete agreement that our current inventory of 31 amphibious ships is not sufficient to meet our new presence that our combatant commanders are requesting and requiring,” Smith said during his speech.As of…

Ukraine has reportedly unleashed a powerful new defense against Russian Shahed drones that have tied up its air force and traumatized civilians with persistent attacks. Cheap, domestically manufactured drones have played an increasingly critical role for both sides in the four-year war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Both countries have experienced enormous battlefield casualties, the land war has morphed into a war of attrition in which Russia’s primary tool is the Shahed, a domestically manufactured UAV based on the original Iranian model. On Sunday, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces reported that its 412th Brigade Nemesis had intercepted…

Recently ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan told reporters Tuesday that the service is analyzing the cost and design of two aircraft carriers it is set to procure in the coming years.Phelan, who left his position as the civilian leader of the U.S. Navy on Wednesday shortly after delivering remarks to the media at the Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, said the service was looking at the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, the USS William J. Clinton and the USS George W. Bush, to ensure that the finances behind the them align with the Navy’s budget and overarching goals.“We are looking…

MANILA — Australian defense leaders have pledged to spend big money on drone defenses, as unmanned technology has exposed a new Achilles’ heel in militaries around the world. Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said the plan is to “more than double the funding that we’re allocating to counter-drone defenses,” to the tune of A$7 billion.These figures – $5 billion in U.S. dollars – emanate from the Integrated Investment Program (IIP) released by Canberra on Apr. 16.As the Australian Defence Force (ADF) seeks weapons able to count medium-sized drones and small-drone swarms when deploying overseas or to protect domestic infrastructure,…