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The United States Air Force aims to introduce its next-generation airlifter in the early 2040s. The NGAL program is still in the early stages of defining its requirements, but it has already emphasized the need for greater speed and enhanced operational flexibility. Ultimately, the new aircraft will be expected to replace both the Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy and the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III. In the meantime, current airlift plans indicate that the Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy must remain operational through 2045, while the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III is expected to stay in service until 2075, according to the…

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has publicly confirmed that India is pursuing a plan to acquire 90 Rafale F4 fighter jets, with an additional option for 24 Rafale F5s, marking the most explicit acknowledgment yet of New Delhi’s commitment to the aircraft’s upcoming variant.  The reference appeared in a ministry analysis, since removed from public access, addressing the information campaign launched by China and echoed by Pakistan following the loss of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale during Operation Sindoor in May 2025.   In its assessment of those coordinated disinformation efforts, the ministry wrote: “India’s order for ninety…

In June 2025, we saw an Air India Boeing 787-8 crash shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad (AMD), killing 260 people. It was a bizarre accident, as the plane lost power to both engines shortly after takeoff, and the preliminary report suggested that fuel control switches were shut off seconds after takeoff, which suggests a chilling cause to the accident. It has now been months since the public has received any sort of a meaningful update as to what happened, and at least publicly, it feels like the investigation is stalled. That brings us to some interesting new details about what’s happening…

A United Airlines flight departing on the morning of December 1, 2025, was forced to return to its origin airport. As posted by Flightradar 24 Flight Spotters on Facebook, United flight UA1126 was departing from Memphis en route to Chicago when the windshield cracked on the Boeing 737 operating the route. The crew halted their climb and proceeded to return to Memphis. The flight landed safely in Memphis and taxiied back to the gate. United allocated another aircraft to the flight, and it ended up departing several hours later. The aircraft, meanwhile, remains on the ground and will need repairs…

Daher has completed the first flight of its EyePulse medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) drone demonstrator, a rapid-turn prototype built with Thales for a French defense procurement (DGA) call aimed at accelerating sovereign long-endurance unmanned options. A TBM-derived demonstrator, validated with an autonomous landing sequence (Credit: Daher) The demonstration flight took place at Tarbes on December 2, 2025, and capped a development effort that Daher says took less than six months. The EyePulse demonstrator was adapted from Daher’s TBM single-engine turboprop platform and integrated with Thales’s ScaleFlyt avionics suite, ground control station, and command-and-control data links. The aircraft executed a…

PARIS — It’s a head-scratcher for European governments: getting their defense industries ready to pump out hundreds of thousands of drones or other pieces of armament in case of possible war, without ending up with warehouses full of obsolete kit.Europe has yet to resolve the conundrum, said Francois Arbault, the European Commission’s director for defense industry, at the Forum Innovation Défense in Paris last week.“How can we be ready, in that we’re ready to embrace the scale that it takes to be at war, or in a conflict of whatever sort, without actually piling up equipment?” Arbault said. “That’s probably…

The overall noise footprint might just be one of the most underrated parts of the long-haul experience. This shapes whether one manages to sleep, how tired they might feel upon arrival, and how a premium cabin on its own feels for passengers. Before you have even touched the inflight entertainment or tried the bedding, you can immediately form a first opinion by analyzing how the cabin itself feels based on the amount of noise during cruise on its own. This makes the Airbus A350 a much more capable premium aircraft, as it offers a far better noise environment for passengers…

Southwest Airlines’ new assigned seating policy will come into effect next month, and the changes look set to hit plus-size passengers financially. Under the new policy, plus-size passengers will have to purchase an extra seat in advance without the guarantee of a refund. Southwest’s current policy gives plus-size passengers a refund on their second seat, or allows them to request a free seat once at the airport. However, with refunds no longer guaranteed, many passengers will be reluctant to buy an extra seat without knowing if they are eligible for their money back. Southwest’s New Seat Policy To Cost Plus-Size…

Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks earned the nation’s third-highest combat decoration for guiding his F-16 flight through a deadly barrage of surface-to-air missiles during a SEAD mission in Yemen. Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks, former commander of the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, was awared the Silver Star Medal for his actions during a mission in March 2025. Although the U.S. Air Force statement does not reveal the location of the mission, its timeline aligns with known operations from the U.S. campaign against the Houthis. The decoration, presented at the Pentagon by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, recognizes…

After roughly 6,000 Airbus A320 jetliners around the world received an urgent software update earlier this week, the European plane maker has also addressed a follow-on issue on some of its other A320 aircraft. An Airbus spokesperson told Fox News that only eliminated number of jets made at the US plant required metal panels to be corrected due to a supplier issue. The manufacturer said that only a very limited number of the jets built at the plant in Mobile, Alabama, required fixing. The maker says it was a supplier quality issue that the company now claims has been resolved.…