torsdag 10. september 2026

onsdag 9. september 2026

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September 8, 2026

A handful of aviation photographers got a surprise eyeful of a very sleek and large aircraft silhouette on Thursday night at Long Beach Airport. One of them was Ricky Schol, who saw the mysterious airframe emerge from a hangar, prompting a double take. It was the first time in his 16 years of aviation photography at the historic airport he’d ever seen anything like it.

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V2X to Deliver Tempest Counter-UAS Systems to US Marine Corps

By The Editor on Sep 09, 2026 06:45 am

V2X, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $19 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to deliver Tempest counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) vehicles, expanding access to a highly mobile capability designed to protect maneuver forces against rapidly evolving unmanned threats. Under the contract, V2X will provide Tempest vehicles along with maintenance support, software […]


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Korea’s Airbility Secures $4.7M Series A Bringing Total Funding to $7.6M

By The Editor on Sep 09, 2026 06:40 am

Airbility, a deep-tech aerospace and defence company developing high-speed electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, announced that it has raised USD 4.7 million (KRW 6.5 billion) in Series A funding led by a Silicon Valley-based global VC Sazze Partners. The round brings Airbility’s total funding to USD 7.6 million (KRW 10.5 billion). The company’s valuation […]

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Ukraine’s 435 mph BARS Jet Drone with 620 mile Range Enters Production in Europe

By The Editor on Sep 09, 2026 06:30 am

A European joint venture has been established to manufacture Ukraine’s BARS jet-powered drone, with production beginning in early September and the first systems expected to reach Ukraine’s Defence Forces starting October 10, the drone’s developer told RBC-Ukraine on September 7. The move gives the Ukrainian-designed system a production base outside the country as its developers […]

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Russia Equips Geran Kamikaze Drones with EW Systems to Counter Interceptors

By The Editor on Sep 09, 2026 06:15 am

Russia has equipped Geran-type kamikaze drones with an electronic warfare system designed to jam the analog video link used by Ukrainian interceptor drones. Serhii Flash, an adviser to the President of Ukraine on the development of defence technologies, reported this after examining the system found in the wreckage of one of the drones. The EW […]

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