On 13 August 2026, Heart Aerospace – the Swedish-founded, Los Angeles-based manufacturer of hybrid-electric regional aircraft – announced the successful first flight of its X1 demonstrator aeroplane. With a wingspan of 32 metres (106 feet), […]
Embraer C-390 Millennium (c/n 39000020, “0520” of Vzdušné síly AČR / the Czech Air Force) during one of its first training flights over the country, August 2026. Development of the Brazilian medium-sized military transport aircraft […]
Boeing, Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A. (the Military Aviation Works No. 1 – WZL-1) and Wojskowe Centralne Biuro Konstrukcyjno-Technologiczne S.A. (the Military Central Bureau of Design and Technology – WCBKT) have signed offset implementation […]
During a unique multinational exercise over central France, an Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix of Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) refuelled United States Air Force and Royal Air Force […]
On 5 August 2026, Boeing announced that the company was granted a $75 million Undefinitised Contract Action (UCA) by the U.S. Air Force to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU) for the new GBU-75 […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced that an amended type certificate (ATC) had been granted for the new Boeing 737-7 airliner, thereby clearing the aircraft for commercial service. Following its first certification flight, […]
SZD-15 Sroka (c/n: ?, SP-GSKA, formerly SP-1732 and Ла-0451) participating in the International Vintage Glider and Classic Hang Glider Rally, Witków, May 2026. The new Polish sailplane, later known as the SZD-15 Sroka (Eurasian magpie), […]
Less than a month remains until the tenth edition of Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), the biennial aviation event organised in the West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. This year, the show will […]
The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF) took part in Neptune Strike 26-3, a NATO Enhanced Vigilance Activity (EVA) conducted from 17 to 23 July 2026 in the High North and North Atlantic as […]
The Airbus A400M Atlas has taken on a brand new operational role. In response to one of its most severe wildfire seasons in recent years, France has deployed the Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace‘s […]
All content on this page is copyrighted © 2018-2026 Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine