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India has finalised a Letter of Request for 114 Rafale fighter aircraft, with around 90 jets planned for manufacture in India under an industrial partnership
Metanoia Communications has unveiled an AI-powered 5G Open SDR platform at Wireless Japan 2026, supporting Open RAN deployment and AI-RAN infrastructure applications. Metanoia Communications has
Air China Cargo has increased its Airbus A350F freighter order to 10 aircraft as the carrier expands long-haul cargo capacity and modernises its fleet. Air China Cargo has signed an agreement with Airbus for four additional A350F freighters, increasing its total commitment for the aircraft type
ITPS Canada has ordered six Leonardo M-346 T Block 20 advanced jet trainers to expand NATO and allied tactical fighter pilot training capability at North Bay, Ontario. ITPS Canada has signed a contract with Leonardo for six M-346 T Block 20 advanced jet trainers, with options
DFS Aviation Services and AZANS have expanded their strategic partnership to support next-generation air traffic management modernisation across Azerbaijan’s airspace and airports. DFS Aviation Services (DAS) and Azerbaijan’s Azeraeronavigation Air Traffic Control Department (AZANS) have signed a Letter of Understanding during Airspace World 2026 aimed at
L3Harris outlines the growing demand for cold-hardened ISR and EO/IR systems as Arctic operations increase across contested northern regions. As Arctic regions become increasingly contested operational environments, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability is emerging as a strategic requirement for allied nations operating in extreme cold
The Aerolite Spitfire Type 433 has made its public debut in Cornwall, combining modern composite technology with the design heritage of the iconic WWII fighter
Indonesia has taken delivery of Rafale fighters, Airbus A400M transport aircraft, and Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft as part of its ongoing military modernisation programme. Government
inter airport Europe will relocate to Milan and relaunch as inter airport Global in 2027, introducing new operational and ground support equipment demonstration platforms. inter
2004 – Delta Air Lines begins service between Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Haven, Connecticut.
1999 – Julie Payette flew aboard Discovery on STS-96. She became the first Canadian to visit the International Space Station.
1999 – Launch: Space Shuttle Discovery STS-96 at 06:49 EDT. Mission highlights: ISS supply.
1999 – First flight of the Bombardier CRJ-900, a Canadian regional airliner.
1970 – A USAF Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 67-0172, c/n 500-0011, catches fire while taxiing at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, due to an electrical fire in the cargo compartment. Five crew escape, but seven firefighters suffer minor injuries fighting blaze. Aircraft destroyed.
1961 – The first crossing of the English Channel by a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft is made by the Short SC.1, which is flown by A. Roberts from England to Paris for the Paris Air Show.
1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
1958 – Introduction: Republic F-105 Thunderchief
1955 – First flight of the Sud Aviation Caravelle
1954 – The government awarded Canadair a contract to produce 13 maritime patrol/ASW aircraft based on the Bristol Britannia. It was designated Canadair CL-28 ARGUS.
1936 – First flight of the Fairey Seafox
1933 – First flight of the de Havilland Leopard Moth
1931 – Second prototype, of three, Gloster Gorcocks, J7502, experimental single-seat, single-bay biplane interceptor, first delivered to the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1928, written off in a landing crash at Farnborough this date.
1931 – A full-scale wind tunnel goes into operation at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Laboratory at Langley Field, Virginia.
1931 – Swiss professor Auguste Piccard and his assistant Kipfer take a stratosphere-balloon to 15,781 m, starting in Augsburg and landing on a glacier in Austria.
1924 – Adrienne Bolland wins the women’s record for looping from Laura Bromwell, performing the feat 212 times in 1 h, 1 min in her Caudron 127 in Paris.
1919 – A U. S. Navy seaplane completes the first transatlantic flight.
1912 – The world’s first seaplane carrier, the French Navy’s Foudre, embarks her first floatplane, a Canard Voisin.
1877 – A major milestone in Japanese aviation history is accomplished with the first flight of a military balloon. It has a capacity of 14,000 cu.ft. and is inflated with coal gas.
