On the evening of August 10, 2026, a MiG-29 fighter jet operated by the Ukrainian Air Force was lost while carrying out a combat mission. This was reported on the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian Air Force Command. It was reported that the pilot was carrying out a combat mission to destroy enemy aerial […]

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The United States recently held Game of Drones, bringing together small drone manufacturers at Edwards Air Force Base for an event focused on the design, assembly, and flight testing of unmanned aircraft. The event was jointly organized by the Experimental Test Force at Edwards, part of the 412th Test Wing, and US-X, a recently established […]

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A security alert was declared at Leipzig/Halle Airport on the night of Wednesday following a potential security threat. Shortly before midnight, a drone was discovered near the runway. According to BILD, the drone was attached to an unidentified substance. Investigators were particularly concerned because it was also fitted with a detonator. The device was subsequently […]

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Russia is increasingly relying on ballistic missiles in its campaign against Ukraine, taking advantage of the challenges associated with intercepting such weapons amid Ukraine’s ongoing shortage of air defense assets. According to newly released reports, a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia. Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate […]

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Operators from Group 13, a special unit of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR), have carried out a successful operation in temporarily occupied Crimea, striking a command vehicle belonging to the Russian Podlyot radar system, as well as a Parol-4 radar interrogator used for friend-or-foe (IFF) identification. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence released exclusive footage of the operation on its […]

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Ukrainian defense technology company SkyFall has unveiled a new middle strike attack drone during the Farnborough International Airshow. According to company representatives, the new platform features a piston-driven propeller engine and a fixed wing with a wingspan of approximately 3.5 meters. SkyFall also stated that the drone is already undergoing combat testing. According to Defender […]

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Ukrainian manufacturer F-Drones has delivered its first batch of F10 FPV drones to the U.S. military under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program. The initial shipment consists of 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, making the F10 the first Ukrainian drone authorized for export to the United States as part of the initiative. According to Militarnyi, the first […]

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Russia has reportedly lost another aircraft following an aviation accident in Krasnodar Region. According to reports circulating online, the aircraft involved was an L-39 jet trainer. The incident was first reported by the Russian military blogger Fighterbomber on his Telegram channel. Few details have been released so far, although he claimed that the crew had […]

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Ukrainian forces have tracked down and destroyed a rare and high-value Russian Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike UAV capable of carrying guided munitions. The drone, which can deploy KAB-20 laser-guided aerial bombs, was detected and shot down on July 27, 2026, by operators of the 7th “Topota” Battalion of the 414th Separate Brigade “Madyar’s Birds” while […]

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Ukraine is taking active steps toward establishing domestic production of critical air defense capabilities through a new cooperation initiative with the U.S. defense company Raytheon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a company delegation led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona, after which he announced that Ukraine and Raytheon would work together on the production of […]

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A new day brings new losses. Russian Telegram channels are reporting that a military aircraft has crashed several kilometers from the town of Zvenigorod in Russia’s Moscow region. According to preliminary reports, the aircraft may have been a Su-57, the only fifth-generation fighter currently in service with the Russian military. According to the Telegram channel Astra, […]

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Textron Aviation Inc., a subsidiary of Textron Inc., has announced that the clean-sheet single-engine turboprop Beechcraft Denali has entered the final stages of its flight testing program. The Denali development program remains on schedule, with completion of all flight tests planned for October 2026. Once testing is complete, Textron Aviation will submit the final certification […]

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Ukraine presented a new reusable version of the domestically developed An-196 “Liutyi” long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Farnborough International Airshow. The platform was displayed equipped with four air-to-surface cruise missiles. This new configuration may indicate the evolution of a platform that had previously been employed as a one-way attack (kamikaze) drone. This is […]

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has carried out another successful special operation, resulting in the destruction of a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber. At the time of the strike, the aircraft was stationed at Engels Air Base in Russia’s Saratov region. According to a statement published on the SBU’s official Facebook page, the bomber had […]

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Strike drones destroyed a Russian Su-24M bomber while it was being prepared for a combat sortie at the Saky military air base in temporarily occupied Crimea. The operation was carried out by special forces from the Omega Special Purpose Center of the National Guard of Ukraine. The unit’s combat divers once again demonstrated their ability […]

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Ukraine has ordered four next-generation SAMP/T NG air defense systems developed jointly by France and Italy as part of a new defense agreement with France. Before the delivery of the new systems begins, Paris will temporarily provide Ukraine with two existing SAMP/T batteries. According to a joint declaration published by the Office of the President […]

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On the night of July 15, the Unmanned Systems Forces continued targeting vessels of the Russian fleet involved in military logistics and energy exports. Previous strikes had focused on ships operating in the Sea of Azov, while this operation targeted vessels in the Black Sea. As a result of the successful operation, 20 Russian vessels […]

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Germany is financing the procurement of 50,000 FPV attack drones for Ukraine, according to Reuters, citing its own sources. The order is reportedly one of the largest known drone procurements for Ukraine funded by a Western government. The full-scale war has now continued for more than four years, during which Ukraine has made extensive use […]

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A video released by the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has offered the first look at the domestically developed FP-7.X interceptor missile. The missile is expected to become the cornerstone of the future FREYJA missile defense system, which is being positioned as a significantly more affordable yet highly effective alternative to the U.S.-made Patriot air […]

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