Taiwan’s First F-16V Block 70 Jets Reach Guam
The first two of 66 new F-16V Block 70 fighters Taiwan ordered from the United States have reached Guam, the last stop before Chihhang Air Base, after years of production delays.
Saab Unveils the A3-001 Uncrewed Fighter Concept
Saab displayed a Gripen-size A3-001 loyal-wingman mock-up at Malmen Air Base and said uncrewed demonstrators with fighter-like performance should fly before 2030.
POLARIS Flies Its COBRA Missile-Carrier Drone for the First Time
POLARIS Spaceplanes flew the COBRA prototype more than 20 km, the first flight of a Diehl-backed uncrewed aircraft meant to launch IRIS-T missiles.
LandSpace Lands a Zhuque-3 Booster — Then It Tips Over
LandSpace became the first private Chinese company to land an orbital-class booster on legs after Zhuque-3’s second flight. A post-landing fire then collapsed a leg and the stage toppled.
E-2D Block II Clears Its Critical Design Review
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have completed the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Block II critical design review, moving the carrier-borne radar aircraft from design into integration, retrofit and eventual flight test.
Japan’s H3 Launches QZS-7 With a U.S. Space-Tracking Sensor
Japan’s H3 rocket launched the QZS-7 navigation satellite on August 10 UTC, carrying the second U.S. Space Force hosted sensor built to watch geosynchronous orbit over the Indo-Pacific.
Heart X1 Becomes the Largest Battery-Electric Aircraft Ever Flown
Heart Aerospace’s full-scale X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on August 12, reaching 1,100 feet and delivering more than one megawatt of electric power.
A P-8A Operator Tasks an MQ-4C Triton Through a Common Digital Interface
Boeing and Northrop Grumman demonstrated machine-to-machine mission tasking between P-8A Poseidon and simulated MQ-4C Triton systems using open standards and a satellite relay.
X-62 VISTA Uses Live Infrared Data for 27 AI-Controlled Intercepts
The modified F-16D testbed completed 27 AI-controlled intercepts across eight flights, using a Legion Pod’s live infrared track of a T-38 to close the sensor-to-maneuver loop.
FAA Certifies the Boeing 737 MAX 7 After Nearly a Decade of Review
The FAA issued the 737 MAX 7’s amended type certificate on August 3 after requiring flight-control, cockpit-alerting and engine anti-ice changes.