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Two Anduril YFQ-44A uncrewed fighters completed a joint formation sortie, with Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software controlling two of the jets. Separately, the Royal Navy plans to demonstrate Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in 2027 as it develops a crewed-uncrewed Hybrid Air Wing.
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Two Anduril YFQ-44A uncrewed fighters completed a joint formation sortie, with Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software controlling two of the jets. Separately, the Royal Navy plans to demonstrate Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in 2027 as it develops a crewed-uncrewed Hybrid Air Wing.
The Czech manufacturer said Serbia has not yet signed a contract for six L-39NG Skyfox advanced trainers, days after Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the aircraft had been sold. A German report said the jets would support training for future Serbian Rafale pilots; no delivery date has been given.
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Strong results across Embraer’s four business divisions lifted third-quarter 2026 revenue to a record $2.3 billion, 17% above a year earlier. The Brazilian manufacturer also reported a record backlog of $35.7 billion, raised its full-year financial guidance and is expanding jet production.
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Emirates President Tim Clark says the airline expects only three to five Boeing 777-9s toward the end of 2027, with deliveries potentially reaching roughly twice that number in 2028. The carrier is also expected to decide within about a month on the future of its Boeing 787 commitment.
The Algiers-based charter operator has added two Cessna 408 SkyCourier twin turboprops, bringing its in-house aircraft fleet to three. The deliveries mark the operator’s first use of the SkyCourier, a new type in its fleet.
FlyOne Asia, based at Tashkent International Airport, plans to increase its fleet from three aircraft to 14 by the end of 2029, according to a presentation at an aviation conference in Tashkent reported by CentralAsia+Aero. The report does not specify aircraft types or how the expansion will be financed.
South Korea’s Trinity Airways plans to introduce the Airbus A330neo in the first quarter of 2027, according to a schedule reported by Commercial Aviation News. The report provides a timing milestone for the airline’s planned use of the widebody aircraft, but gives no further operational or fleet details.
Royal Air Maroc is targeting a fleet of 80 aircraft by early in the fourth quarter of 2027. The available report does not specify the carrier’s current fleet size or how it plans to reach that target.
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