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Aircraft Carrier Dassault Aviation Asia-Pacific (APAC)

FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

Rafale M completes carrier flight tests in India as New Delhi eyes a third carrier

A Dassault Aviation Rafale M has successfully landed and taken off from an Indian aircraft carrier, marking a flight-test milestone for the French naval fighter in India. The country operates two carriers and has ambitions to add a third, giving the tests relevance to its future carrier-air-wing planning.

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2026-11-02T21:04:53.092391-08:00

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Via Satellite • Shaun Waterman

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force sees space not just as a physical domain, with thermodynamic laws and orbital mechanics, but as a digital domain, too.

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2026-11-02T17:55:39.821782-08:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs AI Defense Industry & Major Contractors

The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

By The War Zone: Mar-a-Lago is the latest real-world deployment for the U.S. military's growing arsenal of LOCUST counter-drone lasers.

Also: defence-blog.com and laserwars.net

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2026-11-02T14:04:58.968521-08:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs AI Defense Industry & Major Contractors

FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

By FlightGlobal: As the global aerospace industry moves into the sixth-generation era of combat aircraft, marked by radical tailless designs and tactical fighters that fly themselves, one new jet stands as especially.

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2026-11-02T15:04:47.789571-08:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Wizz Air A321neo escorted by Gripen after bomb threat

By Air Data News: Flight W64302 from London to Sofia diverted to Budapest after NATO issued an Air Airbus A321neo was escorted by a Hungarian Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen to Budapest on Monday after a bomb threat interrupted a flight from London to Sofia.

Aviation24

Wizz Air flight diverted to Budapest after bomb threat, escorted by Hungarian Gripen fighters

Simple Flying

Wizz Air Flight From London Diverts Due To Bomb Threat

Also: Aviation A2Z, theaviationhub.co.uk, The Independent and 3 more

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2026-11-02T07:54:49.452649-08:00

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The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

New X-Plane To Be Announced At Max Power Airshow: NASA Administrator Isaacman

By The War Zone: NASA's boss insists it is "not the one you're thinking about" and has deflected a new question about a 'missing' SR-71.

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2026-11-02T10:28:50.438077-08:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact

DefenseNews.com • Katie Livingstone

2026-11-02T10:04:33.049775-08:00

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The War Zone • Hope Hodge Seck

These Are The U.S. Weapons Most At Risk In The Looming Rare Earths Supply Crisis

By The War Zone: Rare earths are critical in thousands of weapon systems, many of which are essential to national security, and China is the source for most of them.

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2026-11-02T08:55:04.006107-08:00

Rafale M completes carrier flight tests in India as New Delhi eyes a third carrier

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

Wizz Air A321neo escorted by Gripen after bomb threat

Wizz Air flight diverted to Budapest after bomb threat, escorted by Hungarian Gripen fighters

Wizz Air Flight From London Diverts Due To Bomb Threat

New X-Plane To Be Announced At Max Power Airshow: NASA Administrator Isaacman

Russia is giving its drones bigger antennas to beat Ukrainian jamming

Russia adapts decoy drone for one-way attacks at ranges of up to 1,200 kilometers, HUR says

SSU’s Alpha Group Eliminates Over 2,000 Russian Soldiers With Drones in One Week

These Are The U.S. Weapons Most At Risk In The Looming Rare Earths Supply Crisis

French Rafale M conducts flight tests from Indian aircraft carrier

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

From Falcon 9 to fighter jets: the former SpaceX engineer behind Shield AI’s vertical landing X-Bat

Counter-Drone Laser Weapon Now Guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Alongside SAMs

Spy satellite designs could change as AI takes on more intelligence analysis

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Tiny Ukrainian receiver intercepts Russian drone feeds in real time

Spy satellite designs could change as AI takes on more intelligence analysis

Oshkosh steps into large UAS space with new Grid Aero partnership

Greece Finalizes KC-390 Purchase

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Vector Defense expands as US seeks to build low-cost military drone capacity from near zero

UK policy raises stakes for foreign bidders in military space market

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