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U.S. startup Maxwell Aircraft has announced plans to develop the M1 Hybrid, a hybrid-electric amphibious aircraft, initially for the cargo market.

The emergent drone interceptor market has shifted into overdrive in response to Russia’s increasing use of one-way attack drones in its strikes on Ukraine.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that the Hongdu GJ-21 uncrewed combat aerial system (UCAS) has conducted takeoff-and-landing tests aboard CNS Sichuan.

ARIA has picked North Wales’ Snowdonia Aerospace Test Center for £70 million stratospheric platform flight trials.

Malaysia has received its first KAI FA-50M light fighter, launching the CAP55 air force modernization program.

North Korea has publicly displayed a previously unseen tailless stealth uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) at an exhibition attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) is awaiting a request for proposals from the U.S. Air Force that could shift fixed-wing heavy maintenance to South Korea.