Qantas QF122 Diversion: Engine Fire Over Queenstown
A Qantas 737-800 diverted to Christchurch after flames were seen from its left engine on takeoff from Queenstown. No injuries reported; cause still under investigation.
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Seaglider First Crewed Flight: Powerful 1,956-Foot Test
REGENT's Viceroy Seaglider completed its first crewed flight over Narragansett Bay, a significant milestone toward eventual commercial and defense service for the all-electric ground-effect craft.
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Dream Chaser Inaugural Flight: Powerful 2026 Payload Win
Sierra Space has secured national security and commercial payload customers for Dream Chaser's inaugural flight, a milestone shadowed by the grounding of its Vulcan Centaur launch rocket.
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E-HEL Laser Contract: Army’s Powerful $465M Deal
AeroVironment has won a $464.8 million Army contract for the Enduring-High Energy Laser program, the service's first production deal for a high-energy laser weapon.
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MH-139 Grey Wolf Goes Operational, Replacing 50-Year Huey
The Air Force's MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter has reached Initial Operational Capability, five years late but finally beginning to replace the 50-year-old UH-1N Huey on nuclear missile-field security duty.
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Coast Guard Emergency Landing: 14 Aboard Land Safely at DCA
A Coast Guard C-37A lost an engine mid-flight and made an emergency landing at DCA with DHS Secretary Mullin aboard, reviving scrutiny of the fleet's costly replacement.
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Iraq Helicopter Sale: US Approves $800M Bell Deal
The U.S. State Department approved an $800 million Foreign Military Sale of Bell helicopters to Iraq on August 31, timed one month ahead of the coalition mission's formal conclusion.
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Wild Weasel Distinguished Flying Cross for Six Heroic Pilots
GE Aerospace's Derecho, a Mach 5 dual-mode ramjet demonstrator, has won a Pentagon contract to move toward its first flight test in 2028.
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Urgent: F.E. Warren PCB Contamination Halts 6 of 8 Kits
The Air Force pulled AN/PRM-10 test kits from service after PCB residue, a probable carcinogen, was confirmed at F.E. Warren and found on six of eight units command-wide.
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U.S. Army Moves TITAN Into Production With $192M Palantir-Anduril Award
The U.S. Army is moving TITAN into production with $192 million in awards to Palantir and Anduril for eight AI-enabled intelligence ground stations due over 18 months.
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