The battlefield is no longer defined solely by tanks, artillery, and fighter jets. A new class of weapon — the loitering munition, often called a “kamikaze drone” — has fundamentally altered how militaries plan and execute operations, and its proliferation shows no sign of slowing. Loitering munitions combine the persistence…
Author: Leandro Maldonado
After nearly a decade of development and a certification process plagued by delays, groundings, and redesigns, Boeing’s 777X has finally received its type certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration — a milestone that marks both a technical achievement and a critical turning point for a company that has spent…
SpaceX’s Starship — the most powerful rocket ever built — has completed its first fully successful end-to-end test flight, achieving orbital velocity, completing a planned reentry, and returning both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage to controlled landings in a demonstration that reshapes humanity’s access to space.…
For decades, the idea of an artificial intelligence flying a combat aircraft existed only in science fiction. Today, it is a tested reality — and the implications for the future of air power are profound. In September 2023, the U.S. Air Force confirmed that an AI agent had flown an…
Gulfstream Aerospace’s G700 has entered service as the most capable ultra-long-range business jet ever certified, combining a range of 7,500 nautical miles with a cabin that sets new standards for space, comfort, and technology in private aviation — redefining what passengers and operators expect from the top of the business…
Airbus has reached a milestone that no commercial aircraft program has achieved before: the A320neo family — encompassing the A319neo, A320neo, A321neo, and the long-range A321XLR — has now accumulated more than 10,000 firm orders, cementing its position as the best-selling commercial airliner in aviation history. The announcement was made…
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket, which made its long-delayed debut in July 2024 after years of development overruns and a gap in European autonomous launch capability, is beginning to establish a commercial cadence that gives ESA and ArianeGroup cautious grounds for optimism — even as the vehicle faces a fundamentally changed…
For the tenth consecutive year, Embraer’s Phenom 300E has been named the world’s best-selling light jet by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), a streak of market dominance that is without parallel in modern business aviation history and a source of considerable national pride for Brazilian aerospace. The São José…
A single drone can be shot down. A thousand drones acting in concert are a different problem entirely — one that no existing air defense system was designed to solve. Drone swarm technology, once confined to research laboratories, is now a priority development area for militaries around the world. The…
LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline group in Latin America, has reported record annual profits, driven by surging passenger demand across South America and a successful restructuring that emerged from the COVID-19 bankruptcy period stronger than the company had been before the pandemic. The Santiago-headquartered group, which operates through subsidiaries…