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Oct
14
2025
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Miramar, FL — Becker Avionics proudly announces the launch of its new BXT Wi-Fi Module, a compact add-on designed to deliver ADS-B IN capability to the BXT6500 family of ADS-B capable 1090ES transponders.
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The Belgian Air Force has officially welcomed its first F-35A Lightning II to Florennes Air Base,
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The S-70UAS U-Hawk is a modified UH-60L that removes the cockpit entirely to create an uncrewed,
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An A-10C was spotted with two Shahed-type UAS shapes painted on the nose while returning to its home
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Oct
13
2025
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Washington, Oct. 13, 2025 — From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk® helicopter into the S-70UAS™ U-Hawk™, a versatile autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that has 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk. Sikorsky replaced the cockpit section with actuated clamshell doors and ramp, and swapped conventional flight controls with a third-generation, low-cost, fly-by-wire system integrated with MATRIX™ autonomy technology.
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Lockheed Martin
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Oct
13
2025
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According to the operator, the instructor and pilot receiving instruction were conducting hover autorotation training over cement that was visually obstructed by a hard packed dirt surface. On the third autorotation, the pilot under instruction established a hover at a slightly higher altitude than the previous two practice iterations. During recovery, the pilot receiving instruction executed the appropriate procedures, but the helicopter began to settle faster than expected and he was unable to sufficiently reduce the rate of descent. Subsequently, the helicopter landed hard and resulted in substantial damage to the tail boom.
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AZ
NTSB Report
San Luis
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Oct
13
2025
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The student helicopter pilot stated that during a personal flight, he and a pilot departed the airport, flew to a ranch and returned. The pilot did not hold a flight instructor certificate. Upon return, they flew to the airport fuel facility to obtain fuel. A witness stated that the student pilot told him he was manipulating the flight controls at the time of the accident during a hover taxi and due to gusty wind conditions and not being comfortable, he transferred the flight controls to the pilot. The student pilot stated as the helicopter nearly touched down in front of the fuel facility, a big gust of wind, presumably a whirlwind, shot the helicopter straight up about 20-25 ft, and the helicopter did a quick 360° turn and rolled left before it came crashing down. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tail rotor, fuselage, and main rotor. The student pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
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The two British aircraft flew a 12-hour mission along the border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
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The joint U.S., British and Norwegian mission saw the A400M transporting a JLTV, simulating a NMESIS
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Royal Marines took aim at the engine of a boat suspected of drug smuggling while flying in HMS
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