YFQ-44A Fury ‘Fighter Drone’ Has Fired Its First AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile

The YFQ-44A is one of two drones in development as part of the first phase, or Increment 1, of the Air Force's CCA program.
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YFQ-44A CCA Fires AIM-120 AMRAAM for the First Time

The U.S. Air Force started live-fire testing with the YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, firing an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile ...
The Aviationist

Japan’s XEC-2 Stand-Off Jammer Aircraft Begins Operational Flight Testing

The new XEC-2 SOJ, which first flew in March 2026, has now started operational flight testing with the JASDF’s Air ...
Aviation Today

First MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026

The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making ...
Flightglobal

Robinson Helicopter progresses R88 as first test articles come together

Robinson Helicopter is building towards a maiden sortie of its new R88 flagship towards the end of next year, with parts for the first flight-test prototype already in production. Robinson Helicopter ...
Reuters

First SpaceX booster for upgraded Starship fails during test in Texas

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A towering first-stage booster for an upgraded version of SpaceX's Starship rocket suffered a predawn testing failure in Texas on Friday, potentially complicating the ...
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Chinese reusable booster explodes during first orbital test, in failed bid to catch SpaceX

A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster Wednesday – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the ...