The US Marine Corps experimented with its own expeditionary UAV during a test this July, when General Atomics equipped an MQ-9 Reaper with its network centric communications pod (NCCP) to enable communications between the UAS and Marine ground forces.

France s Wijet has acquired fellow European operator Blink to become the largest very light jet-equipped air taxi company in the world, with a fleet of 15 Cessna Citation Mustangs.

In what many space geeks are calling our generation's "Kennedy moment," Spacex founder Elon Musk laid out his most ambitious vision in flight yet: his plan to colonize Mars.

Cathay Pacific will retire its last Boeing 747 passenger aircraft next month, a key milestone as the venerable type becomes increasingly less common in Asian skies.

As Lockheed Martin continues work on its Scalpel laser-guided training round, the company is also developing a dual-mode GPS and laser-guided version of the weapon.