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When missiles and one-way attack drones began raining down on the United Arab Emirates in the opening hours of the Iran war, panic spread quickly among executives, tourists, and expatriates in Dubai. Within hours, private aviation companies began receiving...

Switzerland now expects to purchase 30 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets, six fewer than originally planned, as rising costs force the government to scale back the order.
The revised figure provides the first clear indication of the final fleet size after Switzerland announced in December 2025 that it would reduce its planned purchase of 36 aircraft because the program was exceeding the CHF 6 billion ($6.8 billion) spending...

Business jet production is on track to continue climbing through the rest of the decade before a modeled downturn in 2030 interrupts the upcycle, according to a new 10-year forecast from US market analyst Forecast International.
The firm projects roughly 7,900 business jet deliveries from 2026 through 2035, with annual output rising from 752 aircraft in 2026 to 830 in 2029, falling to 604 in 2030, then recovering to 863 by 2035....

The Portuguese National Space Authority (ANACOM) has issued the first license in Europe for the performance of a controlled commercial spacecraft re-entry from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to European territory under national jurisdiction.
The Azores Spaceport, located on the small island of Santa Maria, a mid-Atlantic archipelago of Portugal, is run by the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC), a joint venture between two Portuguese private firms, OPTIMAL Structural Solutions and Ilex Space...