Boeing secured a $20 billion U.S. Navy contract to build the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter jet under the Next Generation Air Dominance program for carrier-based air superiority.

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Trump offers warm welcome as China's Xi arrives for US visit To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US President Donald Trump has greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a military flyover and 100ft (30m) red carpet to kick off their three-day summit in Washington. In a rare move, Trump met China's premier at the airport as the US Air Force band marched on the tarmac and US and Chinese flags flew. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening in Maryland. The high-stakes visit - Xi's first trip to Washington since 2015 - is expected to include closed-door meetings, a state dinner, and plenty to discuss, from AI, to the Iran war and Taiwan, and an extended trade truce.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The head of Britain's Royal Air Force has warned that we we now face an unprecedented threat in space, which could have a devastating effect on the satellites we rely on for communication, internet, bank transfers and satnav. A defence source has told BBC defence correspondent Jonathon Beale, that Britain has already used a ground based system to jam or block the satellite communications of a hostile state. Beale explains there is now a new arms race going on in space. Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself.

VILNIUS/WARSAW - Lithuania is planning defenses against military drones at a key future power grid substation linking the Baltic states with western Europe, in an area intelligence sources say Russia could target with a false-flag attack. The construction plans include fencing strong enough to resist an explosives-laden truck, sensors searching for possible tunnels dug by hostile actors, and concrete "sarcophagi" for transformers to withstand any drone attack, according to Litgrid CEO Andrius Semeskevicius. "Previously, when designing our grid, we planned for natural disasters. Now, we think about all possible hybrid and nonhybrid threats", he said in an interview. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

Technology Aviation China's new supersonic plane could travel twice as fast as sound The TMS-10 is on track to complete a test flight by the end of the year. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. NASA's X-59 (seen above) is also intended to eventually provide commercial supersonic flight, although its design dampens sonic booms instead of dissipating them. The United States isn't the only nation itching to restart supersonic passenger air travel . Earlier this month, China announced its TMS-10 experimental demonstrator plane has entered the final assembly phase and is on schedule to conduct its first test flight by the end of the year.

The retrofitted Cessna handled taxiing, takeoffs, bad weather, and landings without a human pilot. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A human safety pilot flew onboard during the trip, but never needed to assist the flight. A single-engine prop Cessna Caravan has reportedly become the first airplane to autonomously complete a cross-continental flight across the United States. Overseen by the aeronautics company Joby, the retrofitted aircraft began its challenge in Concord, California, on September 7, ultimately traveling 3,199 miles with no assistance from its onboard human safety pilot.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, BBC Verify has confirmed the footage was filmed in western Yemen. Footage verified by the BBC shows the wreckage of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet which the Iran-backed Houthi group says it shot down over Yemen. The US-made aircraft was downed using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile as it conducted hostile operations over the Marib region, according to a Houthi statement on Wednesday. Experts have told BBC Verify the incident is a propaganda coup that shows the Houthis' military capability has advanced and they are prepared to further escalate its conflict with Saudi Arabia.

USS Abraham Lincoln returns from combat in the Middle East as a White House order to revisit steam catapults over EMALS threatens U.S. aircraft carrier readiness against China's navy.

Nato fighter pilots have shot down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace overnight, the Lithuanian president said. Authorities said the drone likely entered southern Lithuania, near the second-largest city of Kaunas, from neighbouring Belarus shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda wrote in a statement on X: A drone that just entered Lithuanian airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets. The origins of the drone are yet to be determined, a spokesperson for the Lithuanian national crisis management centre said. Drone alerts sounded across the capital Vilnius and surrounding region earlier on Tuesday.