SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday it had struck a A$1.4 billion ($930 million) contract with Boeing Defence Australia for six operational Ghost Bat drones for the Australian Defence Force,

Royal Thai Air Force combat aircraft have struck military targets in Cambodia as border tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbours escalate, with Thailand conducting multiple missions against Cambodian forces.

Taiwan's defence ministry reported detecting 8 Chinese aircraft and 6 vessels on Tuesday, with 2 jets crossing the median line. This followed 4 aircraft and 7 vessels on Monday, marking continued military activity around the island.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. military helicopters on training missions would need to broadcast alerts to nearby commercial aviation aircraft around Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid collisions under annual defense policy legislation unveiled late Sunday.

Burkina Faso has accused Nigeria of violating its airspace and warned that it reserves the right to neutralise any aircraft

Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024. A series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of aircraft in 2025

Science, art and logistics all play a role in how the U.S. military paints its aircraft to be ready for battle.

The military regime in Burkina Faso is holding at least 11 Nigerian soldiers and has seized their Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft after it conducted an emergency landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, in the South West of the country.

According to the statement, the aircraft, identified as a C130 belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, touched down in Bobo Dioulasso, a major city in the south-west of the country, during an in-flight emergency while transiting Burkinabè airspace.

Military aircraft have never been cheap, but the top tier exists in a class of its own. Stealth technology, exotic materials, mission-critical avionics, and decades of R&D have pushed the price of modern airpower into a price range once reserved for infrastructure mega-projects.