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Mockups and displays show the steady development of Chinese Air Force technology ambitions.

The bevy of AAM news from Zhuhai Airshow is the clearest signal yet of the seriousness with which Beijing is proceeding in its push to create a nationwide low-altitude economy.

As of midday on Nov. 14, Rocket Lab shares were trading at $17.77.

Russia used the event in China for the Su-57’s international debut.

The U.S. and its allies have yet to reduce reliance on Beijing for materials that are essential to the defense industrial base.

Under the contract, Rocket Lab will launch two dedicated missions for the commercial customer beginning in mid-2026 from Wallops Island, Virginia.

Suzhou-based WeFly says the agreement with Ruohang is the largest single eVTOL purchase order so far signed in China.

The aircraft is designed for use in urban and intercity transportation, for business travel, sightseeing, medical services and logistics transportation.

China has showcased its progression in unmanned combat aerial system technology and innovation, displaying the CH-9 and Wing Loong-X for the first time at Zhuhai Airshow.

China is showcasing a range of advanced air defense systems at the Zhuhai Airshow, targeting emerging threats such as hypersonic ballistic missiles.

As Airshow China opens in Zhuhai, Aerofugia has unveiled the production configuration of its AE200 electric air taxi.

AVIC subsidiary Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute has lifted the veil on its Haolong reusable cargo space shuttle.

An aircraft mockup making its third appearance at a major airshow is rarely a newsworthy event, even of a Chinese-made, stealthy flying wing UCAV.

AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.

Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.

The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.

The Pentagon has historically kept the spaceplane’s capabilities and mission objectives under wraps.

The J-35A is set to make its debut appearance at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.

The Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift vehicle with a Fregat upper stage took off Nov. 4 at 6:18 p.m. EST from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport.

Despite weakened domestic demand in China to travel abroad, Spring Airlines sees its position as an LCC as an opportunity to capture the 'lipstick effect.'

Amid an intensifying rivalry with the U.S., China is leveraging its dominance of critical mineral supply chains.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.

Shanghai-based TCab Technology says it has raised “several hundred million yuan” to promote industrialization of the E20 eVTOL air taxi.

As it showcased dual-carrier operations for the first time, China released images showing the PLAN J-15B and J-15D now in operation.

The agreement seeks to license the operational supervisors who will monitor EHang’s EH216-S autonomous multicopter.