French fighter jets shot down high-altitude balloons with air-to-air missiles in a recent test. France warned that the battle for near-space is heating up and pointed to China's spy balloon over the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. There has been a fresh wave of balloon sightings across several ...

Video circulating online shows two people trapped nearly 1,000 feet in the air after a hot air balloon collided with a communication tower in Texas.

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is no stranger to strange objects floating or flying across the sky (remember “Balloon Boy” from October 2009?), and many residents wanted answers for a strange balloon seen ...

The view from a Pegasus high-altitude balloon. Credit: Pegasus Aerospace A military technology from the French Revolution is finding new life on the modern AI-powered battlefield. From Russia’s war in ...

The UK could benefit from the collection of military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from the stratosphere following the successful trials of new high-altitude balloons flying between 60 ...

An object that struck the windshield of a United Airlines-operated Boeing 737 Max 8 cruising over Utah on 16 October has been identified by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a high ...

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