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Several airlines cancel flights to Russia after Azerbaijan Airlines crash
Dec 28, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow has declined to comment on reports the plane could have been accidentally shot down by its air defence. Russia has said that Grozny, the Chechen capital ...
Airbus US Space and Defense partners with Aerostar to advance stratospheric ISR technologies
Dec 26, 2024 (SPX)
The mission featured Aerostar's Thunderhead Stratospheric Balloon system equipped with modified satellite communication (satcom) terminals adapted for stratosph...
Ex-US Marine pilot to be extradited from Australia to US
Dec 23, 2024 (AFP)
Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in Australia in October 2022 at the request of the US government, which accuses him of breaking arms control laws. It alleges ...
Houthis take credit for downing American plane after CENTCOM alleges friendly fire
Dec 22, 2024 (UPI)
Two pilots with the U.S. Navy ejected from a fighter jet flying off from the USS Harry S. Truman over the Red Sea on Sunday when the guided missile cruiser USS ...
Spain orders 25 more Eurofighter jets from Airbus
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
The order will deliver four twin-seat and 21 single-seat planes from 2030 to replace part of the older F-18 fleet and follows a contract for 20 Eurofighter jets...
Uncrewed aircraft systems traffic management expands beyond line of sight
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
Drones, or uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), are increasingly used for services ranging from package delivery to emergency response operations such as search and...
UK, Italy, Japan to develop next-generation fighter jet
Dec 13, 2024 (AFP)
Britain's BAE Systems, Italy's Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co Ltd (JAIEC) will each hold a 33.3 percent share in the new venture, "markin...
Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
The latest iteration of the atmospheric probe flew after release from a quad-rotor remotely piloted aircraft on Oct. 22 above Rogers Dry Lake, a flight area adj...
U.S., South Korea to flex aerial might during May airshow
Dec 12, 2024 (UPI)
"We are extremely proud of the long-standing partnership that exists between our two countries as we work to maintain peace and stability in Korea," U.S. Air Fo...
NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica
Dec 11, 2024 (SPX)
"Antarctica is our cornerstone location for long-duration balloon missions, and we always look forward to heading back to 'the ice,'" said Andrew Hamilton, acti...
Airlines chief says jet manufacturers need to deliver
Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)
Although a record 5.2 billion passengers and increased profits expected next year, International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Director Willie Walsh said m...
NASA advances sustainable aircraft testing with innovative wing design
Dec 06, 2024 (SPX)
The Advanced Air Transport Technology project at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center is leading the effort. Using a 10-foot aluminum model called the Mock T...
NASA to test technology for X-59's unique shock wave measurements
Dec 06, 2024 (SPX)
A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce. Researchers at N...
Qatar to invest 1 bn pounds in climate technologies with UK
Dec 04, 2024 (AFP)
"The partnership is expected to create thousands of highly skilled jobs over its lifetime and will see the launch of world-leading climate technology hubs acros...
Study defines sustainable aviation and provides framework for progress
Dec 04, 2024 (SPX)
"Industry, government, and academics have stated sustainability goals, but at times the goals contradict each other. We don't even know how to achieve some of t...
Macron says Paris, Riyadh have 'will' to progress fighter jet sale
Dec 03, 2024 (AFP)
"In terms of security and defence, we have very clearly improved things... with the will to move forward on the Rafale, which is a major change in the bilateral...
South Korea scrambles jets as Chinese, Russian warplanes approach
Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)
Five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone in the East Sea and South Sea from 9:35 am (0035 GMT...
Hong Kong airport third runway takes off
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
Hong Kong International Airport is still among the busiest airports in the world, but flights are not yet back to pre-Covid levels and it has fallen behind regi...
An electronic system eases airport traffic
Nov 28, 2024 (SPX)
Jeremy Coupe of NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, explained, "The majority of uncertainty in the NAS can be attributed to surface opera...
Musk calls for US to replace fighter jets with drones
Nov 25, 2024 (AFP)
"Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed," said the head of SpaceX, Tesla and X, in a post on his social media...
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