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NASA sets table for safe air taxi flights
Dec 26, 2022 (SPX)
To successfully map out this new air transportation system, NASA partnered with industry, academia, and other government agencies in a series of 10 tabletop exe...
Three dead in Niger military helicopter crash
Dec 26, 2022 (AFP)
The accident happened when the Russian-built Mi-17 crashed as it was landing at a military base at Niamey airport. "Unfortunately, all three crewmembers -- a Ni...
Advanced Air Mobility makes travel more accessible
Dec 26, 2022 (SPX)
Aviation industry creatives are already designing rideshare air services between home and the airport. New remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft will make ai...
French aerospace firm to pay $17 mn after China bribery probe
Dec 24, 2022 (AFP)
Safran will have to return the profits from the "corruptly obtained" contracts, but will not be prosecuted, according to a letter from the Department cited by t...
Rotors for mission to Titan tested at Langley's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel
Dec 22, 2022 (SPX)
A key component of the 8-rotor Dragonfly vehicle that will make that journey to Titan recently underwent testing at the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT) at NASA'...
Colombia negotiates purchase of 16 French fighter jets
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
The South American country has "pre-selected the French government's offer for the sale of 16 Rafales", after looking at Swedish Gripen and US F-16 planes, the ...
The future of the F-35
Dec 20, 2022 (SPX)
Since the fighter jet first took flight, the amount of cooling needed to control waste heat from its many electronic systems has doubled. And that demand will c...
Northrop Grumman integrates multifunction RAPTR Sensor and Mini-CNI in flight
Dec 20, 2022 (SPX)
During the demonstration, Northrop Grumman simultaneously transmitted advanced sensor data and communications using the company's Re Scalable Aperture for Preci...
UK eyes first net zero transatlantic flight in 2023
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
The Boeing 787 will take off from London Heathrow bound for JFK airport in New York, powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight is expected...
France confirms contract to develop next-generation fighter jet
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
French and German officials announced the deal last month, burying the hatchet after months of dispute over how the industrial work would be shared out for the ...
Germany signs contract to buy F-35 jets
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
"The German F-35 programme will ensure the continuation of Germany's alliance commitments and guarantee NATO's credible deterrence in the future," said the US e...
NASA research to help mitigate risks around airports
Dec 13, 2022 (SPX)
Aviation safety research suggests that most safety-related events are affected by three main hazard categories: airspace, environment, and human workload. While...
Ex-US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots: indictment
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
Daniel Edmund Duggan, an Australian citizen, "provided training to PRC [People's Republic of China] military pilots" at a South Africa-based flight academy on a...
China makes first delivery of homegrown passenger jet
Dec 09, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though most of its parts are sourced from ...
Japan, UK, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet
Dec 09, 2022 (AFP)
The three nations held out the prospect of cooperation with European and US allies, which are developing their own "sixth-generation" planes, vowing to maintain...
NASA conducts acoustic hover test with Moog SureFly
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
NASA's Advanced Air Mobility mission is working with private sector developers of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to study the levels of...
NASA to utilize commercially available TerraPoiNT Network for Air Mobility
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
The agreement builds on an existing collaboration between NextNav and NASA, in which NASA leverages the TerraPoiNT network to support its CERTAIN facilities at ...
Climate activists storm runways at two German airports
Dec 08, 2022 (AFP)
In Munich, four activists spent around 45 minutes glued to the airport's northern runway before they were dislodged and arrested, a spokesman for the airport sa...
US approves $1.5 bn sale of helicopters to S.Korea
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
"The proposed sale will improve the ROK's capability to meet current and future threats by strengthening its Army heavy lift capability," the Defense Security C...
Pilots survive Croatian fighter jet crash: ministry
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian-made MiG-21 crashed around 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) in an uninhabited forested area near the eastern town of Slatina, the ministry said in a statement. Th...
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