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Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific narrows H1 loss, eyes better end to year
Aug 10, 2022 (AFP)
The US$637 million loss in January-June was narrower than the US$968 million deficit suffered in the same period last year, as the airline benefited from strong...
Turkish defence delegation to visit US for jet talks
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said the team would arrive in Washington on Monday on the invitation of unnamed US officials. But he stressed that Ankara r...
New combat POD System wakes up with software updates during test
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
Keith Kirk, the experiment program manager, said AERRES is assessing the operational utility and competitive advantages of open hardware/software architectures ...
Balloon fleet senses earthquakes from the stratosphere
Aug 01, 2022 (SPX)
Monitoring seismic activity on other planets is critical for learning about their interior structures, but unlike on Earth, planetary scientists can't rely on a...
Two pilots killed as Soviet-era fighter jet crashes in India
Jul 29, 2022 (AFP)
The MiG-21 came down on Thursday night in the desert of western Rajasthan state near the city of Barmer, the defence ministry said. The crash was the sixth MiG-...
US helicopters hold live-fire drills in South Korea
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
The drills -- the first such exercises since 2019 -- come after a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests by Pyongyang this year, including firing an intercontin...
Low-speed wind tunnel test provides important data
Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)
The X-59 is central to NASA's Quesst mission to expand supersonic flight and provide regulators with data to help change existing national and international avi...
Analysing the contrails of the future
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
To this end, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is supporting an Airbus test flight programme, operated by its subsidi...
Building the infrastructure for Advanced Air Mobility
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
Imagine a network of routes where new aircraft would fly lower than traditional aircraft. NASA researchers are currently considering the network infrastructure ...
Airbus to deliver connectivity services using its leading Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
Following on from recent successful test flight campaigns the solar-powered Zephyr has established itself as the leading HAPS platform in the world. With the co...
UK's Tempest fighter project soars as European rival remains in limbo
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
Defence spending has been a hot topic at this year's Farnborough, as nations bolster their armed forces following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tempest was laun...
Airbus to study climate impact of hydrogen-powered planes
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
The project, named Blue Condor, is part of efforts to bring a hydrogen-combustion plane into service by 2035 to try to eliminate CO2 emissions, the main gas res...
Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic collaborate on supersonic aircraft
Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)
"Pairing Northrop Grumman's airborne defense systems integration expertise with Boom's advanced Overture supersonic aircraft demonstrates the power of collabora...
Airbus tails Boeing in Farnborough jet orders tussle
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
Airbus finally opened its orders account with a $1.1-billion order for 12 Airbus A220-300 passenger jets from Delta Airlines. The new jets are due for delivery ...
Amanda Lee named first female pilot in US navy aviation team
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
Lee, of Mounds View, Minnesota, was one of six new officers selected for the 2023 air show season, the navy said in a statement. After a five-month training pro...
Farnborough airshow opens amid heatwave
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of visitors will flock to the five-day show, held southwest of London, as weather forecasters warn of scorching record temperatures in England...
14 dead in military helicopter crash in Mexico
Jul 16, 2022 (AFP)
"A Black Hawk helicopter was involved in an accident, the cause of which is unknown at this time," a statement said. It said the aircraft was carrying 15 people...
Aviation buzzing for return of Farnborough airshow
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
Farnborough, southwest of London and one of the largest civilian and defence shows alongside Dubai and Paris, is abuzz with anticipation as the aerospace sector...
Long haul to decarbonisation for aviation industry
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
- What has the industry pledged to do? - Even if the Covid-19 pandemic shut down much of the industry, the number of air passengers is expected to double to 10 ...
Hong Kong suspends 'not effective' Covid flight ban
Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)
The financial hub has become increasingly isolated under harsh pandemic restrictions as it mirrors a lighter version of China's strict zero-Covid policy, with t...
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