News for August 9, 2026
August 9, 2026
The Lowdown An Alaska Airlines flight was put into cockpit lockdown at Miami International Airport after pilots said a passenger threatened to “take over” the aircraft just after pushback. In This…
Avolon announced that Avolon Aerospace Leasing Limited (“AALL”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, has established a US$1.5 billion commercial paper programme. Under the Programme, AALL may issue from…
DUBLIN — A Swiss International Air Lines flight bound for Boston was forced to make an emergency diversion to Ireland on August 9, 2026, after declaring a Mayday over the mid-Atlantic due to onboard…
Supply chain resilience is increasingly about adaptability and speed of response, with metrics such as route reliability, transit-time deviation, carrier performance and exception frequency helping…
Mastercard cardholders from around the world can now enjoy Asia Pacific’s first Taste by Priceless dining club at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), marking the official opening of a new […]
Aircraft charter company Air Charter Service said in the first six months of its financial year it saw charter flight numbers grow and revenues rose by 38% to more than […]
Two pilots died after a heavy-lift Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter crashed during a wildfire-fighting mission in Utah, United States. The accident occurred in…
Digital adoption across airfreight is progressing slowly, with the main barriers now centred on fragmented systems, data-sharing and coordination rather than technology itself. Broader adoption of…
Accurate cargo data can improve airfreight efficiency, with vision-based dimensioning replacing unreliable manual estimates with real-time measurements of cargo shape, volume and weight. This can…
The United Kingdom officially launched the process to replace the Royal Air Force's (RAF) BAE Systems Hawk jets, opening an industry consultation to identify the aircraft that…
JOHANNESBURG — Passengers aboard a British Airways double-decker superjumbo bound for London experienced a grueling seven-hour “flight to nowhere” on Saturday after a critical navigation component…
John Deere Electronics is bringing to the European defence market a vision-based autonomy technology that until now had mainly been validated in agriculture. Its new…
Turkish defence technology company ASELSAN, in collaboration with drone manufacturer Baykar, has successfully completed a live-fire test of its TOLUN-P precision-guided bunker-busting munition…
Satellite IoT company Myriota announced the appointment of Richard Leon as Chief Financial Officer as the company prepares for its next phase of global growth and an upcoming capital raise. […]
A large wildfire broke out on Saturday afternoon near the western Slovak town of Senica (German: Markt Senitz). Dozens of fire crews, a drone and a firefighting helicopter were deployed.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has made a qualitative leap in the special-mission aircraft segment with the unveiling of the Ellyon, a new multi-mission aircraft that integrates, in a single…
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has been selected for a contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop, evolve, modernize and sustain the agency’s Modeling &…
Transaction creates an end-to-end physical AI platform for aerospace and defense. Adds a profitable defense business generating over $200M in annual revenue1, with operations across 35 countries,...
LITTLETON, Colo., Aug. 10, 2026 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Albany Engineered Composites, a segment of Albany International Corp. (NYSE: AIN), have announced a teaming agreement to...
LITTLETON, Colo. – Aug. 11, 2026 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has announced a multimillion-dollar investment to develop a Modular Payload Delivery System (MPDS). This investment transforms...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today the launch of Strigo™ – a new set of modular defense solutions that includes radio-frequency (RF) sensors, missile datalinks and missile seeker...
Lockheed Martin Announces Successful Static-Fire Test of Next Generation Interceptor's Stage 2 Motor
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced the Stage 2 rocket motor for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program has successfully completed a static fire test inside a high-vacuum chamber that...
The Libyan Authority for Scientific Research (LASR) has held a meeting at its Tripoli headquarters to discuss a project to […] The post Libya Takes Its First Steps Towards Launching a National…
The Japanese government raised its level of concern over Indo-Pacific security, stating that China and Russia are strategically intensifying their military coordination. The…
For the full fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, Eutelsat Group reported a 69.5 percent surge in revenues from its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, reaching €297 million ($325 […]
We know of more than 6,000 exoplanets, but we don't know if any could harbor life. Missions like the European PLATO or the Chinese Earth 2.0 promise to discover new exo-Earths […]
UK begins market consultation for a new advanced jet trainer after years of delays and the collapse of domestic contender Aeralis
