News for August 17, 2026
August 17, 2026
It was the hottest July recorded on the planet since measurements began in 1850, according to NOAA. The post July 2026 among the hottest months…
Safe drone operations rely on everyone involved, not just an organisation's chief remote pilot (CRP). At HoverUAV, senior remote pilot (SRP) Georgia Wall uses her experience and qualifications to…
GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that the GEK800 engine, which received the U.S. Military Engine Type Designation F143-ZZ-100, has been awarded a contract with the…
Beneath Venice's sinking palaces lies an ancient engineering secret: wood preserved in airless mud becomes harder than stone, transforming a doomed swamp into eternal foundation. The post Venice is…
Trump's decision comes amid growing concerns about America's commitment to Asian allies, especially as the standoff with Iran grinds on. The post U.S. Military Training With South Korea Reduced Over…
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 This week was very special for the Curiosity team here on Earth as we…
Loud gate accusations and a claimed false custody shout left a Portland family humiliated before departure.
.png)
The announcement comes as the company continues rebuilding the LC-36A pad, damaged by a New Glenn explosion during a test in May…
Emirates is buying retired A380s not to fly them but to take them apart. The parts inside are worth more than the aircraft itself.
GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions are advancing the GEK800, now designated F143-ZZ-100, after the US Air Force awarded the companies an engineering, manufacturing and development…
On August 17, 2026, NASA announced the successful flight demonstration of the Fast Autonomous Lost-in-space Catalog-based Optical Navigation (FALCON) system aboard the agency’s Starling CubeSat…
.jpg)
Embraer sees India as one of the biggest opportunities to expand the C-390 Millennium program and is weighing the possibility of setting up a new aircraft assembly line in the country…
AI data centres need electricity after sunset. Google and Amazon are helping finance gigawatt-scale storage, but duration, firm generation and flexible demand still matter. The post Solar power…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of NGC 2392 (also known as the Lion Nebula), which Hubble previously imaged in 2000.
This hands-on activity provides a template for elementary students to pack a virtual backpack for an aurora viewing trip, making it highly useful for geography and weather units. The post Pack a…
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging…
After last week’s Chang Zheng 7A launch failure, China returns to action with the high-profile… The post Launch Preview: Chang’e 7 headlines week of Chinese and Starlink launches appeared first on…
The proliferation of airborne systems on the battlefield means that classic threats such as helicopters, fighter-bombers or missiles are now joined by piloted and autonomous drones, the…
Italy: phishing and new ransomware claims. A phishing campaign has been identified using a website that faithfully replicates the graphics of InPost, the…
Google, an Alphabet subsidiary, agreed to buy internal business data from Spirit Airlines for US$10 million…
Ukrainian intelligence reportedly holds information about Moscow forming battalions with Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to Andriy Pasternak, head…
.jpg)
In early June, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reportedly issued an internal seven-page document raising the alert level – brought…
US company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has just announced that its naval division, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), has successfully completed acceptance sea trials for the USS John…
This hands-on activity lesson plan integrates literacy and science by guiding introductory-level students to read cultural aurora stories and create custom books. The post Northern Lights Storybook…
The Board of Directors of South African Airways (SAA) has decided to temporarily remove the group's acting chief executive, Matshela Seshibe, from his duties, effective immediately and…
NASA is advancing the development of the mobility capabilities needed for its future operations on the lunar surface, an area that will be key to extending the range of both…
Eve Air Mobility and Thai engineering and aerospace company RV Connex have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on developing the regulatory framework that will allow…
L3Harris Technologies has named Sam Mehta president and chief executive officer of the company, succeeding Christopher Kubasik, who is also stepping down as chairman of the board and his…
Intuitive Machines has secured a contract from an undisclosed customer to begin work on a multi-satellite communications infrastructure program worth an estimated more than 600…
The search giant’s winning bid of $10 million gives it access to a trove of emails, financial records and more. Google will acquire a massive cache of Spirit Airlines’ business records after its $10…
-1600.webp)
-1600.webp)
