Aviation and space news
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August 21, 2026
NASA's Voyager 2 confirmed the discovery of Neptune's rings on August 22, 1989, when it took images of a faint, continuous ring system around the planet. The post Voyager 2 confirms Neptune’s rings…
The story of the summer is the agreement for Apollo, the US private equity giant, to acquire easyJet for 5.7 billion pounds (7.7 billion dollars)…
MACH OE has taken delivery of two new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and placed them on long-term leases with United Airlines, marking the first aircraft acquisitions for the newly established open-ended…
The Honold Logistik & Immobilien Gruppe and General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) are deepening their partnership in the industrial … more...
The Secretary of the U.S. Air Force confirmed that Seymour Johnson AFB is the planned recipient of the F-15EX Eagle II aircraft included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The Secretary of the…
MACH OE, an open-ended aircraft fund, took delivery of two new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft on July 29 and 30, 2026, placing both on long-term leases with United Airlines. The aircraft are the first of…
The takeoff incident involving a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 on 15 August in Munich has repercussions in Vietnam. Alongside the ongoing technical investigation by Germany's BFU, Vietnam…
It succeeds a Convair C-131 Samaritan, a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and, most recently, a Douglas C-9 Skytrain II; no small feat! Earlier this week NASA officially unveiled its Boeing…
US carrier Alaska Airlines will expand its international network from its Seattle-Tacoma hub in spring 2027 to include two European capitals. The…
The deal, which still must clear several procedures before becoming a firm purchase, is estimated at a total cost of $4.5 billion, equivalent to nearly €3.85 billion…
The memorandum responds to that perception with a change of model in which the White House and its departments and agencies, especially NASA, will stop being the main operator…
Flight attendants and pilots in the US have the highest share of deaths from radiation-related cancers among more than 500 occupations studied. This is the result of a…
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Northrop Grumman has completed the critical design review for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Block II upgrade, allowing the company to begin integration and testing of the modernized system. Block II…
Peraton's poor performance, a contractor tasked with overseeing the modernization of the air traffic control system in the United States, has prompted officials from the Administration…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- The US space agency laid out on August 19, 2026, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the mission's full sequence, described as «one of the…
Eight people died this Thursday when the Cessna 441 aircraft they were travelling in crashed near a remote radar station in western Alaska, the US military reported…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III returned to Christchurch on August 18 while flying to Antarctica, after authorities…
HawkEye 360 has won a contract to provide commercial radio frequency data to support U.S. national security missions under the National Reconnaissance Office’s Commercial Radio Frequency Capability…
The team preparing to launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope completed a mission dress rehearsal this Thursday from Florida's Space Coast…
US President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum this Thursday to revitalize US leadership in space transportation…
Heart Aerospace flies the X1, the largest 100% electric aircraft in the world. Successful test flight in the US ahead of the ES-30's launch.
Amazon’s Prime Air service is rapidly expanding and plans to reach nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026—a sixfold increase from its current footprint – bringing…
Elroy Air, Inc., a U.S.-based technology developer of autonomous heavy-cargo drones for defence, rapid response and commercial logistics announced today that it has been awarded a $46 million…
The U.S. Army, through Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires’ Program Manager for Advanced Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Effects (PM ACE), awarded ThinKom Solutions Inc. an Other Transaction…
US company’s announcement suggests progress with Peruvian F-16 Block 70 buy. Peru has tapped L3Harris to provide the electronic warfare suite on its planned fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70…
During the Vietnam War, the United States fought a secret air campaign over Laos using pilots who officially weren’t supposed to exist. Known as the Ravens, these covert forward air controllers flew…
International company Amazon plans to invest in expanding its drone service and increase its delivery range to nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of this year.
On August 19, the George Washington Carrier Strike Group arrived in the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) to carry out the relief of the…
The mission, considered "high-risk, high-reward" from the start, was an unprecedented attempt to save a scientific asset that was not designed to be repaired or refueled in…
Newly released body camera footage from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office depicts the moments after a US Marine… The post Bodycam shows aftermath of Marine F/A-18 crash in Washington State appeared…
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