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August 12, 2026
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Agreements establish local maintenance capability for Poland's fleet of 96 AH-64E attack helicopters
From the courtroom to the deal table: Archer Aviation buys its former eVTOL rival Wisk Aero, along with SkyGrid and Insitu, from Boeing.
Firefly Aerospace has announced a two-year extension of its multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin, using its Alpha Block II rocket configuration for up to 25 launches…
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Francisco Gomes Neto, CEO of Embraer, said that long delivery times for single-aisle aircraft such as the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX have created new sales opportunities…
NASA has completed the development and testing of LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station), a scientific instrument designed to be carried and installed on the lunar surface by the…
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement with the Saudia group for four new Boeing 777Fs. The Dubai-based lessor will buy the aircraft from the national carrier […]…
VinSpace Announces Launch Contract with SpaceX, Marking a New Milestone for Vietnam’s Space Industry
VinSpace Joint Stock Company has signed a launch contract with SpaceX, marking a significant milestone in VinSpace's roadmap to building comprehensive aerospace capabilities and advancing its…
Boeing delivered 53 commercial aircraft this past July, five more than the same month last year but 11 fewer than delivered in June this year, the…
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Archer Aviation is acquiring three Boeing subsidiaries focused on autonomous aircraft, airspace management and unmanned systems, a deal that will significantly expand the electric aircraft maker’s…
ePropelled, a U.S. manufacturer of advanced electric propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, aerospace, defence, and commercial applications, has announced a major expansion of its…
A passenger aircraft of US airline Delta Air Lines made an emergency landing on Saturday shortly after departing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport…
Does The $2.66 Million Seat Inspection On 453 Boeing 737 MAX Jets Signal A New Era Of FAA Oversight?
The 737 MAX is still as safe as ever, but the FAA is being more careful in ensuring that.
Agreements set the stage for Poland to support big AH-64E fleet locally. Boeing has entered industrial cooperation agreements with Polish parties related to Warsaw’s acquisition of 96 AH-64E Apache…
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It is one of the major aircraft acquisition programmes in the United States. On Monday 10 August 2026, the US Department of the Air Force announced it had launched an audit ahead of a possible…
In this context, Boeing is working with Rheinmetall, Diehl Defence, Rohde & Schwarz and Hensoldt to build an industrial structure capable of developing and integrating in Germany the capabilities…
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The combination is especially relevant in the case of the F-35A and EA-18G, which provide advanced detection, electronic warfare and information management capabilities that can complement…
Aerospace giant Boeing has reached a definitive agreement to sell three of its subsidiaries specialising in advanced air mobility to Archer Aviation, as announced…
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More than two months after the New Glenn rocket exploded during a static-fire test, Blue Origin has revealed new details about the investigation into the incident, which forced…
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A Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft operated by Russian airline S7 Airlines ran off the end of the runway on 8 August 2026 while landing at Norilsk-Alykel Airport…
The jumbo jet registered D-ABYO had to make an unscheduled landing in the Republic of the Congo. Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8 is now back in Germany.
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. A retired senior officer of the Pakistan Air Force has publicly acknowledged critical shortcomings in the beyond-visual-range... The post Retired…
The gap between Mars architecture and Mars landing isn't a technical problem—it's a bureaucratic one, and it explains why NASA still won't name a year. The post NASA proposed Mars in the 1980s and…
Wheeled and tracked armored vehicles used by armies are usually fitted with medium-caliber guns, including 30 mm guns, which, firing single shots or in burst mode…
ASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series... The post NASA pushes new wing design to find structural limits…
Recent Northrop, Lockheed and L3Harris agreements are aimed at expanding capacity across propulsion, structures and other constrained parts of the missile supply chain The post U.S. expands missile…
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A space company bet billions on a technology it hadn't built, then weaponized a patent against a rival already proving it worked. The post In 2014, Blue Origin patented the idea of landing a rocket…
The Spokane Complex Fire is one of the most destructive in Washington’s history, and the devastation caused by the natural disaster is heartbreaking. Here’s how Alaska Airlines has helped the…
The Spokane Complex Fire is one of the most destructive in Washington’s history, and the devastation caused by the natural disaster is heartbreaking. Here’s how Alaska Airlines has helped the…
The company’s major investment in the Melbourne, Florida-based sixth-generation precinct is designed to bolster Northrop Grumman’s pitch to the US Navy for the lucrative, sixth-generation fighter…
US President Donald Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One during his departure from Turkey on 8 July, in a security operation designed to prevent a…
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