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August 8, 2026
Lufthansa is renegotiating with Boeing the future of its Boeing 777X order, a move that could set an important precedent for the entire programme. The German airline…
China is expanding a vast military training complex in its deserts with full-scale replicas of US warships, military bases, aircraft and even the Palace…
A Falcon 9 upper stage ended up on a collision course with the Moon. While there are no images of the moment of impact, a Korean satellite managed to capture the first images…
Turning the page on the story written all over every Navy jet.
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Lufthansa has refused to accept the earliest built Boeing 777-9 jets, following Emirates in rejecting the aging airframes amid ongoing certification delays.
In an exclusive interview at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, the Secretary of the Air Force discusses modernization, readiness, pilot training, artificial intelligence, Space Force growth, recruiting…
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Liftoff of the Starlink 17-38 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for 9:35 a.m. PDT (12:35 p.m. EDT / 1635 UTC).
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The 747 and A380 both land in crosswinds. Their captains use different techniques to do it, and the reasons are structural.
AW | 2026 08 08 10:50 | INDUSTRY / AVIATION TECHNOLOGY Push to speed up next-generation fuselage production Aircraft makers Airbus SE and The Boeing Company are looking at composites outside…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered inspections of 471 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a preventive measure aimed at checking for the possible existence of…
The Aug. 12 eclipse won't rival 2024's Great American Eclipse, but millions across the U.S. and Canada will still see the moon take a bite out of the sun.
A Silk Way West Boeing 747-8F was bound for Houston but flew much further — to Dallas. There, the cargo airline's jumbo jet gradually started running low on fuel.
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The FAA directive covers 471 US-registered aircraft after fatigue cracks were found in a structural reinforcement near the forward service door.
By: Hispaviación Editorial Staff Photo: Wikipedia The announcement of this Airworthiness Directive (AD) on the Boeing 737 MAX family represents a critical turning point in the management of…
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08-08-2026 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new FAA directive for the Boeing 737 MAX requiring mandatory inspection of 471 aircraft in…
The 21st century has invented a scary new word, the kind that gives anyone nightmares: megafire. These are wildfires capable of covering tens or even…
For more than seven years, a Boeing 777-300ER of the former Indian airline sat at Mumbai Airport. Now the long-haul jet has left India still wearing Jet Airways' old…
The Lowdown Ex-flight attendant Dallas Pokornik has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after using a fake pilot ID badge to con three major U.S. airlines out of hundreds of free flights over nearly five…
The largest flight attendant union in the United States says it remains deeply opposed to the appointment of David Cummins as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a…
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The story of how an iconic twinjet changed the course of aviation.
Australia is set to become the first country outside the United States to operate the highly classified AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), marking a significant milestone in the…
Automated Decision Making Group – Projects The post ADMG Projects appeared first on NASA Science .
Solairus Aviation's acquisition of Clay Lacy's charter management operation creates one of the largest managed fleets in U.S. business aviation.
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August 7, 2026
Iranian state media has released images of a display of aircraft wreckage from the U.S.-Iran war, including remnants of DUDE 44, an F-15E Strike Eagle which can now be confirmed without doubt as…
The Department of War has published the fifth release of data regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, said: “Today, the Department of War is…
On Aug. 6, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon concluded a 6-hour, 27-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Meir and Menon successfully completed their primary objective…
Amazon's first drone delivery operation outside the United States flies from Darlington under a CAA trial permission that expires at the end of 2026. What the British regulator decides in December…
Airbus and Boeing are investing in out-of-autoclave composite technologies to accelerate airframe manufacturing rates for future single-aisle aircraft programs.
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The spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has struck the Moon, illustrating the hazard posed by debris in cislunar space. This problem will increase as launches to orbit and to the Moon…
Erich Hernandez-Baquero will take over military space acquisition; Roger Mason will lead the National Reconnaissance Office The post Senate installs new chiefs for U.S. military space acquisition…
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