Aviation and space news
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August 24, 2026
The Trump administration attempted to dissolve the partnership in 2025.
British Airways (BA) is preparing to restore its London Heathrow Airport (LHR)-Melbourne Airport (MEL) service in January 2027, creating one of the longest journeys in its network. The post British…
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Latam Airlines announces $505 million financing to add eleven aircraft in 2026, including six Embraer E195-E2s
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr…
Three airlines that have ordered Boeing's new widebody already fly to Rio de Janeiro's airport
FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WEBINAR Advancing Lunar Technologies Through Suborbital Flight Tests Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET Speakers Abstract In this webinar…
Rio de Janeiro's international airport became the first in Latin America to receive authorization to operate the Boeing 777-9
The Starlink 10-49 mission is set to be the 100th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2026. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 5:33 a.m. EDT (0933 UTC).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems predicts the new drone it plans to pitch for the military’s massed modular aircraft program will exceed many of the military’s requirements for a successor to…
On August 24, 2026, speaking at the Evercore Partners TMT Global Conference, T-Mobile Chief Financial Officer Peter Osvaldik addressed the structural limitations of direct-to-device (D2D) satellite…
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Teams finished preparing NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for launch. On Aug. 21, the team encapsulated the observatory inside the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s fairing in the Payload…
The Navy said that the missile is designed for 4th, 5th, and 6th generation aircraft platforms.
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Nearly 90% of SPEEA members backed potential industrial action, which could begin in October and affect a workforce involved in critical aircraft programs
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An internal audit at Uganda Airlines has found irregularities in the awarding of marketing contracts. For branding and image services, the state-owned airline spent…
Alaska Air National Guard says the two-way communicator provided a more precise location than the aircraft’s 406 MHz ELT.
For most drone pilots, LiDAR isn’t something they actively think about. If you’ve flown a newer DJI drone after sunset and watched it safely weave around obstacles on its way home, the technology…
The United States approved a possible sale of 5,031 units of the APKWS II system to Italy, in a package estimated at 364 million dollars. The deal marks an important step to expand…
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According to the latest update on the tender process, the Tatra Force T-815-7 8×8 would emerge as the future bridge-launching vehicle to be acquired by the Argentine Army. The…
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Weir will executive produce "Exoplanet," a new Audible sci-fi drama coming this fall.
In just one week, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to begin a mission that could reshape humanity's understanding of the universe.
From SmallSat in Salt Lake City, Jana Kominek, Space Entrepreneurship Officer for the CASSINI initiative, joins Daniela Jovic to share how CASSINI is helping Europe's new space startups scale and…
Globe Investimentos agreed to buy the new company bringing together the factories and technologies of the Brazilian manufacturer, which resumed operations in May after years of crisis
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A Heart for Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible by Eiman Jahangir; Forefront Books; August 2026; 224 pages (Hardcover); $26.00. In August of 2024, the author of this insightful…
Delta and AeroMexico began operating a code-sharing joint venture in 2016, which operated unimpeded until 2025, when the Trump administration
For Project Eternal, Mikhail Svilanov flew the Antigravity A1 360 drone over Ovech Fortress in Bulgaria and turned a single ten-minute flight into an explorable 3D Gaussian Splatting model with…
The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), the global leader in helicopter leasing, today announced the sale of three Airbus H225 helicopters to Kitz-Air GmbH (“Kitz-Air”), an Austria-based…
Proposed site would become the first announced downtown node in Archer’s planned Los Angeles air taxi network ahead of the LA28 Games Archer Aviation and sports and entertainment company AEG have…
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has received more than £800,000 from the HELP Appeal, the only charity in the country dedicated to funding NHS hospital helipads, to support…
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Innovation extends beyond aircraft performance—it also enhances the pilot experience. Enstrom Helicopter Corporation (Enstrom) is further enhancing the versatility of its 280FX with FAA approval of…
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, before the U.S. market opens. EHang’s…
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