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August 24, 2026
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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.

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…

The Regional Municipality of York and Ornge are pleased to announce they have reached an agreement to keep the helipad at York Region Paramedic Services Headquarters in East Gwillimbury operational…

A devastating crash near Krems airfield claimed the lives of two pilots today. Their comrades are mourning. USFC-Krems published an obituary on its website.
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Davenport Aviation is pleased to announce that the Phoenix Police Department has placed an order for a new Airbus H145 helicopter, further strengthening one of the nation’s premier airborne law…

Chinese drone manufacturer High Great Innovation has introduced a new drone designed to make large-scale aerial light shows easier to deploy. Called the EMO Mini, the company says the new aircraft…

A Hungarian Defence Forces Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet crashed this Monday, 24 August, at the Szolnok military base in central Hungary. The accident occurred a few minutes…

HeliOperations (HeliOps) and Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH (REISER) signed an agreement at the Farnborough International Airshow for the delivery of an AW139 Flight Training Device (FTD) and a…
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Abra Group has not yet decided which of its airlines will operate the Embraer E195-E2 it has ordered. According to the parent company of Gol and Avianca, however, preparations are already…
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Brian Rohloff will succeed Ron Draper, who announced his retirement, as company’s chief executive.

The collision of two microlights at Krems Gneixendorf airfield claimed two lives early this morning, as reported. The airfield will remain closed at least until tomorrow.
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The A3, which Saab says may become the sales product, could enter service within ten years if the government decides to proceed with the aircraft.
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Boeing 757 pilot A demanding test After flying the hot F-8 Crusader in the US Navy for a few years, I joined United Airlines. Now and then people ask if I had a scary or even memorable flight. In 33…

“Over the past five months, the teams have really been able to hone their skills based on the work they’re doing inside of a live environment and I think we’re getting better and better every day…

The family of a much-loved Southwest Airlines flight attendant who fell to her death from the balcony of her room at a layover hotel in Hawaii suspects that either foul play was behind the tragedy…
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A daring mission will attempt to reach and save a key astrophysics observatory in low Earth orbit. The post Mission Launches to Rescue Swift Observatory (Updated) appeared first on Sky & Telescope .

NBC 15 reports: Backlash over data centers has become a central issue in the upcoming midterms as Americans on both sides of the aisle are becoming more resistant to having them built in their…
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U.S. Space Command ran 225 people from 91 companies through a tabletop exercise on maneuver warfare in June, the second of four in a series Gen. Stephen Whiting modeled on the 1941 Louisiana…
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The Airbus A321XLR is progressively gaining ground in airline networks, especially on transatlantic routes, according to a new EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence analysis…
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TAP Air Portugal has set its flight schedule to Valencia, with a technical stop in Guadeloupe due to Maiquetía's inactivity.