Aviation and space news
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August 20, 2026
Eurowings will roll out proper recliner first class seats on medium-haul flights to London, Mallorca, and Malaga.
The legal dispute between Salzburg Airport and the retail group Aldi Süd over the costs of remediating chemical soil contamination has been officially settled. The discounter, which…
The Swiss company Metafuels has commissioned a demonstration plant for synthetic aviation fuel at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen. For the first time, this…
The Army in August awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for…
Part of the 2026-27 State Budget, the funding will support RFDS operations across regional, rural and remote parts of NSW, including primary care, dental, mental health, retrieval services and…
India announced on 17 August that it had signed a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to lease MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the Indian Navy. The…
Performance Drone Works (PDW), which last week received a conditional loan commitment from the Defense Department to supercharge its capacity and capabilities for making key drone components…
Hannover Airport has launched a new offering with a regional cultural link in the public terminal area. The special space called 'Gate 96' is dedicated to the second-division…
Rocket Lab will launch its ninth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.
The post APOD: 2026 August 20 – The Elephant’s Trunk in Cepheus appeared first on NASA Science .
For the first time, a Lufthansa aircraft carrying the new high-speed internet flew passengers on a regular flight. We were on board and tested the new service.
Westjet has retrofitted the cabins of all aircraft that previously operated for Swoop or Sunwing. The jets now feature, among other things, premium seats and an enlarged…
The twenty-four multirole fighters supplied by France have seen their activity increase tenfold since the start of this week. Within 24 hours Greece deployed no fewer than eight…
The company has signed a three-year lease agreement as part of this strategic commitment to invest in the United States' artillery system supply chain, of…
The project explicitly builds on Scrab II as the technological platform for developing the Murade demonstrator. The initiative falls under the Loimun theme, included in the call for…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing into orbit the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace subsidiary Hongqing…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing into orbit the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace subsidiary Hongqing…
The United States and nine other allied countries will take part in the Northern Viking 2026 (NV26) exercise, held in Iceland and its surrounding waters between August 22 and…
The Ministry of Defense includes among the goals of these activities preserving traditions, honoring the fallen, strengthening cohesion, and knowledge of the Spanish Legion…
In summer 2026, a large iceberg drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated. The post An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait appeared…
The rocket, which uses liquid oxygen and methane as propellants, successfully completed its main mission by placing the Honghu-03 satellite, built by Landspace's subsidiary Hongqing…
After recent initiatives such as the order for Tomahawk missiles worth nearly $23 billion and PAC-3 MSE interceptors, intended to supply Patriot systems, for around another…
The Ministry of Defense states that the system can cover more than 2,000 kilometers, a distance that allows it to operate at a depth far greater than that of the conventional battlefield. The…
After completing sea trials, the US Navy's new Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) is now ready to operate…
Israel has bombed a former Syrian air base in Idlib province, about 70 kilometers from the border with Turkey, in an operation that has raised tensions between the two countries and…
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The United States has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft since the start of the war with Iran, a figure representing roughly a quarter of the US fleet…
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The program was presented by the Navy as the most significant change made to the E-2D since it entered service. DSSC-6 will replace current navigation, control and…
IMTS 2026: Parpas America Corp. exhibit its latest milling technology, highlighting capabilities designed for complex, high-accuracy machining.
The planned architecture must counter a combination of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons and drones. The defense of Guam is thus one of the central elements…
Metal AM specialist DM3D is assisting clients in the space industry by lending its own DED systems and expertise to the 3D printing of large-format parts.
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