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August 25, 2026

A United Airlines (UA) passenger attracted online attention after using an unusual tactic to move from the rear of a Boeing 737-800 toward the front of the aircraft before other travelers could…

Consolidated Quarterly Organic Net Sales Growth Reaches 14% HOLLYWOOD, FL AND MIAMI, FL – HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A, HEI) today reported an increase in net income of 33% to a record $235.4…

NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama…
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United becomes the only North American carrier to link the Ryukyu islands directly with a thrice-weekly 777 service.

TUPPER LAKE, NY — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions said its space business growth is growing… The post Kratos: Space-dominated KGS division organic revenue up 22% in Q2, and 36.4% including…

Space-based communications and intelligence provider CesiumAstro acquired a Virginia-based mission software and defense systems engineering company, 1Aardvark. Both companies announced the…

A U.S. Air Force C-17 was noted making an unusual journey into Russian airspace on Aug. 25, 2026 shortly before U.S. media outlets broke the story that CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Moscow for…

Space-based positioning and navigation solutions firm TrustPoint successfully demonstrated its C-band signals in the presence of GNSS interference, a milestone listed under its contract with U.S…

Just under a week ago, US company L3Harris confirmed that the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) had chosen its Viper Shield system to equip its future fleet of aircraft…

From the SmallSat Conference in Salt Lake City, Eric Anden, Head of Communication Products at Ramon.Space, joins Daniela Jovic to explain how the company is bringing terrestrial computing to space -…

We chat to author Mike Diver about this complete chronicle of Alien video games.

Company’s plans to wind down its workhorse rocket may prompt delays and safety concerns for airspace users.

In this episode, SpaceNews Mike Gruss interviews Kevin Lausten, CEO of Morpheus Space, at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They discuss why propulsion is critical […] The…

Air Arabia will introduce a new nonstop service between Sharjah and Gdansk on 14 December 2026, further expanding its presence in Poland. The route will operate five times weekly. Flights on Mondays…


German investigators believe that as many as three drones may have been involved in a suspected attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport in early August, raising concerns that the operation was more…

The device had been hidden for weeks near the airport and contained military explosives similar to those found near the Antonov An-124.

SkyDrive today announced that it will move forward with evaluating initial operational routes for the introduction of eVTOL medical logistics services in India, in partnership with Air India and…

Today United Airlines announced two new direct connections to Italy, adding Catania and Olbia to the American carrier's network with direct flights to New York…

Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy…

Russia says companies need to buy their own air defenses to protect critical facilities, and those that haven't will be commandeered. The post Ukraine Situation Report: Russia To Seize Commercial…

A small drone with military explosive was found in Kabelsketal stirring alarm over possible attacks on cargo hubs.

Updated light jet becomes the first in its category certified with Garmin Emergency Autoland.

Most stars, including massive ones, are in binary pairs. Astronomers think that about 70% of them have gained mass from their companions, but there's been no way to determine which ones have done…
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Embraer reached a new milestone in the development of the Phenom 300EV. The executive jet received certification from Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the Federal Aviation…

DJI Enterprise's World Heritage 3D contest runs to October 10. It suggests national parks as subjects. In the US, those are the illegal ones.

South Korean low-cost carriers Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul have approved plans to combine under a single airline, provisionally known as “Unified Jin Air”, on 17 March 2027. The merger remains…

Days before the binational deployment ends, destroyer ARA La Argentina (D-11) docked at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Punta Alta, after the exercise's demanding maritime phase…

SpaceX has demonstrated the high-speed flight and re-entry at the centre of its 2017 Earth-to-Earth animation, but not the passenger system required around it. The post In 2017, SpaceX proposed…

ICEYE has established national entities in Germany, Portugal and India inside 47 days and named a country chief executive for the UAE in the same window. CEO Rafal Modrzewski and ICEYE UAE chief…