Civil aviation news
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August 13, 2026
A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 flying from Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) to Munich (MUC) diverted to Boston Logan… The post United 787 flight to Munich diverts to Boston after cockpit windshield…
August 12, 2026
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After completing its first sea trials early in the year, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) put to sea again to begin a new and decisive stage in its process of joining…
São José dos Campos, Brazil, August 13, 2026 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has appointed Celso Ferrer as president of Boeing Latin America and the Caribbean, effective September 4, 2026. In this role,...
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FedEx has unveiled a Boeing 777 Freighter in a retro paint scheme inspired by the aircraft that launched… The post FedEx unveils retro 777F as Memphis airport is renamed for founder Fred Smith…
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Poland is moving to turn its defense industry into a major European center for maintenance and support of AH-64E Apache helicopters. New agreements signed with Boeing expand…
A NASA research aircraft followed the Moon's shadow over Iceland to extend observation of the solar corona during the total eclipse
Avionics upgrades will support modernization and sustainment for the branch’s workhorse heavy-lift helicopter.
Agreements with WZL-1 and WCBKT establish a maintenance structure for Poland’s fleet of 96 AH-64E attack helicopters
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln maintains its deployment in the Middle East after more than 200 days of operations; 264 if the time is also counted…
Boeing delivered 53 aircraft in July 2026, bringing the total number of aircraft delivered since the start of the year to 367. The monthly result improves on the 48 aircraft delivered…
Odyssey Robot claimed its equipment was made and assembled in the U.S.; an FCC investigation found otherwis The Federal Communications Commission has revoked equipment authorizations for a drone and…
The decision allows airport operator Avports and the City of Manassas to move forward with the next phase of the project, including obtaining required state and local approvals.
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US-based Archer Aviation has signed definitive agreements to acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu, aiming to expand its capabilities in physical AI technology.
8 widebody Airbus A330 aircraft are near. 40 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners belong to the near future. Sun PhuQuoc Airways' (SPA) longer-range flights are taking shape. 8 aircraft between…
Lockheed Martin, Verizon, NVIDIA, Keysight Technologies, ODC and Astris AI have demonstrated a NetSense system using existing 5G infrastructure to detect and track unmanned aircraft The post…
Boeing again lost ground to Airbus in the number of commercial aircraft delivered in 2026, after the strong delivery pace seen in May and June slowed in…
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More than five hundred dead, four survivors and a desperate message On August 12, 1985, a Boeing 747 belonging to the Japanese company crashed into a mountain range while en route to Osaka. It is…
NASA will use a WB-57 research aircraft to follow the Moon's shadow during the total solar eclipse this Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The aircraft will operate at about 50,000…
The freighter arrived at Memphis airport, now named after Frederick W. Smith, who died in 2025
Two eVTOL deals landed within days of each other this month. Archer Aviation is acquiring Boeing’s Wisk Aero, along with
A former Toronto flight attendant has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the United States after prosecutors said… The post Former flight attendant pleads guilty to posing as pilot for free flights…
FedEx honors its history with a heritage-painted Boeing 777F and renames Memphis International Airport after founder Frederick W. Smith.
Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez International Airport successfully completed a security assessment conducted by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a…
Lockheed Martin says it detected and tracked drones using a commercial 5G network without modifying the operator’s deployed radios, in… The post Lockheed Martin tracks drones through unmodified…
FedEx has painted one of its Boeing 777F aircraft with a retro livery inspired by the old Federal Express image. The scheme revives visual elements tied to the original Federal…
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Boeing has signed offset implementation agreements with Poland’s Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 (WZL-1) and Military Central Bureau of Design and Technology (WCBKT) to establish domestic support…
US freight operator FedEx has shown off a Boeing 777F carrying a retro livery as its Memphis hub airport was named after the company’s founder. The twinjet, registered N884FD, was originally…
US Space Force General Michael Guetlein, director of the “Golden Dome for America” program, said on August 11,… The post Golden Dome chief warns program stops in October without new funding appeared…
Chile's Minister of National Defense, Fernando Barros , departed this Monday, August 10, for Panama in response to an invitation from the United States government, through the Southern Command of the…
In addition, the United States plans to contribute two million dollars to fund an initiative aimed at developing airspace surveillance capabilities and unmanned aerial…
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