Civil aviation news
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August 6, 2026
Every piece of disruptive technology in history has a life story. For X-BAT, that story begins nearly forty years before its conception with the development of a unique propulsion technology. AVEN®…
Taking advantage of the scale of assets and forces deployed at one of the world's largest multinational naval exercises, RIMPAC 2026 served as the setting for…
The Washington National Guard's 10th Civil Support Team trained for two weeks on Anduril's WISP sensor suite, a fused stack built to tell a drone from a bird before a counter-drone response begins —…
Foreign drone manufacturers, distributors, component suppliers, and service companies frequently make the same mistake when
By Ignacio Montes de Oca. For the first time in more than a century, Brazil decided to leave Argentina without an ambassador over a strictly political decision. Just hours later, the United States…
Last operational Greyhound lands in Pensacola before joining Naval Aviation Museum
The United States launched, on August 3, the 2026 edition of the multinational PANAMAX exercise, one of the largest military cooperation operations in the Western Hemisphere. The training…
The US Federal Aviation Administration is planning a fundamental revision of the regulations for onboard medical emergency equipment on…
The National Government authorized, through Decree 536/2026 published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette, the entry of foreign troops into Argentine territory and the deployment of personnel…
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US cargo and charter carrier National Airlines operated one of the longest commercial cargo flights in aviation history on August 4, 2026. Under the…
The US government has removed Iraqi carrier Fly Baghdad from its sanctions list. According to the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, both the…
The Saudi airline began connecting Riyadh and Mumbai with daily frequencies operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, reaching its eighth regular destination.
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The Saudi carrier has begun connecting Riyadh and Mumbai with daily frequencies operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, reaching its eighth regular destination.
Honeywell Aerospace reported higher second-quarter sales following its separation from Honeywell International and raised parts of its 2026 financial outlook as it begins operating as an independent…
National Airlines has achieved what is believed to be the world’s longest commercial Boeing 777 freighter flight. Florida-headquartered National Airlines said in a LinkedIn post on 5 August that the…
The Guatemalan Army has begun receiving one of three batches of military supplies and tactical equipment from the United States as part of a broad modernisation programme for…
The Boeing 737 MAX 7, the smallest version of a single-aisle MAX plane, finally won certification after its first flight over eight years ago, U.S. authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 3. New…
Emirates does not want to accept the first ten Boeing 777X aircraft because they are already too old. Lufthansa also has such examples - and the German carrier is now negotiating over them with…
The seventh 777-9 successfully completed its first flight, a roughly three-hour route over the states of Washington, Idaho and Oregon. With this milestone, the aircraft becomes part of the…
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have successfully demonstrated enhanced interoperability between the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft and the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, marking the first…
Airlines for America (A4A), the leading trade association for US airlines, announced that Paige Mucci, Communications Coordinator, was recognized by Ragan Communications as…
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A helicopter carrying the US president and an American Eagle regional jet came dangerously close to each other on Tuesday (August 4) at Washington National Airport. Marine One took off after…
Riyadh Air has delayed the launch of Manchester flights until September 19, aligning the service with new Pakistan routes while continuing its rapid international expansion with additional Boeing…
The Department of War, through Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), is enhancing its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) marketplace to improve how military organizations, domestic law…
Mechanical Engineering students at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University teamed up to retrofit a fixed-wing drone with a hydrogen fuel cell system — a technically complex and ambitious undertaking…
The Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 damaged in a June 2026 incident at Frankfurt Airport is being repaired and is expected to return to regular…
In its recent report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that the first battleship of the new BBGN class, also unofficially known…
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The interwar period was a pivotal era for the American aviation industry. It allowed the industry to develop, particularly on the military side. From the early 1930s…
Northrop Grumman and Boeing successfully demonstrated improved interoperability between the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and the MQ-4C Triton naval drone, a test…
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has launched one of the most significant operational reorganisations of recent decades with the activation of the Joint Task…
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