Xiamen Airlines switches to Airbus A320neo Family to boost fleet

Xiamen Airlines has placed a firm order for 40 A320neo Family aircraft switching to Airbus for its fleet growth, making the airline the newest Airbus customer. The agreement was announced by the major shareholder China Southern Airlines to the Shanghai Stock exchange.


https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-09-xiamen-airlines-switches-to-airbus-a320neo-family-to-boost-fleet


 

How the Ukraine drone war is changing the game on the battlefield

The recent turnabout in Ukraine that saw the Ukrainian forces unexpectedly recapturing a claimed 6,000 km² (2,317 miles²) of territory as the Russian lines collapsed shows that this is a war full of surprises. Not the least of these is that the conflict is shaping up as the first true drone war, giving new insights into the battlefield of the future.

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https://newatlas.com/military/ukraine-russia-drone-war/ 

Lithium resource squeeze could put the brakes on decarbonization

As the EV revolution speeds up, and big battery projects ramp up to stabilize power grids running on intermittent renewables, global demand for lithium batteries will rise sixfold in the next 10 years. But can the world actually supply the materials?

https://newatlas.com/energy/battery-lithium-squeeze/