NTSB investigating 737 Max smoke incident amid Leap-1B ‘load reduction device’ scrutiny
Self-driving aircraft may soon head to a wildfire near you
viernes, 22 de noviembre de 2024
NG Delivered SiAW Test Missile To USAF | Germany To Join Eurofighter Helmet Effort | Taiwan Minister Leads Mission to Lithuania to Discuss Drone Tech
BAE Systems to provide active control sidesticks for JetZero’s next-generation sustainable jet
Ursula von der Leyen assists in in-flight medical emergency
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen assisted during an unexpected incident aboard a Swiss flight from Zürich to Brussels. Last Wednesday, a passenger experienced a medical emergency, prompting the captain to call for assistance from anyone with medical training. Dr. von der Leyen stepped in, drawing on her prior career in medicine to provide […]
Unruly passenger restrained with duct tape after attempting to open aircraft door mid-flight
SpaceX essentially gets a green light from the FAA to scale up Starship activities in Texas.
jueves, 21 de noviembre de 2024
SpaceX just got exactly what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches - Ars Technica
Militaries can’t ignore climate change – it could cripple their tech
miércoles, 20 de noviembre de 2024
PZL Mielec delivered final two contracted Black Hawk helicopters to the Polish Armed Forces
SpaceX Starship’s sonic boom creates risk of structural damage, test finds
An independent researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to standing 200 feet from a Boeing 747 during takeoff.
SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms
SpaceX Launches Starship For 6th Time With Banana For Scale & Trump For Company But No Chopsticks
Airbus CEO: CFM Engine Supply Improving But 770 Aircraft Delivery Target Is Still Tight
NATO vouches continual support for Ukraine after 1,000 days of conflict
The war in Ukraine entered a new phase in mid-November, as Kyiv's forces began to engage military targets inside Russian territory using long-range weapons donated by the USA and its other western allies
Brussels Airport’s Newton Room brings aviation and STEM careers to life for 175 Belgian students
Impresionante «Elephant Walk» de los Phantom II turcos por sus 50 años de servicio
martes, 19 de noviembre de 2024
El GA Mojave despega de una cubierta de menos de 200m
https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/el-ga-mojave-despega-de-una-cubierta-de-menos-de-200m/
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Silent Arrow secures Air Force contract for new 200-mile logistics drone https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Silent_Arrow_secures_Air_Force_contract_for_new_200_mile_logistics_drone_999.html
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Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles; Borrell urges EU states to follow US on missile use
The Osprey’s safety issues spiked over five years and caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it
U.S. Navy to Develop F/A-XX Next-Generation Fighter Independently of Air Force NGAD
The Navy's decision could shield the F/A-XX program from the impacts of the Air Force's NGAD review, especially as the source selection process is ongoing, with a winner expected next year. Similarly to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy is developing a 6th generation fighter jet, called F/A-XX. While the Air Force previously said […]
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As General Atomics, Anduril Wingmen Drones Clear USAF Critical Design Review, Let’s Look at how Modern Wars are Informing the CCA Program
First E-130J TACAMO Airframe in Production
The first C-130J-30 Hercules earmarked for conversion into an E-130J TACAMO aircraft for the U.S. Navy is in production. Fresh on the heels of the announcement that the U.S. Navy's E-6B Mercury replacement in the take charge and move out (TACAMO) role will be designated E-130J, it has been revealed that the first C-130J-30 airframe […]
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Embraer shifts possible development of fuel-cell aircraft back five years
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer's chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
Airbus delivers first of up to 82 H145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces
Less than a year after the contract was signed, Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of up to 82 H145Ms ordered by Germany at its Donauwörth site.
Puma UAS Gets Enhancement | UAE Got More MRTTs From Airbus | Germany Started Eurofighter Sale To Turkey
Lockheed To Expand Production Capacity For PAC-3 | Elbit Gets $335M To Supply Defense Systems to Europe | Germany To Deliver 6th RIS-T To Ukraine This Year
BAE To Modernize Guided-Missile Destroyers | DoS OKs F-16 Sale To Greece | Spectra Group Australia Announced
Belgian aircraft manufacturer Sonaca Aircraft ceases operations and enters voluntary liquidation
Sonaca Aircraft, a Belgian subsidiary of the aerospace group Sonaca, has announced its voluntary liquidation, marking the end of its operations. The decision, reported by L'Echo on November 15, follows the company's inability to sustain financial viability. Founded in 2015, Sonaca Aircraft aimed to design, certify, and produce a training aircraft, culminating in the development […]
Spirit Airlines announces restructuring plan to strengthen financial position and ensure long-term growth
Ingenious student-designed device flies disposable weather instruments home
Meteorology may not seem like an eco-unfriendly field, but it does need to clean up its act in at least one way. A new high-tech glider could help it do so, by allowing single-use weather-balloon-carried devices to be reclaimed and reused.
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Hydrogen-powered, box-winged eVTOL makes first untethered flight
We've been following the development of Australia's AMSL Aero's longe-range, hydrogen-powered Vertiia eVTOL for some time and now the box-winged tilt-rotor aircraft has completed its first free flight after over a year of 50 tethered tests.
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Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde
The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) autonomous Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a speed of Mach 1.1 on November 12, 2024.
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Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles - The New York Times
Ukrainian F-16 pilots shoot down nearly 10 air targets during Russian attack on 17 November – video | Ukrainska Pravda
Navy Tests Submarine-Launched Drones to Enable Undersea-to-Air Targeting
sábado, 16 de noviembre de 2024
Zhuhai Air Show 2024: lo más destacado. Aviones civiles, militares y drones - Sandglass Patrol
The Artemis 2 moon spacecraft for astronauts is one step closer to liftoff in 2025 (photo) | Space
viernes, 15 de noviembre de 2024
[Podcast] Extra especial por el Festival Aéreo Internacional de China (Zouhai Air Show)
jueves, 14 de noviembre de 2024
Airbus presenta una versión de patrulla marítima del A321XLR y el Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas francés ¿lo selecciona? para sustituir al Atlantique 2
New Record for FAA-Licensed Commercial Space Operations, Aerospace Rulemaking Committee Launched to Update Licensing Rule
Andruil & General Atomics Wingman Drones Clear USAF Critical Design Review
Anduril and General Atomics have completed critical design reviews for their drone prototypes under the United States Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. Both companies will begin manufacturing their designs ahead of potential flights next year.
South Korea launches short take-off Gray Eagle UAV from amphibious assault ship
In a first of its kind flight, a General Atomics
Gray Eagle
short take-off and landing uncrewed aircraft has launched from a South Korean amphibious assault ship, the equivalent of a light aircraft carrierBell Boeing Tapped For V-22 Support | Iran To Boost Military Budget | France Evaluates MBRL
Startup Exosonic goes from supersonic boom to bust
Exosonic has announced that it is going out of business after being unable to raise needed funding.
EHang's solid-state battery nearly doubles pilotless eVTOL's airtime
With nearly 500 Wh/kg of energy density, the solid-state battery contributes to a serious boost in endurance, previewing a promising future of improved autonomy and utility among eVTOLs.
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Electra upsizes ultra-STOL hybrid electric plane to carry 9 passengers
We've been following Electra's ultra-short takeoff and landing electric hybrid prototype for some time and now the company has unveiled its EL9 Ultra Short production model that is designed to carry nine passengers at 175 knots (201 mph, 324 km/h).
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Embraer’s search for new airplane partner brings Saudi aviation ambitions to the fore - The Air Current
Iberia estrena el nuevo A321XLR a nivel mundial
miércoles, 13 de noviembre de 2024
- Despegará mañana del aeropuerto de Madrid rumbo a Boston a las 12:35 horas
- La aerolínea se convierte así en lanzadora a nivel mundial de este nuevo avión fabricado por Airbus
- Con este avión, Iberia refuerza su red de largo radio de una manera innovadora, pues permite realizar, por primera vez, viajes transoceánicos con un avión de un solo pasillo
https://grupo.iberia.es/pressrelease/details/21263
As hypersonic pioneer Reaction Engines enters administration BILL SWEETMAN looks at what the company promised, and what went wrong.
As hypersonic pioneer Reaction Engines enters administration BILL SWEETMAN looks at what the company promised, and what went wrong.
Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) people used to call the company "the world's oldest startup". Started in 1989 to pursue founder Alan Bond's vision of a fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle, the company entered administration at the end of October after failing to secure new investment.
SSTO is a challenge that has defeated all comers for more than 60 years, including two multibillion-dollar US efforts, the 1980s National Aerospaceplane and the 1990s Lockheed Martin X-33.
SSTO is a challenge that has defeated all comers for more than 60 years, including two multibillion-dollar US efforts, the 1980s National Aerospaceplane and the 1990s Lockheed Martin X-33.
Air China Announced As COMAC C929 Widebody Launch Customer & New Military Aircraft Unveiled At 15th China Airshow In Zhuhai
El Museo de la RAF expondrá a partir de 2025 el único Do 17 completo que queda en el mundo - Sandglass Patrol
martes, 12 de noviembre de 2024
Alitalia will lay off over 2,000 remaining employees as liquidation nears
lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2024
UK PM Greenlights New Multi-Billion Pound 6th-Gen Jet Developed With Japan & Italy
It's always a scary time for major defense projects when governments change following an election. However, the new British Labour Government has given the go-ahead for the BAE Tempest sixth-generation fighter (now called GCAP or Global Combat Air Programme). Separately, it has also been reported that the Royal Air Force (RAF) may be leaning toward purchasing more F-35Bs instead of Typhoons as it seeks to increase its numbers following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
FAA Proposes Additional Inspections For Airbus A320ceo V2500 Engines Following An Uncontained Failure
US To Send Contractors To Ukraine For Maintenance | Israel Acquires Next-Gen F-15s | Pakistan Tests SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile
French pilots call for strike to protest new airfare tax amid economic and employment concerns
"Su-57 crazy flying demonstration at ZhuHai Airshow 2024" @-YouTube
domingo, 10 de noviembre de 2024
U.S. Air Force Establishes First KC-46A Pegasus Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
sábado, 9 de noviembre de 2024
Airbus A320 Of Russia's Aeroflot Leaves Munich Airport After 2.5 Years Following 460,000 Parking Fee
Total Linhas Aereas Boeing 737-400F catches fire, emergency landing at Sao Paulo Airport, Brazil
Natilus takes on Airbus and Boeing with blended-wing airliner
Aerospace startup Natilus is taking on the biggest players in civil aviation, unveiling its plans to build its Horizon Blended Wing Body (BWB) passenger/cargo liner that can carry 200 passengers from New York to London with 50% lower emissions.
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L'Airbus Defence A321 MPA remplacera le Dassault-Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique ! — avionslegendaires.net
Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars
A new study says private jet carbon pollution soared 46% from 2019 to 2023
Trump’s economy will bring a major shift to Seattle and the world
viernes, 8 de noviembre de 2024
USN Tapped Leonardo To Produce AN/SPQ-9B Radars | DoS Approved FMS To Czech Republic | India Is Upgrading ALG Near China Into Jet Base
U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® Demonstrate First Live Control of an Uncrewed Air Vehicle by UMCS and MDCX™
Japan Airlines’ and Sumitomo Corporation’s Joint Venture Company, Soracle, Announces Agreement Including Intended Purchase Of Up To $500M of Electric Aircraft From Archer
https://investors.archer.com/news/news-details/2024/Japan-Airlines-and-Sumitomo-Corporations-Joint-Venture-Company-Soracle-Announces-Agreement-Including-Intended-Purchase-Of-Up-To-500M-of-Electric-Aircraft-From-Archer/default.aspx
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Japan Airlines' and Sumitomo Corporation's Joint Venture Company, Soracle, Announces Agreement Including Intended Purchase Of Up To $500M of Electric Aircraft From Archer
[Podcast] Ejército y Catástrofes
¿Cuándo puede desplegarse el ejército en una catástrofe?¿Qué requisitos se debe cumplir?¿Qué medios tiene?¿Cómo lo hacen en otros países?¿Qué se podría mejorar en España? En este episodio intentamos responder a estas preguntas.
Bell To Build FLRAA Fuselage In New Wichita Facility
miércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2024
After removing Spirit Aerosystems from its FLRAA program because of the Boeing acquisition, Bell announced today it will build the tiltrotor's fuselage in-house at a new facility in Wichita.
Boeing Union approves new contract, ending expensive strike
martes, 5 de noviembre de 2024
China to unveil J-35A (aka J-31, FC-31) stealth fighter next Zhuhai Air Show Next Week
China Bugle, the official media account of the PLA's News Media Center, on Monday released the post titled "Super spoilers! Is the J-35 officially announced?" accompanied by a photo showing the vertical tail of an aircraft marked with the number "75."
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The fighter, an image of which was released during an air force press conference Tuesday, will appear at an air show in the southern city of Zhuhai next week, officials said.
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North Korea says new Hwasong-19 ICBM has 'matchless' nuclear attack capability
North Korea successfully test-fired its new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile, state-run media reported Friday, with leader Kim Jong Un claiming the regime has secured an "irreversible" means of delivering nuclear weapons. Kim said the launch demonstrated the missile's "matchless strategic nuclear attack capability before the world," according to a report in the official Kor
Taiwan detects 37 Chinese aircraft near island
Taiwan said it detected 37 Chinese fighter jets, drones and other aircraft near the self-ruled island on Sunday as Beijing carried out "long-distance" training flights. China has ramped up military activity around Taiwan in recent years as Beijing pressures Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty over the island. The Chinese aircraft were spotted from 9:00 am (0100 GMT) and 35 of them
Airbus signs historic contract to provide 19 H135 military training helicopters to the Royal Canadian Air Force
Barcelona Airport flooded as torrential rains cause flight cancellations across Catalonia
Joby Aviation and Toyota Accelerate Efforts to Realize Air Mobility | Newsroom | Toyota Motor Corporation
NTSB preliminary report details fiery but safe emergency landing of a Frontier Airlines plane
domingo, 3 de noviembre de 2024
GE Aerospace expanding application of AI for blade inspections to CFM LEAP and GE9X engines
NG Tapped For Hawkeye Refueling Retrofit | US Sends More Military Assets To Middle East | US Announces News Ukraine Aid
USAF Flew F-16 Equipped With New EW System | GD To Develop MEDUSA For USN Subs | DoS Approved FMS To Poland
Embraer and Rheinmetall will provide Full Flight Simulator for the C-390 Millennium in the Netherlands
Ryanair criticises UK and France over rising air travel taxes, warns of reduced tourism and jobs
Fatal accident during aircraft maintenance at Helsinki-Vantaa airport under investigation
Hypersonic program at risk after Reaction Engines goes belly up
A major player in aerospace innovation has bitten the dust. Reaction Engines, a developer of hypersonic engine technology since 1989, has gone into administration and its closure is having a major impact on the hypersonic weapons program of Britain and others.
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Skunk Works Shows New, Optionally Crewed Tanker Concept | Aviation Week Network
sábado, 2 de noviembre de 2024
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