miércoles, 23 de abril de 2025

African Space Agency Inauguration Marks a New Era for Africa

Recently, the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) have come together to inaugurate the African Space Agency in Cairo, Egypt.

A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding with @esa.int is among the first steps toward joint space initiatives.







Virginia National Guard Pilot Wrongly Identified as Involved in DC Midair Collision Sues for Defamation

Matthew Wallace, a cryptocurrency influencer with 2.3 million followers on the social media platform X, as the pilot. Wallace posted photos of her and said Ellis was driven by a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to conduct what he called a possible "trans terror attack."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/virginia-national-guard-pilot-wrongly-identified-involved-dc-midair-collision-sues-defamation.html



Boeing Sells Jeppesen Unit to Thoma Bravo for $10.6 Billion

Trump shuns Europe, and its defense industry tries to capitalize

Boeing’s cash burn improves as aircraft production stabilizes

Production Contract Awarded for BAE Systems Advanced Survivability Pod

NGAD’s Images Might Not Show Any Real Feature of the F-47

The images showing the F-47 have been heavily edited and may not hold any resemblance to the real aircraft. The two existing images of the Boeing F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft have been heavily edited to hide most, if not all, of its real design features, according to U.S. Air Force and industry officials […]


https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/21/ngad-images-edited/ 


China and Egypt Kick Off First Joint Aerial Drills

U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Carries Rare Four AGM-88E AARGM Loadout Against Houthis

Lockheed Martin Plans ‘Supercharged’ F-35 to Compete Against Boeing F-47

Company CEO Jim Taiclet claims that by applying advanced technologies to the F-35, 80% of the F-47's capability can be achieved at 50% of the cost. As news of Boeing's victory in the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) contract sinks in, Lockheed Martin President and Chief Executive Officer hosted company investors in a video conference […]

https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/23/lockheed-martin-plans-supercharged-f-35/ 


Boeing to Sell Portions of Digital Aviation Solutions to Thoma Bravo for $10.55 Billion

China’s AG600 amphibian gains type certification

GKN adds cutting-edge coating to fan-blade repair process

EDGE demonstrates unmanned Anavia HT-100 to Brazil’s military

ZeroAvia reveals new liquid hydrogen testbed role for Do 228

GE Aerospace and RTX warn tariffs will inflate 2025 costs, eye ‘tariff surcharge’

P&W plans next year to introduce GTF Advantage updates for baseline PW1100Gs

Lockheed will not protest Boeing win in USAF sixth-generation fighter effort

IAI, India’s DCX form local joint venture with radar focus

​Supernal confirms start of technology demonstrator flight tests

Hyundai Motors-backed electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Supernal has begun flight tests of its technology demonstrator aircraft.

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/supernal-confirms-start-of-technology-demonstrator-flight-tests/162705.article



SYOS lands £30m drone production deal for Ukraine

Saudia Group discloses order for 10 Airbus A330neo aircraft for flyadeal

Saudia Group discloses order for 10 Airbus A330neo aircraft for flyadeal

First Airbus helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Rockwell Collins Wins Deal For KC-135 Aircraft Comm Upgrades | UAE Signs LOI With Korea For KF-21 | Spain has Plan To Meet NATO’s Defense Spending Target

Lockheed Martin’s first quarter 2025 highlights

C909 starts commercial operation in Vietnam

Boeing Q1 2025 results summary: revenues are up, but still no profits

NASA launches stadium-sized balloon from NZ’s South Island

The super-pressure balloon lifted off from Wānaka Airport and will now spend 100 days or more flying around the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes, where it will measure neutral wind in the upper atmosphere.

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/04/nasa-launches-stadium-sized-balloon-from-new-zealands-south-island/



Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.

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https://newatlas.com/drones/faraday-caged-drone-lightning/



[Podcast] El Ejército del Aire y del Espacio recibe su primer MRTT

5 Reasons NOAA and NASA Cuts Will Be Disastrous for Everyone in the US - Union of Concerned Scientists

Ukraine's autonomous killer drones defeat electronic warfare - IEEE Spectrum

An evacuation 'miracle'? Toronto CRJ inverted crash analysis

With the preliminary accident report from the Toronto CRJ crash now out - expert analysis of a 'miracle' evacuation from an inverted fuselage. #avgeek https://www.aerosociety.com/news/an-evacuation-miracle-toronto-crj-inverted-crash-analysis/