[India] Netra MkII AWACS estará listo para pruebas en 2029.

 https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/india-netra-mkii-awacs-estara-listo-para-pruebas-en-2029/

Red Dragon Highly-Autonomous One-Way Attack Drone Unveiled

https://www.twz.com/air/red-dragon-highly-autonomous-one-way-attack-drone-unveiled

Trump’s Middle East trip has Qatar lining up major Boeing order

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/trumps-middle-east-trip-has-qatar-lining-up-major-boeing-order/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace

Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems furloughs workers on 737 program

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-furloughs-workers-on-737-program/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace

UK Reveals StormShroud Electronic Warfare Drone

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/02/uk-reveals-stormshroud-electronic-warfare-drone/ 

V-22 Osprey Flights to be Restricted Until 2026, Won’t Get Tanker Capability

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/02/v-22-flights-restricted-until-2026/ 

Hill AFB’s F-35As Receive Improved Canopies to Reduce Need for Field Repairs

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/03/hill-afbs-f-35s-receive-improved-canopies/ 

Unknown AH-1Z Long-Range Precision Fire Weapon Identified as L3Harris’ ‘Red Wolf’

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/04/ah-1z-lrpf-red-wolf/

Japan Considering Naming its GCAP Fighter After the WW2-Era A7M ‘Reppu’: Reports

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/03/japan-gcap-fighter-reppu-reports/ 

Stratolaunch Successfully Tests Talon-A2 Completing Reusable Hypersonic Flight and Recovery

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/06/stratolaunch-tests-talon-a2-reusable-hypersonic-flight/ 

Su-30SM Shootdowns Show Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now A Serious Threat To Russian Fighters

https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/05/su-30sm-shootdowns-show-ukraines-drone-boats-are-now-a-serious-threat-to-russian-fighters/

Tekever’s UK UAV output to soar with £400m ‘Overmatch’ investment

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/tekevers-uk-uav-output-to-soar-with-400m-overmatch-investment/162858.article

Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) producer Tekever is to invest over £400 million ($532 million) to boost its activities in the UK and add more than 1,000 employees to its workforce.

Obscure start-up wants to compete for the US Navy’s new trainer jet

Little-known aircraft designer Stavatti, which has never built a physical aircraft, plans to compete for the US Navy's  Undergraduate Jet Training System contract against heavyweights including Lockheed Martin, Textron and Boeing.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/obscure-start-up-wants-to-compete-for-the-us-navys-new-trainer-jet/162857.article

Absent balance weights spur directive to check 747 elevators

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/absent-balance-weights-spur-directive-to-check-747-elevators/162873.article

Troubled T-7A takes step forward with successful sled ejection test

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/troubled-t-7a-takes-step-forward-with-successful-sled-ejection-test/162874.article

UK pushes delayed Wedgetail service entry target into 2026

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/uk-pushes-delayed-wedgetail-service-entry-target-into-2026/162883.article

P&W machinists go on strike, company works ‘continency plans' to keep operating

https://www.flightglobal.com/engines/pandw-machinists-go-on-strike-company-works-continency-plans-to-keep-operating/162884.article

US aerial firefighting force is aging and placing more demands on airport services

https://fireaviation.com/2025/05/04/us-aerial-firefighting-force-is-aging-and-placing-more-demands-on-airport-services/

DAF begins ground testing for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, selects Beale AFB as the preferred location for aircraft readiness unit > Air Force > Article Display

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4171208/daf-begins-ground-testing-for-collaborative-combat-aircraft-selects-beale-afb-a/

India launches strikes deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan claims 5 Indian jets shot down, in major escalation

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-conflict-hnk-intl#:~:text=Pakistan%20said%20it%20shot%20down,as%20well%20as%20one%20drone.

Deutsche Aircraft lays cornerstone for D328eco® Final Assembly Line at Leipzig/Halle Airport: First regional aircraft built in Germany in 20 years

https://www.deutscheaircraft.com/news/deutsche-aircraft-lays-cornerstone-for-d328eco-final-assembly-line-at-leipzig-halle-airport-first-regional-aircraft-built-in-germany-in-20-years

Ryanair threatens Trump with Boeing order cancellation

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/05/ryanair-threatens-trump-with-boeing-order-cancellation/

WW2 Spitfire emergency landing after losing power

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/05/ww2-spitfire-emergency-landing-after-losing-power/

Northrop Grumman Navigation Technology Completes Hypersonic Test Flights

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/05/northrop-grumman-navigation-technology-completes-hypersonic-test-flights/ 

KLM grounds Boeing 787s after maintenance error

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-france-klm-group/klm-royal-dutch-airlines/grounds-boeing-787s-after-maintenance-error/

Five survive 36 hours on plane in alligator-infested Bolivian swamp

Five people — including a child — were rescued in Bolivia after surviving 36 hours atop a crashed plane surrounded by alligators in the Amazon. The small aircraft, missing for 48 hours, was found by local fishermen in the Beni Department's swampy rainforest. The pilot, Andres Velarde, said an engine failure forced the emergency landing […]

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/accidents/five-survive-36-hours-on-plane-in-alligator-infested-bolivian-swamp/

Permit dispute at Antwerp and Ostend airports threatens to ground Belgian Coastguard flights

https://www.aviation24.be/military-aircraft/belgian-coastguard/permit-dispute-at-antwerp-and-ostend-airports-threatens-to-ground-belgian-coastguard-flights/

France declares first Concorde jet a historic monument, honouring supersonic legacy

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/aerospatiale-bac/concorde/france-declares-first-concorde-jet-a-historic-monument-honouring-supersonic-legacy/

Do228 NXT nears completion: GA-ATS advances Next-Gen aircraft with in-house innovation

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/general-atomics-aeronautical-systems/do228-nxt-nears-completion-ga-ats-advances-next-gen-aircraft-with-in-house-innovation/


https://www.ga-ats.com/en/do228/do228-nxt

Wrong plane, right ending: Passenger mix-up at Brussels Airport raises security questions

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/brussels-airlines/wrong-plane-right-ending-passenger-mix-up-at-brussels-airport-raises-security-questions/

Teen survivor: Belgian girl, 14, escapes plane crash off Réunion Island unharmed

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/accidents/teen-survivor-belgian-girl-14-escapes-plane-crash-off-reunion-island-unharmed/

Air Force celebrates Red Flag’s 50th anniversary

https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2025/05/05/air-force-celebrates-red-flags-50th-anniversary/

Lockheed Hands Over Completed Artemis II Spacecraft

https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=FD519974-7CD1-44D5-817C-6F69F08BFF68

Rolls-Royce lanza el diseño del demostrador UltraFan para aviones de pasillo único.

https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/rolls-royce-lanza-el-diseno-del-demostrador-ultrafan-para-aviones-de-pasillo-unico/

Cold War-era Soviet probe set to crash back to Earth next week

https://newatlas.com/space/soviet-venus-lander-kosmos-482-predicted-to-crash/

Watch: Real-life speeder bike flies through the forest

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/volonaut-airbike-speeder-may-fourth/

NASA budget axes several missions, SLS and a space station

https://newatlas.com/space/orion-moonship-sls-get-chop-new-nasa-budget/

Qantas and American Airlines reveal big US expansion

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/05/qantas-and-american-airlines-reveal-big-us-expansion/

More Qantas pay disputes could be on the way

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/05/more-qantas-pay-disputes-could-be-on-the-way/

Garuda Group blames groundings on supply chain issues

Garuda Indonesia Group, which includes Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) and Citilink (QG, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta), says global supply chain challenges are the reason why 15 aircraft are grounded, rather than failing to pay for parts and maintenance.

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/153374-garuda-group-blames-groundings-on-supply-chain-issues

​PhantomStrike radar performs well in first airborne test

Raytheon's new PhantomStrike active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has performed successfully in its first airborne test.

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/phantomstrike-radar-performs-well-in-first-airborne-test/162893.article 

AeroVironment debuts swarmable one-way attack UAS with 200nm range

https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/aerovironment-debuts-swarmable-one-way-attack-uas-with-200nm-range/162887.article

[Podcast] A321 AWACS para la India, F-35 supervitaminado, y más

https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/podcast-a321-awacs-para-la-india-f-35-supervitaminado-y-mas/

USS Harry S. Truman: Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from aircraft carrier | CNN Politics

Another F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman has been lost in the Red Sea, marking the second such incident in just over a week, according to multiple sources. Details on the circumstances and the status of the aircrew remain limited. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/second-us-navy-jet-is-lost-at-sea