lunes, 2 de junio de 2025

Safran-HAL "Landmark" Jet-Engine Pact To Revolutionize India's Combat Aviation; Here's Why 2021 Deal Will Be A Game Changer: OPED

Rampaging raccoons add to Airbus factory headaches | Reuters

A family of raccoons recently broke into an Airbus, opens new tab factory in Canada, adding an unusual headache to the planemaker's more familiar troubles with parts shortages and supply chain snags.


https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rampaging-raccoons-add-airbus-factory-headaches-2025-05-30/


ITP Aero revels in new-found independence and builds for the future with ADMIRE R&T centre

Spanish engine specialist details growth plans as new ownership and investment in infrastructure and next-generation technologies position firm for the coming decades.

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/itp-aero-revels-in-new-found-independence-and-builds-for-the-future-with-admire-randt-centre/163180.article



Drone countermeasures: Russia Just Invented the ‘Porcupine Tank’

Russian Jet Target Drone-Turned-Cruise Missile Shot Down Over Black Sea


The drone's use is likely to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and present a dilemma between protecting targets in Odessa and preserving their surface-to-air missile stocks. The escalating war in the Black Sea between Russia and Ukraine saw another innovation on the morning of May 29, 2025, when Ukraine's General Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said it shot […]

https://theaviationist.com/2025/06/01/russian-target-drone-shot-down-black-sea/


Boeing to keep checking its own work, despite worries after 737 blowout


Safety regulators will continue allowing Boeing to self-inspect some tasks in its factories, extending a controversial oversight program for another three years.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-to-keep-checking-its-own-work-despite-worries-after-737-blowout/




Nuclear Strike Mission Could Return to the RAF After 27-Year Gap

Policy Shortcomings Puts SAF Production at Risk


IATA announced that it expects Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production to reach 2 million tonnes (Mt) (2.5 billion liters) or 0.7% of airlines' total fuel consumption in 2025.

https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-01-02/ 


Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds


IATA announced updates to its 2025 airline industry financial outlook, showing improved profitability over 2024 and resilience in the face of global economic and political shifts.

https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-02-01/ 


Powdered-metal component issue affects 757 and C-17 PW2000 turbofans: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration will require inspections of Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW2000s powering Boeing 757s and C-17s, saying disks in the engines are subject to defects similar to those affecting PW1000G geared turbofans (GTFs)



https://www.flightglobal.com/engines/powdered-metal-component-issue-affects-757-and-c-17-pw2000-turbofans-faa/163175.article



Beta prepares for Paris flying display debut as tour of Ireland and UK wraps up

Beta Technologies has wrapped up a tour of Ireland and the UK with its Alia CX300 ahead of the all-electric aircraft's flying display debut at the Paris air show later in June.


https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/beta-prepares-for-paris-flying-display-debut-as-tour-of-ireland-and-uk-wraps-up/163179.article



Embraer sharpens Indian-oriented E195-E2, C-390 sales pitches with new subsidiary

Embraer's establishment of an Indian subsidiary with a corporate office in Aerocity, New Delhi, signals the airframer's belief in the fast-growing country's importance in the commercial and defence sectors.

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/embraer-sharpens-indian-oriented-e195-e2-c-390-sales-pitches-with-new-subsidiary/163185.article



New design service to manage most extensive overhaul of UK airspace

Proposals for the largest shake-up of UK airspace in its history are set to be laid before the country's parliament.

https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/new-design-service-to-manage-most-extensive-overhaul-of-uk-airspace/163191.article



Made in Germany: after 30-plus years commercial aviation is coming home, but can D328eco win customers’ hearts?

GA Tapped For Reaper Support | Iran Stepped Up Uranium Production | Taiwan Ramps Up Drone Development

Hungarian Air Force Receives First L-39NG Skyfox Training Aircraft

Dragon drone uses thrust vectoring to carry objects

The world's worst solar storm struck 14,000 years ago

A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters has uncovered evidence of an extreme ancient solar storm that struck Earth over 14,000 years ago, during the waning days of the last Ice Age. This event is now confirmed as the most powerful solar particle storm on record, exceeding the infamous 775 CE storm that was long considered the strongest.

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https://newatlas.com/science/the-worlds-worst-solar-storm-struck-14-000-years-ago/



Boeing to resume plane deliveries to China, ramp up 737 MAX production

Two dead after light aircraft crashes into residential building in Germany

Nearly 50 venomous snakes and 5 turtles found in passenger’s luggage on flight from Thailand to India

Burning of a piano marks aviators’ final sendoff


The burning of a piano, more than just an act, it's the perfect send off and a spiritual way to say goodbye to a fallen airman.

Peace my friends and until next time, Rob Holland out

https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2025/05/31/burning-of-a-piano-marks-aviators-final-sendoff/


Safran Proposes Dual Engine Development for India’s Tejas MkII and AMCA Programs – Indian Defence Research Wing

 La candidata a astronauta española, Sara García Alonso, vuela con la Patrulla Águila

Ataque sorpresa Ucraniano a bases aéreas rusas con drones escondidos en falsos techos - Sandglass Patrol

Over one-third of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers were hit in airfield drone strikes, Ukraine's Security Service reports | Ukrainska Pravda