miércoles, 30 de abril de 2025

Boeing nears Spirit AeroSystems takeover after move by Airbus

China Says Willing to Cooperate With US After Boeing Spat

U.S. Navy Releases Previously Unseen Photos of Mirror-like Coating on F-35Cs

Trump Announces New Boeing F-15EX Unit and KC-46 Squadron for Selfridge ANGB

KC-46 Pegasus Cleared to Refuel E-7A Wedgetail in Trilateral Agreement with US, Australia and UK

Italian Army Receives First UH-169D Light Utility Helicopter

Piasecki acquires Kargo uncrewed logistics platform from Kaman

Autonomy firm Near Earth to develop pilotless capability for US Army UH-60Ls

United Aircraft progresses towards ‘fully-Russian’ MC-21 with first flight of modified prototype

Korean Air plans major aerospace centre near Seoul

Iraq receives first H225M Caracals

Airbus signs definitive agreement with Spirit AeroSystems

Airbus built forest monitoring satellite Biomass successfully launched

Greece orders eight Airbus H215 helicopters to combat forest fires

Global Military Spending Hits Record Surge | UAE Transferred FK-2000s To Chad | DoS Approved Tomahawk Sale To Netherlands

Lockheed Tapped For F-35 Support | US Lost Millions Worth Of Reapers In Yemen | India To Purchase 26 Rafales

Bell Announces Signed Purchase Agreement for First Bell 505 in the Netherlands

Airline emissions in Europe soar back to pre-COVID levels as pollution remains largely untaxed

European Commission approves €321.2 million German restructuring aid to Condor after court review

Amazon enters satellite Internet race with first Kuiper launch to rival SpaceX’s Starlink

Emirates boosts global reach with new Condor and Air Seychelles codeshare agreements

U.S. Navy fighter jet rolls off carrier, sinks in Red Sea

CMA CGM acquires cargo operations of Air Belgium, retains 124 employees

Emirates to launch long-range A350s into Adelaide

RNLAF, LM Skunk Works achieve breakthrough F-35 interoperability

AirVenture 2025 To Showcase Korean War Era Aviation Innovation

Boom Gears Up to Test Symphony Engine in Colorado

Classic Aero-TV: Historic Milestone-Lindbergh Foundation Preps 100th Anniversary

From 2019 (YouTube Edition): The Lindbergh Foundation Prepares For An Important Anniversary The Lindbergh 100th anniversary campaign is a global program pursuing decarbonization and noise reduction in aviation. The aim is to inspire students, enable innovators, reward achievements, and spur innovation. The campaign will reach a crescendo in May of 2027, the 100th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's New York to Paris flight.


https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=691A9DFC-9B04-46CC-9612-A7BCEEFEE400



Joby S4 makes historic piloted tilt-rotor eVTOL transition flight

Replacing Watchkeeper: Staying Behind the Curve | Royal United Services Institute

[Podcast] Aviones con versiones raras - Sandglass Patrol

Saab tunea su Gripen para darle capacidades de caza de 6ª generacion - Sandglass Patrol

domingo, 27 de abril de 2025

Boeing Reports First Quarter Results

Send in the Super Puma for aerial firefighting operations

 https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2025-04-send-in-the-super-puma-for-aerial-firefighting-operations?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss


Custom Helicopters CEO Jed Hansen explains the impact the Super Puma is having on the company's vital firefighting operations.

Digital Twins: Accelerating aerospace innovation from design to operations

 https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2025-04-digital-twins-accelerating-aerospace-innovation-from-design-to-operations


Discover how cutting-edge digital twin technology is accelerating innovation, from smarter design and manufacturing to predictive maintenance.

Happy 20th anniversary, A380!

 https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2025-04-happy-20th-anniversary-a380

It's twenty years since the A380's maiden flight. Behind the aircraft's enduring appeal lies a catalogue of innovation that continues to influence airliner design.

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Will Cost Nearly $1 Trillion Over Next Decade

Swedish Gripens Intercept Russian Aircraft for the First Time in NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing

F-22 Raptors Flying with B757 Test Bed Suggest New Upgrades and Sensors are Coming Up Fast

France drops sharp bombs in Sweden in show of force to Russia, strengthening defence ties

Three killed in Tennessee plane crash amid series of small aircraft accidents

Boeing cancela el X-66, el avión transónico de alas arriostradas

sábado, 26 de abril de 2025

Bell secures Osprey production though 2027, spanning gap until FLRAA work begins

Boeing to halt X-66 development, narrow focus to thin wings for future jets

Boeing this summer will stop developing NASA's X-66 truss-braced-wing demonstrator aircraft and shift its focus specifically toward developing thin-wing technology that had been central to X-66's design.

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/boeing-to-halt-x-66-development-narrow-focus-to-thin-wings-for-future-jets/162745.article



Textron hints at unmanned capability for FLRAA tiltrotor

Chinese military thinkers contemplate UAV swarms, MUM-T

Saab targets Gripen E/F contracts with Thailand and Colombia this year

EASA study shines fresh light on long-running helicopter safety issue

NATO calls for ‘quantum leap’ in defence spending, as annual outlay tops $1.3 trillion

At least 30% of departing flights at Brussels Airport cancelled due to national strike on April 29

Six dead after Royal Thai Police plane crashes into sea near Hua Hin

Famed stunt pilot Rob Holland dies in crash ahead of airshow

Whisper's "UltraQuiet" propulsion system to power acrobatic glider

Flying-squirrel-inspired drone uses extendable wings ... to STOP flying

Anduril reinvents undersea surveillance with Seabed Sentry network

Marines Surpass 1,000 MQ-9A Flight Hours As Capabilities Expand | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Airbus Shifts Titanium Sourcing To Saudi Arabia Amid Supply Chain Shift - AirPro News

Airbus's $666M Saudi titanium deal and aircraft order signal supply chain realignment, supporting Saudi Vision 2030's aerospace ambitions.
https://airpronews.com/2025/04/25/airbus-shifts-titanium-sourcing-to-saudi-arabia-amid-supply-chain-shift/



"Collaborative Mission Autonomy" @ YouTube

Portugal reinventa el concepto de Aviocar

 https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/portugal-reinventa-el-concepto-de-aviocar/

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/