miércoles, 29 de octubre de 2025

Lockheed Martin vuela el demostrador de vuelo supersónico silencioso X-59 - Sandglass Patrol

Boeing Books $4.9 Billion Charge With 777X Jet Moved to 2027 | The Seattle Times

Lufthansa Passenger Accused Of Stabbing 2 Teens With A Metal Fork During Chicago-Frankfurt Flight

Italy lines up follow-on order for 29 AW249 Fenice attack helicopters in €1.22 billion deal | Flight Global

Boeing delays 777-9 widebody to 2027, takes $4.9bn charge in third-quarter results | Flight Global

Textron pitches AT-6 Wolverine as drone interceptor – Defence Blog

UK to launch drone competition in 2026

Muere una azafata por falta de atención médica: el sector pide mayor protección



Polémica por el fallecimiento de una azafata que trabajó estando enferma: "No valoramos lo suficiente a los tripulantes"

  • La comandante Lourdes Carmona pide mayor concienciación sobre el trabajo que realizan en un avión 
  • La empresa involucrada, la taiwanesa EVA AIR, está siendo investigada por lo sucedido en un vuelo a Milán 
  • Los sindicatos denuncian exceso de trabajo y que a la azafata se le negó la ayuda médica 
 
24 de octubre de 2025-. El mundo de la aviación está de luto tras el fallecimiento de una azafata de la aerolínea EVA AIR. La trabajadora falleció el pasado mes de septiembre, pero es ahora cuando se está investigando tras las denuncias de los sindicatos de varias irregularidades. Voces como Lourdes Carmona, comandante de vuelo española con más de 30 años de experiencia, pide concienciar sobre la labor que realizan los equipos de las diferentes aerolíneas. 
 
El caso ha generado gran polémica en el sector y en los medios de Taiwán, país de la aerolínea. Según medios como TaiwanPlus News, la compañía está siendo investigada porque la azafata falleció en el hospital días después de trabajar durante un turno sintiéndose mal. Los sindicatos, de hecho, denuncian que las políticas laborales de la empresa taiwanesa ejercen presión a los empleados para exigirles por encima de sus posibilidades. 
 
"Los trabajadores de las aerolíneas, desde pilotos hasta equipo de cabina como este caso, estamos muchas veces menospreciados", explica Lourdes Carmona, cuya experiencia en el sector supera los 30 años. "Trabajar en un avión supone mucho estrés, cambios horarios constantes, una rutina muy variable y eso acaba generando un desgaste. Por eso es tan importante el descanso y actuar ante cualquier situación de problema de salud", explica Carmona.  
 
Medios como The Straits Times explican que el supervisor del vuelo afectado, con ruta Taipéi – Milán y Milán – Taipéi, ignoró los problemas de salud explicados por la azafata. Esta enfermó en el vuelo de ida y, tras informar, le ordenaron supuestamente seguir trabajando. Además, no se solicitó asistencia médica ni durante ni tras el vuelo, como han comentado compañeros de trabajo de forma anónima. Otros medios como Taipei Times explican que la aerolínea cuenta con un sistema por puntos y, por ejemplo, ausentarse por enfermedad supone una resta a esta cuenta. 
 
"Debemos dar mucho más valor a la situación de los trabajadores. De nosotros depende la vida de cientos de pasajeros. Y ese escenario se repite varias veces al día, por lo que cobra aún más importancia", destaca Carmona. "Los que trabajamos en el sector lo vemos día a día: debemos estar en plenas condiciones para ofrecer no solo un buen servicio, sino también un servicio seguro". 
 
Cabe destacar que todos los vuelos cuentan con un protocolo sanitario. La tripulación cuenta con formación básica de primeros auxilios. A ello se le suma cualquier llamada a bordo por si hay algún médico que pueda ayudar. Y en casos graves, se barajan tanto los aterrizajes de emergencia como el contacto con los equipos médicos de tierra para actuar inmediatamente tras el aterrizaje. 
 
En el caso de la azafata fallecida, esto no ocurrió y falleció días después en el hospital. Medios internacionales como el Daily Mail ya se han hecho eco, destacando la falta de actuación de los supervisores.  
 
 


Sobre Lourdes Carmona:

Lourdes Carmona es una comandante de vuelo española con más de 30 años de experiencia que ejerce de piloto comercial internacional y de instructora en una escuela de vuelo. Además, compagina su trayectoria como piloto con su mentoría para empresarios y directivos, participando en conferencias en Europa, Sudamérica y Norteamérica.

Lourdes Carmona está certificada como entrenadora de potencial humano en la metodología de éxito de Jack Canfield, colaborando con la Universidad Miguel Hernández, con Airpull Aviation Academy, con EDEM y con diferentes delegaciones del Gobierno de España.

Germany joins US, UK in expanded NATO patrols targeting Russian subs | Stars and Stripes

In A Flash, 300 Tanks Disappear From Russia's Long-Term Inventory

Boeing defense workers on strike in the Midwest reject the company’s latest contract offer

China’s C919 jet faces turbulent skies as US-China trade tensions add to delays

Russia’s New Jet-Powered Glide Bomb Emerges in Ukraine

China’s Type 076 LHD Sichuan Believed to Have Tested EMALS Catapult for the First Time

Hurricane Hunters Forced to Scrub Missions into Eye of Hurricane Melissa

A U.S. Air Force WC-130J Weatherbird from the 53rd WRS, as well as NOAA aircraft, have had to abandon planned missions early due to the strength of Hurricane Melissa. Weather reconnaissance aircraft have been operating at an extraordinarily high tempo in recent days to gather data on Hurricane Melissa as it threatens to devastate communities […]

China’s Mysterious Aircraft at Gaobeidian Possibly Linked to ‘High-Supersonic’ Crew Escape Paper

A Chinese research paper on an ejectable cockpit for high-supersonic flight has drawn attention after a mysterious blended-wing test object appeared at the Gaobeidian radar range. Experts have linked a Chinese scientific academic paper about a crew escape module for a "high supersonic aircraft" to an unidentified flying dart-type aircraft that appeared at China's RCS […]


IATA Updates Cargo and Ground Operations Manuals

Horizon Aircraft boosted by anti-ice research grant under latest round of Canadian sustainability programme

A clutch of Canadian companies is in line for some C$62 million ($44.3 million) of research and technology funding dedicated to sustainable aerospace projects, including the integration of innovative anti-ice systems on Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7.

Airbus opens second A320-family assembly line in Tianjin

Airbus-built SpainSat NG-II secure communications satellite successfully launched

HAL signs pact with United Aircraft for Indian SJ-100 production

Second J-36 prototype emerges with configuration changes

Russia Successfully Tests Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile

HAL HTT-40 Basic Trainer Makes Maiden Flight, Boosting Indian Air Force Training Capabilities

Airbus Delays A220 Assembly Timeline Amid Ongoing Supply Chain Disruptions

Lithuania Closes Belarus Border, Vows to Shoot Down All Intruding Balloons

Northrop Grumman Delivers First Airborne Laser Mine Detection System Pod to the Republic of Korea

Integrated Battle Command System Proves Performance in Flight Test

Northrop Grumman Unveils Secretive ‘Project Lotus’ Uncrewed Aircraft in California

Iberia Launches the Only Direct Connection Between Madrid and Orlando

Eastern Airways ceases operations after 28 years

Tragic Air Crash in Kenya: 11 Killed as Tourist Plane Falls Near Diani

European airlines standardise cabin bag rules: A4E confirms commitment to EU-backed minimum size

X-59 Soars: A New Era in Supersonic Flight Begins

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, with NASA, completed the first flight of the X-59 QueSST on October 28, 2025. The single-seat experimental jet took off from Palmdale, California, and landed near Edwards, California, performing as planned and validating basic flight qualities. The aircraft is designed to demonstrate ultra-quiet supersonic flight by reducing the sonic boom to a gentle thump, with the goal of enabling over-land supersonic travel and informing new noise standards.

Key points:

  • What it is: An experimental jet intended to prove that supersonic travel can be much quieter.
  • Why it matters: A quieter sonic boom could allow commercial planes to fly faster than sound over land, opening the door to faster travel without disturbing communities.
  • How it works: The design aims to disperse the shock wave so it sounds like a soft thump (60–80 dB) instead of a loud boom.
  • What happens next: The team will expand the flight envelope and conduct true supersonic tests, plus community acceptance testing to gauge public response.
  • Leadership quotes: OJ Sanchez of Lockheed Martin called the flight a milestone and a testament to the team's innovation.

This milestone signals a potential redefinition of commercial aviation—faster travel with a feasible noise profile—pending further testing and regulatory developments.


complete press release

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2025-10-28-X-59-Soars-A-New-Era-in-Supersonic-Flight-Begins

Video

https://youtu.be/cmZNw6RYTSQ

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

New Radar Tech Has Flattened the Earth, Making Low Jets Targets

Ultraligero Shark equipado para guerra electrónica contra drones - Sandglass Patrol

[Podcast] ¿Cuál fue el mejor caza embarcado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial? - Sandglass Patrol

martes, 28 de octubre de 2025

Aurora Flight Sciences and Uvision USA Unite to Offer Advanced Launched Effects Solutions

Aurora Flight Sciences is building a human-machine interface that dynamically adapts presented information to the user’s unique needs.

Centaur Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator Streamlines Autonomy Development

NTSB Launches Investigation into AIR ONE eVTOL Prototype Crash in Florida – Aviation News:

LHD Trieste, Italian Navy’s Largest Warship Since WWII, Receives Its Battle Flag - The Aviationist

Lithuania closes Belarus border indefinitely after repeated airspace violations by balloons

Exclusive: Airbus delays some A220 output, narrowing window to reach 2026 target | Reuters

sábado, 25 de octubre de 2025

HAV Airlander airship firm secures first military reservations - BBC News

Rocket launches are blasting a new hole in our ozone layer

MQ-20 Avenger Depicted With Laser Weapon In Its Nose A Sign Of What's To Come

California's New Law Fast-Tracks the Race to Sustainable, Limitless Energy | nuclear fusion

The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas | Space

KAI advances KF-21 Boramae fighter export drive as South Korean aircraft nears 2026 service entry | Flight Global

ShinMaywa tests unmanned amphibian XU-M II for oceanic research and AUV deployment missions | Flight Global

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets as Russian Nuclear-Capable Bombers Fly Near Its Coast – Aviation News:

US Military to Deploy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to South America as Tensions with Venezuela Escalate – Aviation News:

Denmark, Germany and NATO among sales prospects for GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, Saab chief executive says | Flight Global

Storm Benjamin disrupts air travel across Western Europe - Aviation24.be

Opinion: Is The Jet Engine Market Accessible To New Entrants? | Aviation Week Network

jueves, 23 de octubre de 2025

Turkey Test Fires Gökdoğan and Bozdoğan Air-to-Air Missiles - The Aviationist

2025 Dubai Airshow: First Wave Of Attending Aircraft Revealed

Northrop Grumman Stock Drops on Guidance Cut and Third-Quarter Sales Miss - Barron's

UK looking at using Protector drones alongside P-8

Nouvelair A320 may have overflown EasyJet aircraft by less than 10ft during wrong-runway landing | Flight Global

Pelican 2 Agricultural Drone Manufacturer Pyka is Moving Into Production of Autonomous Long-Range Heavy-Lift Military UAS | Defense Express

Airbus, Leonardo and Thales sign MoU | Airbus

Spirit Airlines explores merger options during second bankruptcy restructuring

Archer Named Exclusive Air Taxi Partner for 2026 Los Angeles World Cup and Super Bowl LXI

Groundbreaking aviatrix’s story goes from cockpit to stage

Deborah Lawrie, who paved the way for female commercial pilots in Australia with her landmark High Court win over Ansett in 1979-80 and still flies for Virgin, recently attended a preview show of the play FLY GIRL at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre ahead of its opening on 22 October
https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/10/groundbreaking-pilots-story-goes-from-cockpit-to-stage/

France to order new A321 Maritime Patrol Aircraft in 2026 for extended range surveillance.

[India] 1st test flight of Saras Mk214 seat indigenous regional plane expected in December 2027

China Unveils World’s Largest Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Promising to Autonomise Logistics

China and US 'just flexing muscles' over critical metals, BHP chair says | Reuters

miércoles, 22 de octubre de 2025

Italy plans to restore lapsed maritime patrol capability with six-aircraft buy | Flight Global

South Korea to receive four Bombardier Global 6500 AEW&C aircraft by 2032 in $2.26bn deal with L3Harris-led consortium

Baykar's Kizilelma UCAV soars through Aselsan AESA radar integration and weapons testing | Flight Global

Baykar Technologies' Kizilelma unmanned combat air vehicle has been flown for the first time with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar installed, and also has successfully trialled the release of two Turkish-developed air-to-surface weapons.

https://www.flightglobal.com/baykars-kizilelma-soars-through-aesa-integration-and-weapons-testing/164981.article



Korean Air to acquire four Global 6500s for AEW&C conversion - ch-aviation

VietJetAir ends C909 wet-lease from China's Chengdu Airlines - ch-aviation

UAVOS S1V300 Drone Proves Endurance with 16-Hour, 2,400-Kilometer Test Flight – Aviation News:

China’s Massive ‘GJ-X’ Stealth Drone Spotted in First Public Flight – Aviation News:

Airbus Expands Global Reach with Second Jet Assembly Line in China – Aviation News:

Korean Air LOWUS collaborative combat aircraft development progress Seoul ADEX 2026 maiden flight | Flight Global

France to Expand Rafale Fighter Fleet Under 2026 Defense Budget – Aviation News:

South Korea eyes six additional maritime patrol aircraft after P-8A operations begin | Flight Global

Ukraine Plans Purchase of 100+ Gripen Fighters - The Aviationist

KAI tests AI pilot autonomous aerial platform - Korea Aerospace Industries drone technology | Flight Global

China’s Massive ‘GJ-X’ Stealth Drone Spotted in First Public Flight – Aviation News:

France Expands A400M Fleet to Boost Electronic Warfare and Long-Range Strike Capabilities – Aviation News:

Shield AI Unveils X-BAT: Autonomous VTOL Fighter Jet Designed for Future Air Combat – Aviation News:

Drone Attack Halts Khartoum Airport Reopening Indefinitely – Aviation News:

Stockholm Arlanda becomes first airport in Europe to implement new “Established on RNP” arrival concept - Aviation24.be

World's first wind-powered underwater data center has been unveiled

China’s J-35 ‘Beast Mode’: Stealth Fighter That Can Carry 12 Missiles to Dominate Indo-Pacific Skies - Defence Security Asia

Northrop Clears Design Review for Sentinel Launch Support System

The Sentinel Launch Support System, the digital backbone for testing the new intercontinental ballistic missile over its expected 50-year life, has completed critical design review, Northrop Grumman said Oct. 20. 
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/northrop-grumman-cdr-sentinel-launch-support-system/



Walk-Around Tour Of Beechcraft's M-346 That's Vying To Become The Navy's Next Jet Trainer

Nuevas imágenes del Sky Ranger dronizado, con bombas