Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Bombardier has delivered the 200th Challenger 3500 to Piero Ferrari, Vice Chairman of Ferrari, who will use the aircraft for travel to Formula One races and business engagements. The milestone comes less than four years after the type entered service, during which period Bombardier states it has out delivered every other business jet model in […]
Leonardo has announced two artificial intelligence initiatives in parallel: its US-listed subsidiary Leonardo DRS has agreed to acquire mission software specialist Raft for $450 million in cash, while the parent group has launched Digital Horizon, a Microsoft 365 and Copilot deployment reaching approximately 50,000 employees — one acquiring AI capability to sell outward, the other
Safran Helicopter Engines and Aura Aero have signed an agreement covering the development and integration of Safran turbogenerators for the ERA prototype, defining the propulsion architecture of the 19-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft — eight electric propulsion units powered by two 600 kW TG600 turbogenerators derived from the Arrano engine — and clearing the path towards
NASA has awarded Advanced Space a contract for CAPSTONE 02, a 2027 mission flying two identical 400-kilogram spacecraft in lunar orbit to demonstrate rendezvous, proximity operations and autonomous navigation — the techniques astronauts will depend on when docking with Moon landers in cislunar orbit under the Artemis programme. FROM ORBIT VALIDATION TO OPERATIONAL REHEARSAL
Aviation analyst John Strickland has warned that European and US carriers are likely to strip frequencies from winter schedules and ground more aircraft than usual rather than discount fares to fill them — a judgement underpinned by IATA figures showing the industry fuel bill rising by almost $100 billion in a single year, driven not
Leonardo has completed its transition to the revised ISO 37001:2025 anti-bribery management standard following the successful conclusion of its annual surveillance audit, with the certification body confirming the effectiveness of the group’s controls and its capacity to address emerging risk areas including climate change and conflicts of interest. CERTIFICATION MAINTAINED AND UPGRADED TO THE REVISED