Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Eight 500-kilogram satellite platforms built by Rocket Lab for MDA Space have launched successfully from Cape Canaveral and are performing nominally on orbit. They are the first batch of 17 built under a $143 million contract supporting the replenishment of Globalstar’s direct-to-device constellation. CONTACT ESTABLISHED WITH ALL EIGHT Rocket Lab Corporation has announced the […]
Boeing and Archer Aviation have signed definitive agreements under which Archer will acquire Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu (businesses with nearly two million combined flight hours) while Boeing takes a strategic stake in Archer and retains access to Wisk’s core autonomous flight technology through a technology-sharing arrangement. The deal is expected to close by the
The FAA’s proposed rule would insert a new 14 CFR 400.3 disapplying specified provisions of 13 federal laws — including NEPA in full and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act — from launch site, reentry site, experimental permit and vehicle operator licences. The waiver would extend beyond FAA licensing to Federal site leases, airspace
Tuskegee University has been awarded $550,000 in federal research funding to establish a Comprehensive Instrumentation Suite for Experimental Aerospace Measurements, supporting work on low-speed aerodynamics and flight controls for rotary-wing, fixed-wing and advanced air mobility configurations. INSTRUMENTATION FOR FLOW PHYSICS AND MULTI-ROTOR INTERACTION Tuskegee University has been awarded a $550,000 research grant from the
EASA has issued a Proposed Airworthiness Directive requiring ultrasonic inspection of CFM56-7B fan blades over a larger area than previously mandated, following design analysis conducted since the 2019 directive it supersedes. The engine powers Boeing 737-600, -700, -800 and -900 aircraft worldwide, and consultation on the proposal closes on 27 August. A LARGER INSPECTION AREA
Leonardo has launched a new challenge on its Solvers Wanted technology scouting platform seeking technologies for In-Situ Resource Utilisation on the Moon and other planetary bodies, offering selected projects up to €50,000 each and a 12-to-18-month co-development programme with the company’s Space teams. Applications close on 30 September. FOUR TECHNOLOGY AREAS COVERING THE LUNAR RESOURCE
The African Airlines Association, the Airlines Association of Southern Africa and IATA have issued a joint call for African States to implement Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record systems in line with ICAO standards — and, pointedly, to fund those national border security programmes from government budgets rather than through charges levied on airlines
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, United Airlines and the US Department of Transportation have announced a capital investment programme of more than $20 billion at Washington Dulles International Airport, nearly tripling the $7 billion previously allocated. The decade-long project will replace the C/D Concourse, extend the AeroTrain system and retire the airport’s mobile lounge people
Bell Textron has been awarded an estimated $300 million contract from the Department of the Navy for Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects upgrades to up to 49 US Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom aircraft, with work beginning at the Amarillo Assembly Center in mid-2027 and first deliveries of upgraded aircraft in
Aviation advisory firm ALTEA has published a checklist for business aircraft owners choosing a Fixed Base Operator, arguing that rising costs, staffing pressure and a series of recent ground incidents make operational quality, pricing transparency and security more consequential than the visible standard of the terminal facility. SURFACE COMPARISON IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT ALTEA,
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