Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The UK investment targets a backlog of around 7,500 A320 Family aircraft, three-quarters of them A321s, and follows separate expansion already under way at Airbus’s Belfast wing facility. Airbus is converting its former A380 wing production facility in Broughton, north Wales, into a new A321 production line, part of what the manufacturer describes as its […]
The tool now running in Washington, D.C. airspace consolidates around 200 data streams into a single predictive system, with United, Delta, American and Southwest among the carriers voicing support. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on 21 September unveiled the Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories (SMART) platform, a tool
FAA LAUNCHES SMART, AN AI-ASSISTED PLATFORM TO PREDICT AND PREVENT AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTIONRead More »
The rapid turnaround underpins a wider push to accelerate US missile production, alongside a separate agreement to speed up delivery of the AIM-260 air dominance missile. LOCKHEED MARTIN FAST-TRACKS PAC-3 MSE COMPONENTS IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GM DEFENSE Lockheed Martin announced the first delivery of mission-critical components produced by GM
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The delivery is the latest milestone under a February 2025 agreement worth up to $7 billion between two companies that have worked together since 2003. INAUGURAL PRAETOR 600E DELIVERED TO FLEET LAUNCH CUSTOMER FLEXJET Embraer delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet on 18 September, making Flexjet the fleet launch customer for Embraer’s next-generation
Africair Helicopter Support, Bell’s only authorised Customer Service Facility in East Africa, gives operators in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania local access to maintenance, avionics and overhaul capability. AN INSIDE LOOK INTO BELL IN EAST AFRICA Bell says operators across East Africa face some of the world’s most demanding and diverse aviation environments, from anti-poaching
The contract brings Leonardo’s MBHS Cross-belt Sorter technology into Saudi Arabia for the first time, backing Terminal 2’s expansion at one of the Kingdom’s busiest Hajj and Umrah gateways. LEONARDO, MAFA AND BELTCON TO DELIVER ADVANCED BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM FOR PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 2 Leonardo, MAFA Co. Ltd. and BELTCON
LEONARDO, MAFA AND BELTCON TO BUILD MADINAH AIRPORT’S NEWEST BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEMRead More »
Gisli Brynjolfsson argues airlines need a brand people already recognise and feel something about, long before a traveller ever asks an AI assistant for advice. THE BATTLE FOR AI SEARCH STARTS BEFORE THE PROMPT, SAYS ICELANDAIR MARKETING CHIEF Icelandair’s Director of Global Marketing, Gisli Brynjolfsson, told a World Aviation Festival webinar on 7 September
ICELANDAIR’S MARKETING CHIEF: THE BATTLE FOR AI SEARCH STARTS BEFORE THE PROMPTRead More »
A Nigerian Air Force delegation travelled to Bell’s Amarillo facility to sign the frame of the first of twelve Vipers being built under a Foreign Military Sales programme running to early 2029. BELL COMMEMORATES FIRST PRODUCTION AH-1Z AIRCRAFT FOR NIGERIA Bell Textron hosted a delegation from Nigeria at its Amarillo, Texas production facility to
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President Emmanuel Macron announced French government support for Dassault Aviation’s VORTEX programme at the International Space Summit in Paris, formalising a consortium that has been assembling since May and now spans five countries. FRANCE BACKS DASSAULT’S VORTEX REUSABLE SPACEPLANE PROJECT Dassault Aviation welcomed France’s decision to support its VORTEX spaceplane project, announced by French
General Atomics has revealed a clean-sheet uncrewed aircraft pitched at the US Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft competition, designed to be fielded in large numbers where older, more expensive systems would be too costly to risk. GA-ASI UNVEILS WILDFIRE UAS FOR MILITARY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL ROLES General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) unveiled Wildfire
