Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The $1.2 billion-capped mission, targeted to launch in 2033, will bridge the gap between the James Webb Space Telescope and radio observatories. NASA has selected PRIMA, the PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics, to advance into Phase B development, the first mission in a new class of astrophysics missions called Probe Explorers within the agency’s long-running […]
The deal, Boeing’s largest single-aisle order from the carrier, was finalised in the presence of Türkiye’s president and builds on last year’s record 787 Dreamliner purchase. Boeing and Turkish Airlines have finalised an order for up to 150 737 MAX airplanes, concluding discussions that began in 2025 and supporting the flag carrier’s expansion plans. The
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Two sovereign AI functions, one developed in-house and one with Thales’s cortAIx, have reached the maturity needed to be considered for future Rafale upgrades. Dassault Aviation has flight-tested two new sovereign AI algorithms aboard the Rafale fighter jet, the company announced on 22 September. The first was developed by Dassault’s own engineers, and the second
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The announcement, alongside a new Destination PHX 2050 development programme, targets an airport serving 90 million passengers a year by mid-century. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has named American Airlines as the primary carrier for its planned West Terminal, alongside the launch of Destination PHX 2050, a development programme intended to guide the airport’s capital
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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
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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
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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
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