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An electronic system eases airport traffic

Nov 28, 2024 (SPX)

Jeremy Coupe of NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, explained, "The majority of uncertainty in the NAS can be attributed to surface opera...

Hong Kong airport third runway takes off

Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)

Hong Kong International Airport is still among the busiest airports in the world, but flights are not yet back to pre-Covid levels and it has fallen behind regi...

Germany fears outside hand in deadly Lithuania jet crash

Nov 25, 2024 (AFP)

While authorities stopped short of linking the tragedy to a recent series of sabotage cases, Lithuanian officials have in past weeks probed alleged acts of ince...

Musk calls for US to replace fighter jets with drones

Nov 25, 2024 (AFP)

"Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed," said the head of SpaceX, Tesla and X, in a post on his social media...

Near Space Labs launches nationwide 7cm resolution stratospheric imaging network

Nov 22, 2024 (SPX)

The Swift, a zero-emission autonomous robot designed by Near Space Labs, delivers impressive performance, capturing imagery of up to 1,000 square kilometers per...

AMSL Aero completes first free flight of Vertiia eVTOL

Nov 19, 2024 (SPX)

This significant flight represents the first free flight achievement by an Australian-designed and produced eVTOL - a new class of aircraft that combines helico...

Electra unveils EL9 ultra short hybrid-electric aircraft design

Nov 14, 2024 (SPX)

The EL9's hybrid-electric propulsion system features innovative blown lift technology, enabling it to perform ultra-short takeoffs and landings within compact s...

Flights to Bali resume following volcanic eruption

Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)

Eighty-three international routes were cancelled on Wednesday, the general manager of Bali's international airport said in a statement, after Mount Lewotobi Lak...

Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano erupts

Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)

Australia's Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia all grounded flights after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores island spewed a nine-kilometre (5.6-mile) tower a...

X-59 engine tests begin, Lockheed Martin nears final ground trial

Nov 13, 2024 (SPX)

During this phase, Lockheed Martin aims to confirm the performance of key components such as the inlet and nozzle, assess structural and system interactions bet...

NASA funds new studies looking at future of sustainable aircraft

Nov 13, 2024 (SPX)

Through NASA's Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 initiative, the agency asked industry and academia to come up with studi...

China's largest air show takes off with fighter jets, attack drones

Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)

China has poured resources into modernising and expanding its aviation capabilities as it faces off against the United States and others around regional flashpo...

Five things to watch at China's largest airshow

Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)

The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, held in the southern city of Zhuhai, will showcase military fighters, passenger jets, drones and...

Carbon emissions from private aviation spike 46 percent since Covid

Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)

Private jets have a high environmental impact due to their intense energy consumption, resulting in significantly more CO2 emissions per passenger than commerci...

Private jet carbon emissions soar 46%: study

Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)

Carbon dioxide emissions from private aviation peaked over the European summer and around major global events like the World Cup, Cannes Film Festival and UN cl...

NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov 06, 2024 (UPI)

Engineers began test-firing the experimental aircraft's jet engine at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, Calif., on Oct. 30 to see if the air...

Two Egyptian pilots killed in helicopter crash in Suez: army

Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)

The helicopter went down near a key air base in the town of Shalufa, in Suez province, "due to a technical malfunction", military spokesman Gharib Abdel Hafez s...

Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace to attack Iran

Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)

A statement from government spokesman Bassim Alawadi said the letter condemns "the Zionist entity's blatant violation of Iraq's airspace and sovereignty by usin...

German flying taxi startup to file for bankruptcy

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

"Within the next few days", the Munich-based Lilium company expects that its principal subsidiaries "will file for insolvency in the competent court in Germany"...

Hydrogen aviation has to be done properly or not at all

Oct 23, 2024 (SPX)

There are three key issues and choices that aerospace companies will be considering when it comes to the development and operation of hydrogen-powered commercia...