Ecuador has ordered seven Leonardo AW139M helicopters in a $209.8 million package that includes a presidential VIP transport aircraft. The fleet is set to lift mobility, troop transport, and operational support across the armed forces. Deliveries are split into three…
Electro Optic Systems has completed its acquisition of MARSS and unveiled the combined counter-drone business at Eurosatory in Paris. The deal folds MARSS’s AI-enabled command and control, including NiDAR, into EOS’s effectors to build a layered detect, track and defeat…
Japan Airlines beteiligt sich mit HAECO, Toyota Tsusho und Sun Group an einem neuen Flugzeug-MRO-Komplex am Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh. Das Joint Venture soll rund 360 Millionen US-Dollar investieren und den Betrieb 2028 aufnehmen. Geplant sind Hangarkapazitäten…
United Nigeria Airlines has taken delivery of its first two Boeing 737-800NGs, registrations 5N-CFC and 5N-CFB, at Lagos on 13 June 2026. The aircraft are the opening pair in a six-jet package from Southwest Airlines, and the airline has already…
SpaceNews will host a 25 June discussion on how sensors could protect the United States under the Golden Dome missile-defense concept. The focus is the sensing layer: satellite tracking, threat discrimination, and the communications backbone needed to push data fast…
AutoFlight’s V2000CG CarryAll has become the first eVTOL to secure overseas type validation, after Indonesia’s DGCA issued a Validated Type Certificate for the 2-ton unmanned cargo aircraft. The approval confirms compliance with Chinese and Indonesian airworthiness requirements and clears the…
AirAsia X is set to debut the Airbus A321LR on Northeast Asia services in late October 2026, starting with one-time Kuala Lumpur flights to Busan, Osaka Kansai and Seoul Incheon. The schedule filing points to a narrowbody long-haul trial across…
Air Caraïbes und Aéro Biodiversité haben in ihrem neuen 2025er Bericht mehrere erstmals nachgewiesene Arten auf Flughafengelände in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin und Cayenne bestätigt. Erfasst wurden unter anderem die Pflanze Comméline dressée, der Kleine Rohrdommel, die Libelle Micrathyria aequalis und…
United Airlines has put a Stars and Stripes special livery on a Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 787-10 to mark America’s 250th anniversary. The reveal, staged at Washington Dulles International Airport on 15 June 2026, ties brand visibility to patriotic messaging…
Lockheed Martin and GM Defense have signed a memorandum of understanding to widen U.S. production capacity, with munitions supply chains at the front of the agenda. The companies will work on three tracks: strengthening defense supply chains, advancing manufacturing and…
U.S. airlines spent $6.47 billion on jet fuel in April, a 78% jump from a year earlier even as consumption slipped 2.6%. The average price reached $4.11 a gallon, up from $2.31 in April 2025, leaving operators with a cost…
Chile has cleared Abra Group’s acquisition of SKY Airline, removing the final domestic competition hurdle for the transaction. The decision advances Abra’s plan to fold the Santiago-based low-cost carrier into its wider Latin American platform while keeping SKY’s brand and…
Riyadh Air ya tiene autorización del Departamento de Transporte de Estados Unidos para operar vuelos de ida y vuelta con ese país. La decisión elimina una barrera regulatoria para la expansión internacional de la aerolínea saudí y abre la vía…
Air Canada inauguró en 16 de junio de 2026 su primer espacio premium en el aeropuerto Jean Lesage de Quebec con un nuevo Air Canada Café de 97 plazas. La sala ocupa 336 metros cuadrados, opera con Plaza Premium Group…
Arianespace kept its Ariane 6 launch on schedule for 17 June after a strike at the Guiana Space Centre ended the previous day. CEO David Cavaillolès said the base was fully operational again and all launch indicators were green. The…
Mach Industries secured a DIU contract on 16 June 2026 to serve as the aircraft integrator for the RIMES program, a U.S. Navy and DIU initiative deploying long-range maritime strike drones from austere locations. The hybrid-electric Atlas drone, developed with…
Lockheed Martin and GM Defense have signed a memorandum of understanding to push more defense work through commercial manufacturing. The deal links Lockheed Martin’s production know-how with General Motors’ high-rate industrial base, with the first focus on supply chains, manufacturing…
Riyadh Air has joined the International Air Transport Association and moved onto CO2 Connect at the same time. The Saudi carrier now sits inside the industry body’s airline network while gaining flight-by-flight emissions calculations based on actual fuel-burn data. The…
LATAM Airlines Group secured Best Cabin Service in South America at the 2026 APEX Best Awards, extending its standing in a category driven by passenger ratings. The award was announced in Dublin during the APEX FTE EMEA conference, where APEX…
Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter has added a Cessna Citation X to its managed fleet, extending aircraft management beyond its long-standing Bombardier base. The move gives the Fort Lauderdale operator a faster, longer-range business jet type and broadens the portfolio it…
Global Jet Capital closed BJETS 2026-1, a business jet asset-backed securitization that raised about $659 million. The deal extends the firm’s BJETS program, now in its ninth ABS issuance, and lifts total assets securitized to roughly $6.7 billion. The transaction…
A Bombardier Challenger 601 ended up on a road under construction near Asaba International Airport after a missed approach on 10 June. The aircraft, operated by VMO Aero Ltd, reportedly touched down on a 7,000-foot highway stretch beside the runway,…
The FBI disrupted an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn with explosive-laden drones and sniper fire. Five suspects are in custody, with investigators saying the plan was broken up before the…
Malaysia has ordered 18 CAESAR 155mm self-propelled howitzers from KNDS, closing a procurement track that has stretched for years. The deal was formalised at Eurosatory in Paris and pairs the order with technology transfer and local assembly through Advanced Defense…
No reliable source confirms Germany’s imminent six Global 8000 electronic warfare aircraft order. The only verified Bombardier Global 8000 delivery in Africa occurred on 16 June 2026 to BUA Group, not to the German Bundeswehr. Secondary reports link the African…
FlightPath3D has released a white paper arguing that in-flight moving maps should function as a digital homepage, not a static cabin graphic. The paper links that shift to connected-cabin strategy, with airlines using seatback and mobile interfaces to keep passengers…
Prophesee has raised €20 million and launched Mantara, a fully integrated event-based drone detection and tracking system built from sensor chip to embedded AI processing. The Paris release frames the move as a shift toward a full-stack dual-use civil and…
Airbus Defence and Space has started work to turn French A400Ms into a multi-mission ISR and airborne command platform. The Parallel Mission System adds a new mission management system, tactical situational awareness consoles in the cargo hold and an optronic…
Canada and Italy have launched negotiations for the Royal Canadian Air Force to acquire Leonardo M-346 advanced jet trainers. The talks were opened by Mark Carney and Giorgia Meloni at the G7 summit in Évian, linking the aircraft to Canada’s…
Air Canada hat am Flughafen Québec City Jean Lesage seine erste Air Canada Café eröffnet und dem Standort damit erstmals ein dediziertes Premium-Loungeprodukt gegeben. Die Anlage bietet 97 Sitzplätze auf 336 Quadratmetern, wird von Plaza Premium betrieben und ist als…
Lufthansa Technik Philippines baut in Clark ein zweites Base-Maintenance-Zentrum für Widebody-Flugzeuge auf. Der Standort am Clark International Airport umfasst 157.000 Quadratmeter, soll bis zu neun Flugzeugstände aufnehmen und ab 2028 in Betrieb gehen. Das Joint Venture mit MacroAsia investiert einen…
Katalyst Space secured $12 million in a funding round led by Geodesic Capital to advance its GEO servicing demo mission ahead of the NASA Swift reboost launch. The capital will support the LINK robotic spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch…
Honeywell has formally approved the spin-off of its aerospace business, keeping the separation on track for 29 June, when Honeywell Aerospace is due to begin regular-way Nasdaq trading under HONA. The distribution is set to give record holders on 15…
Tiny first-person-view drones drew attention on the final day of ILA Berlin 2026, shifting the show’s centre of gravity toward attritable systems and low-cost airpower. The Drone Pavilion turned the Defence Park into a live market signal, with autonomous swarms,…
Lufthansa Technik baut am Clark International Airport einen zweiten Base-Maintenance-Standort in den Philippinen auf. Der neue Hangar-Komplex soll bis zu neun Widebody-Bays auf 157.000 Quadratmetern bieten und ab 2028 den Betrieb aufnehmen. Das Vorhaben läuft über Lufthansa Technik Philippines, das…
Ein Luftfrachtfehler hat den österreichischen Zulieferer FACC in St. Martin im Innkreis mit einem extremen Fehlrouting konfrontiert: In acht gekühlten Boxen lagen menschliche Überreste statt der erwarteten Teile. Die Sendung war aus den USA über München eingetroffen und sollte nach…
The B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base is a reminder that this airframe still sits inside the U.S. test and deterrence architecture. The bomber was on a routine test mission supporting radar modernization, carrying eight people, when it went…
Vietnam Airlines has appointed ECS Group as its cargo GSSA in South Korea. The move gives ECS Group sales and service responsibility across a market Vietnam Airlines views as one of its largest cargo lanes in Asia, with coverage extending…
Gogo has cleared a new retrofit path for Dassault Falcon 7X and 8X operators after Dassault Falcon Jet MRO secured FAA and EASA STCs for the Galileo HDX antenna. The approval lets the business jets take the electronically steered HDX…
Safran has named Daniela Schwarzer as an independent director, effective 1 July 2026, after Patricia Bellinger stepped down from the board and the Appointments and Compensation Committee for family reasons. Schwarzer will serve the balance of Bellinger’s term through the…
Safran has launched Land OmniGuard, a counter-drone solution for operational environments. The new land-focused system extends the company’s anti-UAS portfolio into force protection, battlefield security and critical-site defence, targeting detection and neutralisation of drone threats in mobile and fixed deployments.…
The Army’s Ivy Mass exercise showed that electronic attack does not have to be obvious to work. At Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, the 4th Infantry Division and NGC2 teams ran division-scale command and control through combined jamming, space, GPS and…
Canada has opened negotiations to buy Leonardo’s M-346 advanced jet trainer, after Mark Carney and Giorgia Meloni met on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains. The move puts the Royal Canadian Air Force on a path toward a…
MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense have entered the final phase of negotiations with France’s DGA for the THUNDART long-range land strike system, replacing the aging LRU rocket artillery. The 150 km precision strike weapon, designed and produced entirely in…
PiLogic has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test its satellite fault-detection and failure-prediction software on spacecraft electrical and power subsystems. The company will integrate its Exact AI inference engine to…
Ryanair has attacked the EU’s revised air passenger rights deal after lawmakers agreed that fares must display hand luggage from the first booking screen. The carrier said the change forces higher headline prices and will distort fare comparison, even as…
EDGE Group has launched EDGE Europe in Paris, giving the Abu Dhabi defence group a French-registered platform with a Chaillot headquarters and an engineering and manufacturing hub in Bordeaux. The move shifts EDGE from an export-led presence to a local…
Royal Air Maroc has added wet-leased Airbus A330-900neo capacity on its Casablanca-Montreal service for June. The aircraft, Corsair-operated as F-HETE under an ACMI deal, is scheduled on AT208 and AT209 from 12 to 21 June on a reduced pattern, then…
Poland has frozen the handover of its remaining MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine until a bilateral drone-technology arrangement is completed. Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said the aircraft will move only after the technical terms of the exchange are finalized, with…
Gilat Satellite Networks will buy most of Comtech Telecommunications’ Satellite & Space Communications segment for $157.5 million in cash, with $10 million paid at signing. The boards of both companies approved the transaction unanimously, and closing is targeted for the…