Date of sighting: Oct 2, 2026Location of sighting: West Springfield City, Massachusetts, USASource: NUFORCThis report just in. A person in an RV park was looking…
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Date of sighting: Oct 2, 2026Location of sighting: Snohomish, Washington, USASource: NUFORCThis orb was spotted coming over the Washington state mountains last week. The glowing…
Read MoreThe propulsion project for Shield AI’s collaborative combat aircraft combines the proven fighter engine with an off-the-shelf Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle system. Autonomy start-up Shield AI and propulsion manufacturer GE Aerospace have begun stand testing an F110 fighter-jet engine modified with thrust vectoring technology. Video released by Shield AI shows a nighttime light of the…
Flag-carrier introducing additional narrowbodies as it continues post-Assad recovery. Syrian Airlines is acquiring a pair of Airbus A320s as it continues its recovery following the fall of the Bashar Al-Assad government. The airline says it took delivery of the first of two “newly purchased aircraft” at Damascus on 29 August. Registered YK-AKI, the jet arrived…
Air Astana Group probing circumstances of accident at Almaty which injured worker. Kazakhstan’s Air Astana Group has confirmed a fire occurred involving one of its FlyArystan aircraft during maintenance on 28 August. FlyArystan operates a mix of Airbus A320 and A320neo jets. The company says that the “workplace incident” happened while routine maintenance was being…
The C$230 million ($165 million) project will lengthen the Northwest Territories airstrip by over 900 metres (3,000ft). The Canadian federal government is moving ahead with plans to extend the length of a dual-use airfield above the Arctic Circle as part of the country’s Arctic defence strategy. Ottawa says work is progressing on a C$230 million…
Launch customer Brazil has ordered eight of the two-seat fighters. Saab has flown the two-seat variant of the company’s newest Gripen fighter for the first time. The inaugural Gripen F sortie took place on 28 August from Saab’s primary fighter development and production centre in Linkoping, Sweden. Saab chief test pilot Jakob Hogberg was at…
Union members could strike starting 7 October if no deal emerges. Boeing and the union representing its Pacific Northwest engineers and other professional staff intend to resume contract talks on 31 August, as the union presses to secure greater wage gains. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) on 28 August disclosed the…
Activist investor took a major stake in JetBlue in 2024. Two members of JetBlue Airways’ board of directors linked to Carl Icahn have resigned after the activist investor significantly reduced his stake. Jesse Lynn, general counsel of Icahn Enterprises, and Steven Miller, a portfolio manager at Icahn Capital, joined the board in 2024 when Icahn…
Concern over radio transmission reliability discussed days before regional jet’s encounter with US presidential helicopter. Investigators have revealed that two transmissions from the US presidential helicopter, advising preparation for take-off, were not received by air traffic control before a loss-of-separation incident involving an Embraer 170 departing Washington National airport. The incident occurred on 4 August,…
RAF chief says 737-based airborne early warning jet will soon enter UK service. Boeing has rolled out the UK Royal Air Force’s second E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft in its final paint scheme. The 737-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) jet (registration WT002) has been undergoing conversion and testing at Birmingham with Boeing and UK…
Announcement of routes for next summer follows news of United’s planned international expansion. American Airlines intends to launch seven new routes from the US to Europe in 2027. The Ft Worth, Texas-based carrier also plans to increase service to London Heathrow from New York’s John F Kennedy International airport to four flights daily, up from…
