Date of discovery: July 26, 2026Location of sighting: Mars Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03393/mcam/3393ML1015160341305084C00_DXXX.jpgGuys, this is a unexploded missile laying on the surface of Mars just meter from the…
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Date of discovery: July 27, 2026Location of discovery: In orbit between Jupiter and MarsSource: https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA07881/PIA07881~orig.jpgI found a comet in the NASA index and I wanted to…
Read MoreCompany selected for sole-source award after tender fails to attract compliant bids. Tekever has been selected to provide the British Army with a new fleet of long-range surveillance drones through a sole-source contract after a competitive tender called Project Corvus failed to solicit any compliant bids. Detailing the decision on 24 July, the Ministry of…
RTX chief says: “The business model is going to need to change.” For decades, turbofan manufacturers have made most of their money on hefty aftermarket sales, often selling engines at steep discounts. But that strategy may be set to change for Connecticut producer Pratt & Whitney (P&W), which aims to make more money on the…
New system is suitable for use with multiple platforms. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched Ellyon – an “all-in-one” special mission capability it says is suitable for integration with “multiple large business jet platforms”. Announced on 20 July and depicted using a digital rendering of a heavily modified Gulfstream G550 airframe, the Ellyon system “integrates…
Carrier obtained its own air operator’s certificate in March this year. Nigerian carrier Enugu Air has confirmed that one of its Embraer regional jets has suffered a runway excursion while landing in Benin City. The E170 (5N-ENR) overran the end of runway 05 while arriving from Lagos on 23 July. Enugu says none of the…
New initiative will allow corporate donors to bypass restrictions on contributions to faith-based NGOs. A new aviation-based humanitarian charity, which wants to “build a bridge” between industry donors and faith-based organisations providing aid services in the field, is seeking five companies to become launch partners. Unveiling Aviation for Good during a presentation at the Farnborough…
Oneworld carrier sees breakeven for the full-year in the face of $6 billion fuel headwind. American Airlines has become the latest US carrier to report a slump in second-quarter profits as the surge in fuel costs following the Iran conflict continues to hit airline financials The Oneworld carrier posted an operating profit of $446 million…
Cockpit crew’s licences suspended by Icelandic authority. Icelandic regulators have disciplined two pilots who carried out an unauthorised low pass in a Boeing 757-200 while conducting a scheduled flight from Frankfurt. The Icelandair aircraft was bound for Reykjavik on 11 April. But it descended from the normal altitude to pass over Vestmannaeyjar airport on the…
Pan American aircraft fatally sank after departing Puerto Rico in April 1952. Wreckage of a Douglas DC-4 which fatally ditched and sank in the Atlantic, while attempting a return to Puerto Rico nearly 75 years ago, has been discovered during a deep-sea search. Operated by Pan American World Airways, the four-engined aircraft (N88899) was located…
Output is due to reach seven annually by end of 2027. Airbus’s defence unit has an unannounced new buyer for its A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT), the company has disclosed. “We have an undisclosed customer – and we have more to come,” Airbus Defence & Space head of air power Jean-Brice Dumont revealed at the…
Modified twinjet recently joined up with RAF Typhoons for formation flight. The UK’s Excalibur flight test aircraft has completed the initial phase of a campaign following a second round of major airframe modifications made to the unique Boeing 757. Prepared in support of the UK’s Future Combat Air System programme for Team Tempest, the twinjet…
