The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MoreLegacy surveillance platform will be retired next March, although a replacement has yet to be chosen. UK defence procurement officials face a race against time to acquire and field a new uncrewed surveillance platform for the British Army before the Thales Watchkeeper WK450 is withdrawn from service early next year. However, the budget to replace…
Uncrewed MQ-28 was operating from the Northern Mariana Islands as part of the Valiant Shield exercises. The US Air Force’s newest fighter has operated side-by-side with Boeing’s uncrewed MQ-28 Ghost Bat tactical jet. In all, the MQ-28 spent 10 days operating from a base in the Northern Mariana Islands as part of the biennial US-led…
Mexican carrier turned to the Japanese debt financing option as it prioritises “liquidity preservation”. Mexican ultra low-cost carrier Viva (formerly VivaAerobus) closed its first-ever Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) debt financing for an Airbus A321neo delivered in May, says Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the sole structuring agent and lender of the transaction.…
US investor proposes £6.90-per-share acquisition in new submission to UK budget carrier. US-based investor Castlelake has made a new proposal for the acquisition of UK budget carrier EasyJet, and the airline’s board has signalled that — based on these financial terms — it would be prepared to recommend a formal offer to shareholders. The proposal,…
Ruling finds European Commission used flawed reasoning to keep executive aircraft manufacture out of classification system. Dassault Aviation has secured a favourable court verdict on executive jet production, days after carrying out the first flight of its long-range Falcon 10X. Dassault had sought annulment of a European Commission rule — laid down in 2023 —…
Three-nation funding allocation covers activities until end of 2027. The trinational Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has entered its next phase, with the award of an 18-month contract funding the completion of its advanced concept and assessment phase. Announced on 3 July – two days after its signature – the new allocation of £4.6 billion…
UK-produced attack drone launched from surface vessel for the first time. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has conducted test launches of the Callen-Lenz Nyan one-way effector (OWE) from an experimental vessel for the first time, as the service develops its new hybrid operating concept. Staged off the south coast of England in June during exercise…
Three companies selected in bid to address underlying structural issues and improve service efficiency at Dutch hub. Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s operator is halving the number of ground-handling providers from next year, having selected three companies for its new handling model. KLM, Dnata and Viggo have been chosen to remain, from the current six operating at…
Australian carrier plots novel Sydney-London tracks and shows off cabin for ambitious nonstop Project Sunrise flights. Just one flight will account for a quarter of the airborne certification testing for Airbus’s ultra-long-range version of the A350-1000, underlining the extraordinary capability demanded by Qantas’s ambitious Project Sunrise. Project Sunrise is the natural endgame of Qantas’s progressive…
Pilot and 11 parachutists did not survive accident which occurred moments after take-off from Missouri airport. Surveillance video shows that a Pacific Aerospace P-750XL skydiving aircraft, which crashed on take-off from Butler Memorial airport, had gradually started banking left until its wings were perpendicular to the ground. The aircraft, with a pilot and 11 skydivers…
