Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Emirates’ Clark confident Boeing will explore larger 777X as he waits to see carrier’s first -9

Dubai-based airline’s rejection of early-build airframes leaves their fate unclear.  Emirates president Tim Clark believes Boeing will be tempted to explore a larger variant of the Boeing 777X – provisionally described as a ‘777-10’ – based on performance data gathered from the prolonged development of the 777-9. Speaking during the Farnborough air show, Clark reiterated…

Lockheed Martin’s Ethos for Seamless, Cross-Platform Autonomy in Future Battlespaces
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Lockheed Martin’s Ethos for Seamless, Cross-Platform Autonomy in Future Battlespaces

The Aviationist sat down with representatives from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and Sikorsky divisions to discuss and understand the firm’s ambitions for the future of autonomous military capabilities.  Lockheed Martin first entered the uncrewed domain in the 1960s, producing the D-21 surveillance drone designed for launch by the M-21, a specially configured variant of the…

Voepass ATR 72 icing crash inquiry reveals culture of poor maintenance discipline

Brazilian probe finds strained resources and pressure to meet flight schedules meant aircraft were knowingly operated in degraded condition. Pressure to ensure continuous aircraft availability despite limited maintenance resources led to poor discipline at Brazilian carrier Voepass, with technical faults left unrecorded and unresolved, investigators have disclosed. Investigation authority CENIPA has highlighted the failure to…

Next era of flight: Control systems and the electric revolution

6 August 2026 at 3pm London This webinar is exclusively sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace. It is free to attend Think electric aircraft and battery-powered propulsion will likely spring to mind. Yet the electric transition in aviation goes beyond the challenge of developing electric and hybrid-electric engines powerful enough to move large payloads. The next generation…

How GCAP shone through Farnborough’s week in the sun
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How GCAP shone through Farnborough’s week in the sun

Three-nation effort is powering ahead after major funding boost. If doubts existed around the viability of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) between Italy, Japan and the UK barely a month ago then they were firmly put to bed at this week’s main aerospace event of the year in Farnborough. Indeed, the three-nation effort’s positive…

MTU readies for ground tests of Flying Fuel Cell demonstrator

Evaluations will take place at Munich site as firm eyes future collaboration with Airbus on the technology. MTU Aero Engines has begun assembly of the first pre-production 350kW fuel cell stack as part of its Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) programme, the German propulsion firm says. In addition, MTU has started building a full-system demonstrator at…

Tekever takes Corvus win to provide Watchkeeper UAV successor

Company 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…

EA-37 Electronic Warfare Aircraft Deploy as Trump Weighs Large-Scale Ops Against Iran
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EA-37 Electronic Warfare Aircraft Deploy as Trump Weighs Large-Scale Ops Against Iran

The U.S. has deployed key new electronic warfare aircraft overseas that would be critical for a large-scale operation against Iran as President Donald Trump publicly weighs resuming a full-scale air campaign. Two EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to RAF Fairford, U.K., where they landed July 23, according to…