Russia Plans Supersonic Civil Aircraft Using MIG-29 as Base
Russia plans to create a prototype demonstrator of a new generation supersonic civil aircraft by 2023 using the MiG-29 fighter jet as a “donar” aircraft. The move signals a new race with the United States to build a supersonic passenger jet that can fly at mach 2 or twice the speed...
Mitsubishi Halves SpaceJet Budget, Delivery in or after FY2021
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced it will halve the budget for its SpaceJet project to ¥60 billion for the year ending next March, as the company takes a beating from the COVID-19 pandemic. "We will proceed with the project at an appropriate scale while taking into account the difficult circumstances the...
Qatar Airways Plans Flights to 80 destinations by June
By the end of June, Qatar Airways aims is to have 80 destinations in its schedule including 23 in Europe, four in the Americas, 20 in Middle East/Africa and 33 in Asia-Pacific. Many cities will be served with a strong schedule with daily or more frequencies
Qatar’s Airline-Slots-for-Fighter-Jet Policy Hit by COVID-19
New flight routes connecting Qatar and France announced earlier this year, largely seen as a “payback” for the tiny nation buying Dassault Rafale fighters, appears to have backfired with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging demand for air travel. Qatar Airways in mid-January announced the launch of flights connecting Doha with Lyon (France)...
Sukhoi Superjet 100 Engine Fails, Makes Emergency Landing
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 made an emergency landing in Moscows Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesday after one of its engines failed. The aircraft took off from southwestern Russian city of Saratov and landed safely at 7
Home Delivery of in-Flight Meals by Ural Airlines
Russia's Ural Airlines is delivering in-flight meals to customers' homes to make up for cancelled flights. Airline seat occupancy rates in the country slumped by 92% in the last month owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
Boeing 787 Collides with Airbus A350 at Doha Airport: Qatar Airways
A Boeing 787-800 airplane operated by Qatar Airways collided with an Airbus A350-900 after strong winds dislodged the aircraft from chocks that secures its wheels. "During extreme weather conditions, with storms and high winds of 70 knots, a parked Qatar Airways 787-800 briefly shifted from its chocks and made contact with a QR A350-900 on Thursday 30 April," Qatar Airways posted on its Twitter account
Second Boeing 777X Airplane Takes to the Skies
Boeing announced successful maiden flight of the second 777X widebody airplane on Thursday. The plane flew for 2 hours and 58 minutes over Washington state before landing at Seattle's Boeing Field at 2:02 p
Boeing to Resume 737 Max Production at Low-rate This Year: CEO Calhoun
Boeing expects to resume 737 MAX production at low rates in 2020, gradually increasing to 31 planes per month during 2021, with gradual increases to correspond to market demand, Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun said in a letter to employees today. We are progressing toward the safe return to service of the 737 MAX in close coordination with the U
Boeing to Resume 787 Manufacturing Operations
Boeing has said it will resume 787 operations in South Carolina on May 3 or 4, when some of its employees will return to work. The return includes all operations that were temporarily suspended on April 8 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sanctions Helped Russian MC-21 Airliner Escape COVID-19 Bloodbath
US sanctions against Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) helped the MC-21 airliner project escape current bloodbath facing the aviation industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Had the MC-21 kept to its original schedule and commenced serial production by 2018 with deliveries to airline customers by 2019-20; it would have got caught up in aircraft order cancellations by airlines as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the travel industry hard from the beginning of 2020
First Cessna Citation Latitudes Configured for Flight Inspection Delivered to Japan
Kanematsu Corporation has taken the delivery of the first two flight inspection-configured Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft to be operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). "Textron Aviation Inc
Russian Lancet Drones Claim Over Half of NATO-Supplied M109 Howitzers in Ukraine
Poland Halts Black Hawk Helicopter Deal
Israel, Germany Begin Preparations for Arrow 3 Missile Defense Delivery
Germany to Equip F-35 Fleet with Joint Strike Missile in $650M Deal
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
