One Day Consumed Two Years of U.S. Patriot Missiles
“The U.S produces about 60–65 Patriot missiles per month, that's peanuts. On the first day of the attack on West Asia, they used up as much as they produce in two years.” https://t.co/qRrHSvuZr8
Runway Safety System Failed to Activate Before Fatal Collision
NTSB says runway safety system did not activate before fatal Air Canada Express collision https://t.co/6amoUruiSy
Soyuz Tower Demolished, Repurposed for Maia Rocket
There are reports about the demolition of the service tower at the Soyuz launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. It looks like this supposed video was badly squeezed horizontally. In 2024, the mothballed facility was re-assigned for the European Maia...
New Visuals Reveal URM-2 and URM-1 Adapters for Angara‑5
Rollout visuals released after today's Angara-1.2 launch, showed the URM-2 booster (bottom left) and an adapter for the core version of the URM-1 (bottom right) all required for the assembly of the Angara-5 variant: https://t.co/yFPl9kzmTN https://t.co/bTcyhQqEUF
Should $500 M Bailout Rescue Spirit’s Repeated Bankruptcy?
$500 million of your money could be headed to an airline that’s gone bankrupt twice 🤔 I really want Spirit to survive — they keep fares honest and the Big Front Seat is legit a steal — but is bailing them...
SpaceX IPO Poised to Become Record‑high Priced Offering
The SpaceX IPO is coming, and it will be a doozy, a futuristic company (spaceships, satellites and AI), a founder who will keep things interesting (Musk) and a price tag that may make it the most highly priced IPO of...
Senate Subcommittee Schedules NASA FY27 Budget Hearing April 28
The Senate CJS appropriations subcommittee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY27 budget request Tuesday April 28 at 10 am EDT. https://t.co/CMP5Deon36
United's Spotty Wi‑Fi Gets Starlink Upgrade Hope
Apparently @united upgrading WiFi to @Starlink @elonmusk - can’t happen soon enough bc service is spotty to the point of embarrassment; no idea how so many Bay Area tech folks (big users of united) put up with it.
SkyWest Q1 Shows Revenue Growth, Fleet Reactivation, Pilot Pipeline
SkyWest’s Q1 2026 call was solid—revenue up, more plane reactivations, and pilot pipeline growing. Steady execution and strong partnerships keeping things on track. ✈️ SkyWest
Synthetic Aperture Radar: Space Radar Reveals Hidden Earth Changes
The same satellite tech can track a convoy through dense cloud cover at night, flag a sinkhole weeks before it opens, catch a village built on a collapsing slope, and even map the inside of a pyramid from orbit. It's called...
Funding Needed for Software to Rethink Air Traffic Control
.@SecDuffy talks tonight on podcast about the new software he needs funding for to rethink how we control airplanes and deconflict planes before they are in the air https://t.co/OeyAqESXPL
NASA Moves Crew‑13 Launch to September, Resumes Six‑month Cadence
NASA announces Crew-13: NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canada's Josh Kutryk, Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov. Launching in Sept instead of Nov as NASA resumes ~6-month cadence (instead of ~8). 2nd flt for Watkins, 1st for the others. https://t.co/rK0XBeLEjt
Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights Amid US‑Israeli Conflict
Lufthansa announced it would be forced to CUT 20,000 FLIGHTS as a result of the US-Israeli war in Iran. LUFTHANSA AND ITS PASSENGERS SHOULD SEND A BILL FOR DAMAGES TO TRUMP & NETANYAHU. https://t.co/8Rfx6sEPxM
SOCOM to Acquire Three Unnamed Aircraft FY27
Rare non-standard aviation news for those nerds out there 🚨 SOCOM in FY27 will procure three new aircraft in a program called Non-Standard Aviaton-Next as it moves on from the C-146. Specific type not disclosed https://t.co/9Bg80XtX7a
FAA Delays ORD Schedule Cuts to June 2
New: @FAANews pushes effective date of ORD schedule reductions to June 2 (It was previously effective May 17) https://t.co/JiQoGhv5Wg
Join the Race to Build the First Independent Supersonic Engine
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engine (assembly). It's not too late to be part of the team that builds the first independently-developed supersonic jet engine. https://t.co/q4poeRykcH
Air Force to Acquire 4,300 JASSM Stealth Missiles by 2031
From DoD 5-yr plan: The Air Force plans to buy nearly 4,300 long-range Jassm stealth cruise missiles from Lockheed over the next five years, according to new budget documents, after using them against Iranian targets; starting with 821 in FY...
American Reclaims Three O'Hare Gates, United’s Gambit Falters
American Airlines Wins Back 3 O’Hare Gates — United’s Chicago Gambit Fails - View from the Wing https://t.co/4bYigiZ5ik
Chinese Satellites Over Middle East Alarm U.S. Military
Chinese Satellites Over Mideast Battlefield Put U.S. on Edge—Chinese satellite industry grows as a potential threat to U.S. forces in the Middle East @ByChunHan https://t.co/zBXNJ3h7lR https://t.co/zBXNJ3h7lR
Iran Conflict Depletes US Missile Stockpiles, Undermining Indo‑Pacific Deterrence
If you care about deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, this is not an encouraging story ... Six years to replace stockpiles and a pretty stunning burn rate on Tomahawks, Patriot: "Based on prewar inventories, CSIS estimated that munitions expended in Iran...
Spirit Airlines Faces Cash Depletion by Next Week
Spirit Airlines Says It Will Run Out Of Cash Next Week - View from the Wing https://t.co/vR7BYqWck2
Spirit's Repeated Bankruptcies Signal Inevitable Market Exit
So, why are we trying to save Spirit Airlines? Bankrupt twice in 2 years. Their CX is awful, and flyers have spoken by avoiding them. Darwinism works.
Ukraine Mounts P1‑SUN Interceptor Drones on An‑28s
Here’s another piece of Ukrainian know-how: P1-SUN interceptor drones mounted on veteran An-28 aircraft. https://t.co/SGIt4QZr58
Iridium Unveils Summer PNT ASIC, Expands D2D Services
.@IridiumComm: PNT ASIC is out this summer & we're assessing new sateliltes to improve Iridium PNT accuracy. NTN Direct service launches this yr too. Surprise: @IridiumBoss includes @AST_SpaceMobile w/@SpaceX & @Amazonleo as among 'the big D2D services.'https://t.co/Ew1vCDCfUT https://t.co/RkfaSTjcu8
SpaceX Builds Its Own GPUs, Vertically Integrating Compute
SpaceX is now building its own GPUs. For cars. For robots. For orbital data centers. @elonmusk isn't just launching rockets — he's vertically integrating the entire compute stack.
Bird Strike Rips Aircraft Nose, Shreds Skin, Damages Radar
Bird strike hit like a missile. This aircraft’s nose skin got absolutely shredded... peeled back like a tin can. Even damaged the radar. Not sure what kind of bird did this, but respect to whatever it was 💀✈️
Starlink Posted $4.4B Profit on $11.4B Revenue
Starlink last year: $4.4 billion in operating profit and $11.4 billion in revenue, according to @Reuters review of pending S-1 https://t.co/e9KFllMATS
Starlink Mobile Launches in Canada, Philippines, New Zealand June
"Starlink Mobile service will be sequentially available in Canada, the Philippines, and New Zealand beginning in June" https://t.co/dM7tKUH308
Linde's Gas Supply Could Power Future Space Launches
This was a good conversation between @JRogrow and Krzysztof Smalec on Linde. The opportunity in providing gases for space launches is an interesting one. https://t.co/a7vSbYo3cf
FAA Targets 2026 Approvals, Fleet Upgrade by 2028
Timeline on issue per OIG: "In our latest update from FAA, it stated the engine-level approval is expected in the 2nd quarter of 2026 and the airplane-level approval is expected in 3rd quarter of 2026. Further, once Boeing publishes its...
OIG Scrutinizes FAA's Handling of 2023 737 MAX Bird Strikes
OIG issues report into @FAANews response into 2023 737 MAX 8 bird strike incidents https://t.co/qW6HjYeSVM
Government Bails Spirit, Ignores Broken U.S. Healthcare
What's the logic for the Government bailing out Spirit Airlines but not fixing US healthcare? Weird how it’s ok to bail out some people but not others.
American Airlines Improves, Yet Key Issues Remain
Data Shows American Airlines Is Finally Improving — Earnings Show What They Still Need To Fix - View from the Wing https://t.co/FFVfae99iH
Pentagon's $54B AI Push Outpaces Risk Controls
The U.S. is accelerating its shift toward AI-driven defense. A $54bn Pentagon budget request highlights growing investment in autonomous systems and AI-powered warfare capabilities. The pace is increasing. The question is whether risk management can keep up with deployment. https://t.co/PEYZ5PGcSi
ESA and EU Defence Agency Launch ISR Sensor Evaluation For
.@ESA & @EUDefenceAgency to assess ISR sensor options in 18-mnth preparation for @defis_eu EO Governmental Service (EOGS) starting 2028, whose KPIs should be sent over to ESA w/in weeks. ESA's EOGS architecture contracts, 2 x EUR 5M, bid deadline is...
Deregulation, Not Airlines, Created Industry's Fragility
Airlines were fine before deregulation. It's bad regulation that made it a financially fragile crappy industry. And the JetBlue-Spirit combo would have liquidated a year ago.
Boeing, Space Primes Surge on Earnings and Contracts
NextGen Defense – Daily Gainers & Losers (04/22/26) NextGen Defense traded mixed as Boeing and space‑focused primes advanced on solid earnings and contract momentum, while newly listed drone maker AEVEX and large legacy primes lagged. – The Boeing Company (BA) rose 5.53%...
Spirit Airlines Near Liquidation: Business Model Collapse Explained
Spirit Airlines Is Days Away From Liquidation — Here’s Why Their Business Failed - View from the Wing https://t.co/e49lheFBn7
Progress MS-34 Rolls to Baikonur Pad for Saturday Launch
A Soyuz-2-1a rocket with the Progress MS-34 cargo ship reached the launch pad at Site 31 in Baikonur this morning, in preparation for a liftoff on the night from Saturday to Sunday and a two-day trip to the ISS: https://t.co/RJw3e4HJ5Y...
USAF to Triple AMRAAM Orders, Boosting Solitron's Top Program
$SODI The US Air Force has requested to triple annual AMRAAM purchases. Based on my due diligence, I believe this is Solitron‘s largest defense program they sell into. https://t.co/azt1d7PWkv
Live: My Take on Today's Space Market
Great to be on @CNBCMorningCall with @MorganLBrennan live from Singapore discussing my take on where the Space market is right now. $VOYG @CNBC https://t.co/uzJSFfSteZ
Free Lecture Explores Helicopter Frontiers in Extreme Environments
Free #aviation lecture, RAeS HQ, 28 April, Alan Bristow Named Lecture 2026 - 'Working in the Extremes - Expanding the frontiers of helicopter aviation' #avgeek #helicopters https://t.co/R0KPaPa9lU https://t.co/ER0aYh2HzL
Artemis II Inspires Hope for Exploration and Science
This week's EVSN is our love letter to the Artemis II mission. I have a lot of weird & contradictory emotions about all the resources going into human space exploration & not into science. But what if there were enough...
Seeing Earth as a Pixel to Hunt Life
🌎 For Earth Day, consider our pale blue dot as a single pixel 🔵 like Cassini saw looking back at Earth from Saturn. What might we glean from a single...
Airlines Slash Flights as Fuel Prices Soar
Here Are the Notable Flight Cuts Airlines Worldwide Are Making as Fuel Prices Surge https://t.co/nyicXtvBTw
Artemis II Validates Laser Links as Orbital Compute Backbone
Artemis II wasn’t just a deep space mission, it proved that laser communications will be the backbone of compute in orbit, with transceivers from @ObservableSpace Observable will move terabits between Earth and space, enabling datacenters, and more, in space. Observable...
US Deploys Massive Naval Force Amid Oil Market Apathy
JUST as the SSS Bush arrives this weekend to join the two other US aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East. How many assembled jets, missiles, destroyers, nuclear submarines & military personnel does that make - now in attack position? Market,...
Duffy Demands Transparency Before Risking Taxpayer Funds
More from @SecDuffy on @SpiritAirlines from our interview yesterday: ""We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar, and we can't make dumb investments. We can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall...
United May Raise Fares up to 20% Due to Fuel Surge
United Airlines says fares may need to rise up to 20% to offset fuel surge https://t.co/iu9q0t5385
Court Rules Frontier Kept $5.4M TSA Taxes
Frontier Airlines Kept $5.4 Million In TSA Security Taxes For Themselves, Court Rules - View from the Wing https://t.co/Rl3BJRaA2v