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JUST IN: Cathay Pacific cancels passenger and cargo flights to Dubai and Riyadh until April 30, 2026 due to the volatile situation in the Middle East. Initially, the suspension of operations to these two destination was until March 30, 2026. Source: Cathay Pacific
Navy E-2D Hawkeye Radar Planes Appear To Be Rushing To The Middle East The E-2D is America's most capable platform for spotting drones and other low-flying Iranian threats that are wreaking havoc on Gulf Arab States. https://t.co/0X8hOJvdao
Looks like SLS/Orion MIGHT roll back to pad on Thursday after all. They’ll decide tomorrow (Wed.).
"There is a real sense of optimism that... a new generation of airships will return lighter-than-air flight to the heart of the wider aviation industry" #avgeek #aviation https://t.co/1KHaTWqAbF https://t.co/3dmKYCQIjJ
346 People Died In Boeing 737 MAX Crashes — But Shareholders May Get Paid The Most - View from the Wing https://t.co/kIFkOJ6sXF
Build A Rocket Boy is on its own with MindsEye as it separates from IOI Partners. https://t.co/eHIWuWWJh8
@americanair finally fixed one of the most annoying parts of flying, but only halfway… It’s a good start, but American should let everyone see delay and cancellation reasons. Right now, the only “hack” is to enroll in text alerts for every flight...
.@Telesat: Lightspeed constellation to have 500 MHz of mil-Ka-band, about 25% of total capacity, to meet surging defense interest. 1st 2 sats launch in Dec, with 96 in orbit by end 2027, commercial service starts spring 2028. @MDA_space @SatixFy_satcom @NationalDefence....
Soyuz-5 rocket to fly its inaugural test mission on March 27, according to local authorities in the Yugra Region, warning population on fragments' impact; no confirmation from Roskosmos yet: https://t.co/DBcHRiQe36 https://t.co/wHpGAkKqBV
The World’s Ugliest Airplane Just Flew For The First Time In a world of increasingly homogeneous- looking military aircraft designs, the platypus-like Kawasaki EC-2 is a radical outlier. https://t.co/m5g28IKfLn
An uncrewed airship is now patrolling NATO's borders - is lighter than air back in fashion? #avgeek #aerospace #airships https://t.co/RYT6aotR7P https://t.co/F0PhTCX93d
A regional conflict with a global impact. Scandinavian Airlines has been forced to make multiple of short-term flight cancellations, including domestic flights within Norway, as “the entire European aviation system is now feeling the pressure from a sudden fuel shock”
SpaceX valuation then: $200B SpaceX valuation today: $1.25T SpaceX proposed IPO valuation: $1.7T My 2035 target? $30-50T.
For Saint Patrick’s Day, one of my favorite rocket launch photos… Black Rock Desert, NV The green glow comes from barium chloride mixed into the AP propellant. I planned the camera location in advance to bisect the moonrise, and then...
The FAA has transitioned to the new Part 450 licenses for commercial space launch/reentry. https://t.co/HjK7RLvyJQ
In this case, I think it is more likely that these are J-6 drones formerly used by the PLA that have since been withdrawn and are now stored. Chinese drones have moved on…
A 21st century Renaissance in lighter-than-air vehicles? Mark Piesling examines progress in airships #avgeek https://t.co/UvkccWNHnw https://t.co/LIzyTaTGGt
$ASTS just crossed the Rubicon With the largest commercial antenna ever deployed now operational, the technical risk is gone. Focus shifts to a production cadence of 6 satellites per month. Pitch by @CrossroadsOnX https://t.co/djAsgaqhct
New on the @AeroSociety YouTube channel - #eVTOL Aircraft Preliminary Design & Validation – A Case Study #avgeek https://t.co/gZ2cUoDiih https://t.co/2eFUq9flrb
Revisiting one of the most haunting aviation stories I’ve ever covered: Japan Airlines Flight 123 — the deadliest single-aircraft crash in history. Part 1 of my series with Lars Perkins explores how a routine flight became an unimaginable tragedy — and...
After roughly 20 years, British Airways will be returning to Melbourne, Australia, thanks to a new fifth freedom Dreamliner route. https://t.co/LHsAw9hksw
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴. One thing that always fascinates me about space missions is this: SpaceX’s Starship does not fly to Mars in a straight line. It follows a Hohmann transfer orbit, an elliptical path around the Sun that...
Falcon 9 now in parking orbit. There are now 10020 Starlinks in orbit (although 25 of them are still attached to the Falcon 9 for another 50 min or so, until the stage's circularization burn and satellite deployment).
Malaysia Airlines and Firefly rolled out fuel surcharges in phases from March 11 and March 25, while Batik Air Malaysia and AirAsia X have followed. Across Asia, carriers such as Cathay Pacific and IndiGo are taking similar steps, although Air...
Seven of the eight payloads from the KZ-11 launch cataloged in a 528 x 541 km x 97.5 deg sun synch orbit with 1030LT plane. The upper stage is in a 284 x 1059 km x 97.3 deg...
Yaogan 50-02 cataloged in a 731 x 945 km x 142.0 deg orbit; upper stage did an orbit lowering burn to 573 x 836 km.
Cracking the Code of Slow Flight: Engineering Bird-Style Takeoff via @ZappyZappy7 #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/NJlmpkZBdY
#WhosNext? Airline Pilots? Scientists Build Humanoid #Robot That Can Pilot a Plane. (Futurism) #AI #Robotics https://t.co/bcdVuA59Ro https://t.co/i6r9BkJ6uY
EA-18G Growler With Split Load Of New And Old Jamming Pods Seen Supporting Iran Strikes A Pentagon report says the new pods are still having significant teething issues even though they are being used in active conflicts. https://t.co/5jlBt3Hm2w
The Air Force has adjusted its B-52 radar upgrade plans, pushing some capability (and the radome redesign) out for future increments amid delays and cost overruns: https://t.co/8C4uYpv0UU
Italian @MinisteroDifesa to launch Sicral 3A & 3B milsatcom satellites on @SpaceX Falcon 9s in mid- and late-2027, asks @ITU for deadline extension following loss of gapfiller sat in 2025 that was to have reserved the spectrum. @Thales_Alenia_S @telespazio.https://t.co/JAq9HbXWwy https://t.co/fNQxtLFeoI
Space computing is moving from concept to reality 🛰️ #NVIDIAGTC news: NVIDIA is collaborating with @AetherfluxUSA, @Axiom_Space, @KeplerComms, @planet, Sophia Space and Starcloud to bring AI and accelerated computing into orbit, powering geospatial intelligence and autonomous space operations. Learn more → https://t.co/YLdtwTat7C @nvidianewsroom @NVIDIAGTC
In a positive development, Lufthansa has finally managed to get most of its Boeing 787 Allegris business class seats certified. This is excellent news for passengers and the airline. https://t.co/mkZ8QXczLF
This shortlist for Satellite Executive of the Year makes me feel that SatShow no longer has its finger on the pulse of the most significant industry developments... (yes the SES-Intelsat merger is a big deal but shouldn't Charlie Ergen be...
Many of the early countermeasures to cheap OWA drones are also relatively cheap, such as mobile machinegun teams. This requires the modernization of the drones, employing them in greater numbers, and new methods of employment to overcome cheap countermeasures, which...
Lynk: "We want to build the most cost-effective constellation in the world. We need to build partnerships to compete against some of the bigger guys who seem to have endless money and ambition" https://t.co/HQZGajsIqU via Michelle Donegan
Defenses in the Persian Gulf are collapsing as Iran continues large drone attacks, but there's a country that already has the answer. Enter Ukraine's Sting interceptor. Note: name correction at the end 📸: Wild Hornets #drone #iranwar #geopolitics
Spain's @Defensagob, #Hisdesat on verge of selecting @AirbusSpace to replace Airbus SpainSat NG2 sat, which failed 5 wks after launch from 'impact of high-energy space particle in critical area of satellite.' SpainSat NG3 replacement could launch in 2030.https://t.co/l5TJ7Tc01C https://t.co/nHIzh6iWXD
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice today: landing permissions at DXB and DWC are suspended for all foreign operators until further notice, citing the prevailing regional situation and safety of airlines, crews, passengers, and the public. Emirates has already...
News from @airbus as cargo carrier Atlas Air Worldwide places a firm order for 20 x A350Fs - becoming the biggest customer for Airbus' flagship widebody freighter. #avgeek https://t.co/EAAVLfsF8f
"Operations on T-Mobile’s T-Satellite service powered by Starlink will be supported immediately, but it also is designed to work with AST SpaceMobile—the satellite D2D provider for AT&T and Verizon in the U.S." https://t.co/FBUFQLhMfg Noteworthy that enterprise devices have this
Astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei made a spacewalk from the Chinese Space Station from about 0430 UTC until 1135 UTC Mar 16, continuing installation of external debris protection panels https://t.co/GKPg66uFEF
KTOS at $87.53 just hit a high-conviction BUY setup. Pure-play leader in autonomous drones, hypersonics & next-gen defense electronics — exactly where DoD is front-loading billions. 12x forward sales while margins are about to expand sharply from development to production scale. Market...
Progress MS-31 undocks from ISS to clear the way for the next resupply mission: https://t.co/8NFAf26ZvR https://t.co/rvJcBU6rTq
100 years since someone had a crazy idea and believed in it. Only Goddard, his wife Esther, and a couple of assistants witnessed it. It didn't even make the local newspapers, and Goddard kept details secret for years afterward due to...
Aeroflot arriving Guangzhou(and many other Asian cities)... daily service still going strong despite sanctions and the war. They’re flying to more destinations than some Middle Eastern airlines right now.
The Progress MS-31 cargo ship undocked from the ISS Poisk module at about 1324:12 UTC Mar 16
Folks traveling by air today, it is going to be a day. MSP is digging out of a blizzard. A crazy, high speed front passed through ATL this morning. This disrupted the morning bank of flights and caused some international...
Connected seatback IFE is on the horizon and @united, which is installing @Starlink across its fleet, is leading the charge. "They're starting to lead this industry in digital engagement," says Andy Masson of @PanasonicAero, United's IFE provider. https://t.co/WJIZdT2yiC #PaxEx https://t.co/LrBgB4gR44
@astroscale_HQ: record rev, reduced loss for 9 months to Jan. 31; commercial GEO life-extension mission looks uncertain; contract w/@isaraerospace for ELSA-M to deorbit @EutelsatGroup OneWeb sat, in 2028. Security/military is where main market is now.https://t.co/qQthiO1SI0 https://t.co/8lBc4kQgMD
