New A350 & A220 Order Soon
Ethiopian Airlines is reportedly in early discussions with Airbus about a mixed order of six additional A350 wide‑body jets and up to 20 A220 single‑aisle aircraft. The deal would complement the carrier’s ongoing fleet renewal and support its ambitious growth plan outlined in Vision 2035. The A350s would extend Ethiopian’s long‑haul network, enabling direct services that bypass traditional Middle‑East hubs, while the A220s target the 100‑150 seat segment that feeds intra‑African routes. The airline has pledged to operate a 350‑aircraft fleet by 2040, up from just over 100 today, and sees the new jets as essential to meet that target. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has repeatedly emphasized the need for fuel‑efficient, lower‑cost aircraft to sustain thin‑margin regional flights. The A220’s recent record‑breaking orders and upcoming 300‑seat variant illustrate Airbus’s focus on profitability, and Ethiopian plans to replace aging 737NGs with the A220 to improve range and operating economics. Securing the order would deepen Airbus’s presence in Africa, give Ethiopian a competitive edge in both long‑haul and regional markets, and move the carrier closer to its goal of joining the world’s top‑20 airlines. The expanded fleet also positions the airline to launch new routes, such as a projected 2028 service to Australia, while reducing reliance on third‑party hubs.
NASA's Artemis II Crew Visits the U.S. Capitol
The Artemis II crew made a historic stop at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, where lawmakers and officials greeted the astronauts and highlighted the mission’s symbolic importance for national pride and space policy. Speakers emphasized that the crew’s success rests on a...
Congressional Funding Concerns About a New Nuclear Cruise Missile
The Senate Armed Services Committee heard NNSA leaders, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright, defend a strategic shift that moves the agency from pure nuclear stockpile stewardship toward active warhead and pit production, a change driven by the Trump administration’s modernization...
Need to Fill US Manufacturing Gap Long-Term, Says Amca CEO
AMCA CEO Jay Malik says the United States faces a critical manufacturing gap in defense and aerospace components, and his firm is positioned to bridge it. The company designs and rapidly qualifies single‑source parts—such as sensors and capacitors—that have been off‑shored...
Will There Be a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030?
The video examines the emerging race to install a nuclear power source on the Moon, highlighting China‑Russia’s 2035 target and a former NASA administrator’s claim the United States could achieve it by 2030. Analysts note the timelines are exceptionally aggressive. Deploying...
Are Data Centers in Space Inevitable?
The video examines whether orbital data centers are inevitable, arguing that the core obstacle for terrestrial facilities is energy. Traditional data centers rely on ground‑based solar or other renewables, which are intermittent and require costly batteries, nuclear, or geothermal backup,...
How to Fly Like F1 Drivers, Pop Stars and Billionaires
Vista Global’s Asia president Crystal Wong explains how private aviation works, outlining Vista Jet’s two main products: a guaranteed-hours subscription program and an on-demand XO charter platform. The subscription offers fixed hourly pricing, guaranteed availability and customizable aircraft categories —...
Lufthansa A350 & 787 Order: A New Era
Lufthansa Group announced a $7.7 billion order for ten Airbus A350‑900/1000s and ten Boeing 787‑9 Dreamliners, with deliveries slated between 2032 and 2034. The contract adds 20 wide‑body jets to a backlog that now totals 232 aircraft. The new twins will replace...
Lufthansa Has A Big Update
Lufthansa Group released its latest quarterly results, revealing a steep operating loss of $717 million, a dramatic increase from the $129 million loss a year earlier, as the carrier grapples with heightened economic volatility and geopolitical turmoil. Despite the loss, passenger...
Father-Daughter Duo Shares Aviation Passion at Aerospace Maintenance Competition
Aviation Week visited the Aerospace Maintenance Council competition at MRO Americas, where United Airlines veteran Marco Tijerina and his daughter Samantha Tijerina competed side‑by‑side. Marco, a 15‑year aircraft technician, entered his sixth contest, while Samantha, a recent graduate of San Antonio...
SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites During Amazing Californian Sunset, Nails Landing
SpaceX lifted off a Falcon 9 from California at sunset, deploying a new batch of Starlink internet satellites. The launch was streamed live, showcasing the iconic orange‑red horizon as the rocket rose. The vehicle’s performance was flawless: ignition proceeded on schedule, M1D...
We Explain Golden Dome's New Price Tag. | Breaking Defense | The Weekly Break Out
The video examines the Golden Dome initiative, a proposed space‑based missile‑intercept system that aims to shoot down threats from orbit. The discussion centers on a stark cost dispute: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the program will exceed a trillion...
UPS 2976 Engine Mount Animation • NTSB Hearing
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Satellites That Can Fit In Your Pocket - Amazing Spaceships In Small Packages
The video spotlights pocket‑size satellites—so‑called pocket cubes—that shrink the traditional 1U CubeSat to a 2 × 2 × 2 in (50 mm) form factor. Scott Manley explains how the format originated from Bob Twiss’s effort to halve the CubeSat standard and how companies such as Alba...
Data Centers In Space? + Planet Labs CEO Talks ‘Large Earth Models’ | The Spillover
The Spillover episode features Planet Labs co‑founder Will Marshall discussing how his company’s constellation of small satellites delivers daily, high‑resolution images of the entire planet and why that data is becoming a cornerstone of modern AI‑driven decision‑making. Marshall explains that the...
China's Shenzhou 23 Crew's Rocket Rolled Out to the Launch Pad
China rolled the Shenzhou‑23 launch vehicle out to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s pad, signaling the final pre‑flight step for its next crewed mission to the Tiangong space station. The mission, expected to lift off in early 2024, will carry three...
Are X-Planes Worth The Xtra Effort? | Check 6 Podcast
The Check 6 podcast reviews the past 70 years of X‑plane programs and argues they are entering a renewed, if uncertain, phase as NASA signals interest and industry pursues its own demonstrators. Hosts note a surge of private flight experiments—Shield...
The Real Reason Airlines Take Longer Routes
The video explains why airline flight paths often appear curved or longer than a straight line on a flat map. It shows that the true shortest distance on a sphere is a great‑circle route, which can look like an arc...
Gulf Gets Laser-Guided Missiles to Fight Drones & Iran Executions Soar
Tensions between the US and Iran remain unresolved as Washington presses Tehran with new conditions and Iran submits a 14-point counterproposal via Pakistan, while President Trump warns a deal must come quickly or military action could resume. The UK has...
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We Need the Mars Sample Return [Q&A Livestream]
In a live Q&A, the host addressed a flood of viewer questions before turning to the most pressing issue for planetary science: the fate of NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) program. He explained that the White House’s latest NASA budget...
Very Bad 737 MAX News
Poland’s LOT Airlines is suing Boeing in Seattle federal court, alleging the company deliberately concealed safety flaws—specifically the MCAS single-sensor design—and misrepresented the 737 MAX’s risks to win sales against Airbus’s A320neo. LOT, which first filed in 2021 seeking hundreds...
Iran WAR Live | US Expands B-21 Plans Amidst China Tensions And Strike Capability Concerns| Iran War
The video examines the United States’ urgent push to expand its long‑range strike arsenal as tensions with Iran and China intensify. Defense officials now propose roughly 200 B‑21 Raider stealth bombers—double the original 100‑aircraft target—while acknowledging that a fleet of...
How Blast Deflectors Stop USS Abraham Lincoln Deck From Melting | WION Podcast
The video explains how the USS Abraham Lincoln’s Mark 7 jet‑blast deflectors safeguard its flight deck from the extreme heat generated by fighter‑jet afterburners. These panels tilt to a 50° angle just before launch, channeling super‑heated gases upward and away from the deck...
The First Interplanetary War: Tactics in the Solar System
The video argues that the first true interplanetary war will begin only when humanity’s population, industry and military are distributed across distinct planetary or orbital habitats, turning separate "wards" into rival civilizations. It contrasts this reality with the tidy, two‑sided...
POV: We Got Drenched by Pad 2's Deluge | SpaceX Starbase
The video provides a live‑field update from SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, focusing on the ongoing testing of the Pad 2 deluge water‑spray system as the company races toward its next Starship launch. Engineers are firing high‑pressure water jets to simulate the...
A Spirit Airlines Shutdown Update
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Air Canada CANCELS More Flights
Air Canada announced a fresh wave of schedule adjustments, targeting its international network with particular focus on A321XLR and 787 operations. The carrier will end the Montreal‑Berlin A321XLR service on September 5, cut Toronto‑Manchester flights from four to three per week,...
Will NASA's Nuclear Powered Spacecraft Revolutionize Space Exploration?
NASA announced Space Reactor 1 Freedom (SR1F), the first nuclear‑electric interplanetary mission, targeting a December 2028 launch to Mars. The spacecraft repurposes the cancelled Gateway Power and Propulsion Element, pairing its solar electric bus and Hall thrusters with a compact...
Bad Air India News
Air India, India's flag carrier, is confronting a steep 15‑20% reduction in its international schedule as it grapples with a $2.4 billion FY26 loss, soaring fuel prices and recent geopolitical shocks. Analysts say the new controlling group will likely trim up to...
Why Airlines Are Now Cutting Prices | FT #shorts
Airlines across Europe are slashing summer ticket prices after jet‑fuel costs surged following geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which supplies roughly 40 % of global kerosene, has driven jet‑fuel prices to double, prompting...
Artemis 2 Orion Spacecraft Separates From Service Module in Amazing Views
The video captures the moment Orion’s crew module separates from its service module during NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight test of the deep‑space exploration system. At roughly 30 minutes after launch, the spacecraft performed a controlled separation at about...
A New CBO Estimate Puts Golden Dome Cost at $1.2T over 2 Decades
Congressional Budget Office released a new estimate that the Golden Dome missile‑defense program could cost about $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy and operate over the next two decades, dwarfing the $185 billion already earmarked. The CBO analysis projects acquisition costs just over $1 trillion,...
Jeff Bezos Predicted Blue Origin's Future in 2008. He Was Right
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‘Smile’ Spacecraft Prepped for Launch to Study Solar Wind
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Episode 1 Extra: Tory Bruno's Unforgettable Moment at China Lake
The video recounts a 35‑year‑old test‑failure by then‑engineer Tory Bruno at the Naval Air Warfare Center China Lake, where a “test‑as‑you‑fly” experiment went catastrophically wrong. Bruno advocated detonating the rocket’s destruct charge one‑third into the burn, despite the motor’s 1.1 hazard...
China's Missiles Were Filled with Water, Not Fuel
The video examines the 2023 PLA Rocket Force scandal, where investigations uncovered missiles filled with water instead of propellant, exposing deep procurement corruption within China’s armed forces. The probe centered on high‑level officials accused of accepting and dispensing bribes, and...
Zero Service: Delta Air Lines To Remove Main Cabin Drinks & Snacks On 450 Flights
Delta Air Lines announced that, beginning May 19, it will eliminate all complimentary food, snack, and beverage service on roughly 450 daily short‑haul flights under 350 miles (about 558 km). The move aligns the carrier’s service model strictly with distance,...
Southwest's Bag Fees & Assigned Seats: One Quarter In Is It Working?
Southwest Airlines rolled out its first full quarter of mandatory checked‑bag fees and assigned‑seat pricing, a shift toward a basic‑economy model traditionally absent from its all‑coach service. The airline reports that the new fees are already delivering revenue close to its...
Twenty Years Ago He Was Bigger Than Elon Musk—Has Aerospace Learned From His Failure?
The Check 6 podcast commemorates Vern Raburn, the visionary behind Eclipse Aviation, whose ambition was to democratize jet ownership with a six‑seat aircraft priced at $855,000. Two decades ago he captured the industry’s imagination, winning the Collier Trophy, but the...
The Future of Discount Flying | Barron's Streetwise
The Barron's Streetwise podcast examines the demise of Spirit Airlines and its ripple effects across the U.S. discount‑carrier landscape. Analyst Daniel McKenzie of Seapport Research explains why the ultra‑low‑cost carrier (ULCC) model that succeeded in Europe has struggled in America. Fuel...
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Live Q&A with the Artemis II Crew at the Canadian Space Agency
The Canadian Space Agency hosted a live Q&A with the Artemis II crew, celebrating the historic lunar flyby—the first crewed mission beyond low‑Earth orbit in more than half a century. Senior engineers, agency leadership, and the Canadian minister addressed the audience,...
Can Trusted Partners Help Secure U.S. Drone Supremacy?
The CSIS discussion with deputy director Clayton Swopee and Moroccan‑American drone entrepreneur Sufyan Amagi examines whether trusted partners can help secure U.S. drone supremacy, contrasting onshoring with a distributed, allied‑based production model. They argue that dependence on Chinese components has spurred...
PURE AVIATION ACTION at SAN! Heavy Jets Landing in San Diego
The clip, titled “PURE AVIATION ACTION at SAN! Heavy Jets Landing in San Diego,” captures several wide‑body aircraft touching down on runway 27 at San Diego International Airport. The footage emphasizes the sheer size and weight of the planes, which...
Fleet Unity: The Eridani Expedition - Interstellar Beachhead
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We Builld SpaceShips: Ground Testing
The video showcases Virgin Galactic’s comprehensive ground‑testing regimen for its next‑generation spaceship, emphasizing the milestone of rolling the vehicle out to the hangar while underscoring that this visual cue represents only a fraction of the rigorous validation work underway. Four testing...
Phoenix Area Airspace Public Workshop: Sky Harbor International Airport
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Whirly-Girl #13
The Smithsonian’s Air Space episode spotlights the Whirly Girls, an organization of women helicopter pilots founded in 1955 by Jean Ross Howard. Howard, a former fixed‑wing pilot and wartime aviation enthusiast, gathered the thirteen licensed women pilots of her era...
How Dragon Cart Program Is Set to Provide Game Changing Capability to US Military ?
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rapid Dragon concept has been rebranded as the Dragon Cart program and officially designated a Program of Record, signaling its transition from experimental testing to a funded, fielded capability slated for 2027. Dragon Cart turns existing...