Dutch flag carrier KLM has announced it will be expanding its intercontinental long-haul network in the northern summer of 2025. New services will commence between Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) and San Diego (US), Georgetown (Guyana), and Hyderabad (India). The new routes come as the carrier aims to increase profitability and expand its global footprint in the […]
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The California-based firm AeroVironment has developed an autonomous, all-electric uncrewed aircraft that users can rapidly convert from a reconnaissance unit to a strike drone — on the battlefield and without tools in a matter of minutes. AeroVironment, which specializes in small and medium drones, uncrewed ground vehicles and loitering munitions like the Switchblade, created the
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Defense firm Anduril Industries announced Tuesday it has selected startup Apex to provide satellite buses, the spacecraft’s trunk designed to house payloads, for its future military space missions. The partnership is part of Anduril’s vision for an expanded defense space portfolio. The company — which has, to date, largely applied its software and autonomy expertise
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ROME — New versions of Italy’s PPA multimission navy vessels are to be kitted out with extra missile launchers, including cruise missile launchers, Italian industry officials said at the Euronaval trade show in Paris. The ships’ new “EVO” variant, which the Italian Navy may order next year, will get extra Sylver 50 launch modules, which
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Breeze Airways, the scrappy ‘premium leisure’ start-up that’s creating a passionate following at the secondary airports it serves, was on the lookout for innovative catering ideas during last week’s APEX Global Expo in Long Beach — with an eye on offering enhanced dining options to passengers on future international flights. The Expo features vendors from
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In this photo taken on Sept. 16, 1993, NASA astronauts James H. Newman (left), and Carl E. Walz evaluate procedures and gear for an upcoming Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission with the Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain in view. Newman and Walz’s spacewalk, part of the STS-51 mission, lasted seven hours,
Imagine a future where global travel takes mere hours. Where a flight from New York to Tokyo is faster than watching a movie. This is the promise of hypersonics: speeds over 3,800 miles per hour (Mach 5) that could transform commercial travel, defense and space exploration. And more urgently, with emerging threats from countries like China, Russia and Iran — the latter
Comac C929 model at Singapore Airshow 2024 © S5A-0043 – https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145797631 At China’s largest air show in Zhuhai, COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) announced that Air China is the first customer for its C929 widebody jet. The specific number of aircraft ordered and delivery timelines were not disclosed. COMAC also revealed other significant deals:
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Based out of Global Citizen’s office in Lagos, Nigeria, Ifeoma will spearhead the organisation’s activities in Africa, driving the implementation of Global Citizen’s strategy across the continent, including the return of Move Afrika in the new year. As part of her responsibilities, Ifeoma will directly oversee key partnerships that will span business development, marketing, broadcast
