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When compared to home renovation or automobiles or boating or any number of other industries, general aviation is a pretty small segment of the economy, no matter how it is sliced. But we are an active bunch. Unleaded avgas is starting to flow in California. General Aviation Modifications’ (GAMI) unleaded avgas G100UL is finally being […]

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

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

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

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

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

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: