An Italian Air Force Riflemen with a C-UAS system in Qatar. (All images: Italian MOD) The Italian Air Force anti-drone system was deployed to support the Qatari Armed Forces during a sport event. From Nov. 23 to Dec. 20, 2021, the Italian Air Force deployed a Counter-Unmanned Aerial Anti-drone System (C-UAS) Task Group, to Qatar,…
T-Mobile used 300 drones to light up the sky over Lisbon, N.D., celebrating the expansion of its 5G network to hundreds of small towns across America earlier this year. Other wireless network providers, including AT&T and Verizon, have planned to launch 5G networks that operate in a radio-frequency spectrum band that could present interference issues…
Photo: shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteLow-cost airline Wizz Air has bought a portfolio of take-off and landing slots at Gatwick airport from Norwegian Air Shuttle. The Hungarian carrier has acquired 15 daily slot pairs from Norwegian. It will use the slots to build its network of short-haul flights from the UK as part of…
Eve UAM, an Embraer company, intends to list on the NYSE following a business combination agreement with Zanite Acquisition Corp. in 2022. Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions is set to produce its first fully-operational electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in partnership with private aviation entrepreneur Kenn Ricci, co-CEO of Zanite Acquisition Corp.…
Photo: Boeing Reading Time: < 1 minuteItalian prosecutors seized elements intended for the production of Boeing 787 aircraft due to failing to meet the technical specifications. Police seized titanium and aluminum portions on the Grotaglie facility of Italian aerospace, protection, and safety powerhouse Leonardo. According to CNBC, the prosecutors said in a statement their investigations…
Photo: British Airways Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn response to Omicron cases rising across the country, the UK government has decided to scrap its red list since it is no longer effective. As of December 14th, the red list contained 11 countries – Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and…
Vertical Aerospace has merged with Broadstone Acquisition Corp. and listed shares on the NYSE as EVTL. Vertical also unveiled the design for their VX4 eVTOL last week. The global aerospace and technology company Vertical Aerospace Group shared news of their merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp., and Vertical’s ordinary shares begin trading this week (as EVTL)…
A Typhoon FGR4 (Image credit: UK MOD/Crown Copyright) A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 has shot down a “small hostile drone” in Syria. In what the UK Ministry of Defence called an “unprecedented event”, an RAF Typhoon conducted the type’s first ever operational air-to-air engagement in Syria on Dec. 14, 2021. The event marked also…
The RQ-170 Sentinel photographed over the Californian desert a week ago. (Photo: @point_mugu_skies) The drone, apparently in a test configuration, was spotted over the desert south of Edwards Air Force Base. The secretive RQ-170 Sentinel low-observable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, also known as the “Beast of Kandahar” (from where it was first sighted in 2007), recently…
This is a computer-generated rendering of the American Airlines A321XLR aircraft that will feature the new Optiq 4K IFE screens from Thales. The new seatback IFE screens are expected to make their debut on passenger-carrying A321XLR flights in 2023. (Airbus) American Airlines will feature a new line of 4K in-flight entertainment (IFE) seat-back screens developed…
Air Astana Takes Delivery of Seventh A321LR Photo: Airbus Reading Time: < 1 minuteAir Astana has received the seventh Airbus A321LR on operating lease from Air Lease Corporation. The brand new long-range narrowbody powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1133G engines landed at the airline’s base at Almaty International Airport on December 3rd from Airbus facilities…
Sydney Seaplanes and Nautilus Aviation have entered into partnership with Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (of Embraer) to receive eVTOL aircraft. (Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions) Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, a subsidiary of Embraer, shared announcements this week about two new partnerships. Both ventures serve to accelerate electric air taxi use in Australia. The…