Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first 787 Dreamliner delivery to the African carrier. Over the past decade, Ethiopian Airlines has utilised the outstanding capabilities of the 787 to sustainably grow its long- haul network across the world, making its hub in Addis Ababa one of the leading gateways forRead More

Antonoaldo Neves has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Etihad Aviation Group, succeeding Tony Douglas as Group CEO. Douglas has decided to pursue an opportunity elsewhere, and will serve during his transition period as an advisor to the Board of ADQ Aviation and Aerospace Services Company. Neves was CEO and Board Member ofRead More

Egyptian carrier Air Cairo and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR have announced the signature of a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). Through this five-year pay-by-the-hour contract, Air Cairo will benefit from the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line Replaceable Units for its fleet of six ATR 72 600s currently being delivered. This agreement also includes anRead More

A deep-space telescope developed in the United States and relocated to Australia has been declared operational this month. “With testing complete, the Space Surveillance Telescope will allow greater space domain awareness,” Australia’s Department of Defense said in a statement. The Space Surveillance Telescope, or SST, will join the network of sensors used by the UnitedRead More

NASA and SpaceX announced recently that they will study a concept to send a Crew Dragon spacecraft to re-boost, and possibly service, the Hubble Space Telescope to extend its life. In a briefing called on several hours’ notice, NASA and SpaceX officials, along with billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, announced an unfunded Space Act AgreementRead More

Northrop Grumman unveiled the first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) maritime surveillance UAV for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ceremony, held at the assembly and test facility at Palmdale, California, was attended by military and government officials from both the US and Australia. Construction of the first Australian aircraft began in October 2020Read More

Brazil’s armed forces will acquire 27 Airbus H125 turbine singles for its air force and navy flight-training programs. The helicopters will be produced at the Helibras facility in Itajubá, where the Airbus H225M heavy twin helicopters for the Brazilian armed forces are also assembled. The H125s are slated to be in service for 30 yearsRead More

The US Navy reported that its first student class began rotorcraft training in the Leonardo TH-73A ‘Thrasher’ recently at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida. A military version of the AW119Kx, the TH-73A will replace the Navy’s current training fleet of Bell TH-57 Sea Rangers for basic and advanced IFR rotorcraft training. NavyRead More