2022

Civilian aviation news January 18, 2022

Maldivian orders its first ATR aircraft

The National Airline of the Maldives acquires two ATR 72-600 and one ATR 42-600 to replace their ageing turboprop fleetThese aircraft will be equipped with…

Military Aviation News January 18, 2022

DEFIANT Executes FLRAA Mission Profile with Unsurpassed Speed, Maneuverability and Agility in High-Speed, Low-Level Operations and Confined Area Landings

The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT® successfully completed FLRAA mission profile test flights, including confined area landings and low-level flight operations. These flights validate DEFIANT’s…

Civilian aviation news January 17, 2022

U.S. FAA clears 45% of commercial plane fleet after 5G deployed

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Sunday it had cleared an estimated 45% of the U.S. commercial airplane fleet to perform low-visibility…

Space News January 17, 2022

Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO and SKY Perfect JSAT Jointly Studying Connectivity Services from High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS)

Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun…

Space News January 17, 2022

The International Space Station connected via the SpaceDataHighway

The Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway – developed with the support of ESA – provides broadband connectivity services between the International Space Station (ISS) and the Earth. With…

Space News January 14, 2022

Loft Orbital signs agreement with Airbus to procure more than fifteen Arrow satellite platforms

Toulouse, 14 January 2022 – Airbus has been contracted to supply space start-up Loft Orbital with more than fifteen satellite platforms derived from the Airbus…

Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon C.16-55/14-15 Ala 14 Spanish Air Force

Military Aviation News January 14, 2022

€260M contracts will see Leonardo play core role in E-scan radar for German and Spanish Typhoons

Leonardo, which leads the development and delivery of the Typhoon’s ECRS Mk0 and ECRS Mk2 radars, will also deliver R&D work as well as key…

General Aviation News January 13, 2022

Leonardo and the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate sign AW169M LUH helicopter Acquisition Contract for Austria

The Acquisition Contract, valued at 346 million EUR, was signed in the framework of the Italy-Austria G2G Agreement aimed at reinforcing the bilateral collaboration between…

Military Aviation News January 12, 2022

Aviation News

2022

Maldivian orders its first ATR aircraft

DEFIANT Executes FLRAA Mission Profile with Unsurpassed Speed, Maneuverability and Agility in High-Speed, Low-Level Operations and Confined Area Landings

U.S. FAA clears 45% of commercial plane fleet after 5G deployed

Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO and SKY Perfect JSAT Jointly Studying Connectivity Services from High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS)

The International Space Station connected via the SpaceDataHighway

Loft Orbital signs agreement with Airbus to procure more than fifteen Arrow satellite platforms

€260M contracts will see Leonardo play core role in E-scan radar for German and Spanish Typhoons

Leonardo and the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate sign AW169M LUH helicopter Acquisition Contract for Austria

Boeing Expands Partnerships with German Industry on F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler

Passenger Traffic Improved in November; Omicron Restrictions Likely to Affect Period Ahead

Saab to Deliver Upgrade for Hungarian Gripen Fleet

Eve and Falko announce partnership to develop Global Operator Network with a potential order for 200 eVTOLs