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“The Solar Impulse team is saddened by the loss of an important technological flagship…” Source: A statement by the company, released on Friday. Solar Impulse said the plane had been taken over by Skydweller Aero, an Oklahoma company developing autonomous aircraft, which heavily modified the Solar Impulse 2. The plane was lost during one of these unmanned flights.
Takeoff Hold Lights (THL) The THL system is composed of in-pavement lighting in a double, longitudinal row of lights aligned either side of the runway centerline. The lights are focused toward the arrival end of the runway at the “line up and wait” point, and they extend for 1,500 feet in front of the holding aircraft. Illuminated red lights indicate to an aircraft in position for takeoff or rolling that it is unsafe to takeoff because the runway is occupied or about to be occupied by an aircraft or vehicle.
U.S. shipbuilder Davie Defense Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has finalized its contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to build and deliver five Arctic Security Cutters.The contract, first announced mid-February, will bring the total amount of cutters being manufactured to 11 to meet President Donald Trump’s executive orders to expand the icebreaker fleet, Military Times previously reported. Davie Defense, the U.S. arm of the UK-owned maritime group Inocea is set to construct three of the ships at the company’s Gulf Copper facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas. The other two will be built at the company’s affiliate shipyard…
Pratt & Whitney and General Electric completed the Assembly Readiness Reviews of XA103 and XA102 engines, activating their supply chains to prepare for the assembly of the physical NGAP engines. Engine makers Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and GE Aerospace have completed the Assembly Readiness Reviews (ARR) of their XA103 and XA102 adaptive cycle engines, both companies announced over the last few days. The engines, which P&W defined as platform agnostic, are being developed as part of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) to power future U.S. Air Force aircraft, including the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter. The firms said…
Two US Air Force pilots ejected safely before a T-38 training jet crashed in rural Alabama on May 12, 2026, during a flight from Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. The aircraft was involved in what the Air Force described as a “mishap” at about noon local time, according to Columbus AFB. The base said the cause of the crash remains unknown and will be investigated by a Safety Investigation Board. The Air Force did not immediately release the names of the pilots or provide further details about their condition, other than to say they ejected safely. The aircraft was…
Although the key fixes for the KC-46 will still take years to fully reach the fleet, a new plan promises a 20% availability increase by 2030, faster RVS 2.0 retrofits and a limited Boeing-led sustainment effort. The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have announced a new plan to improve the readiness of the KC-46 Pegasus tanker fleet and accelerate the delivery of long-awaited upgrades. The initiative, which appears to be an attempt to turn the program from a troubled acquisition effort into a more stable operational capability, is built around three main streams: repurposing early-build aircraft for immediate fleet support, accelerating…
The U.S. Navy needs an infusion of cash in the next two months to prevent interruptions in how it conducts military training and other operations, the service’s highest ranking officer told lawmakers on Tuesday.Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle warned members of Congress at a budget hearing for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about the service’s impending budget crunch, amid the current rate of operations in the Middle East. “I will have to start making decisions to change training, operations, certification events, those type of things we do to generate our force, in the July timeframe and their…
Google is moving ahead with plans to test AI data centers in orbit, with SpaceX emerging as a potential launch partner for the company’s recently announced Project Suncatcher program. The project would place Google’s Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, on solar-powered satellites linked by optical communications, creating what the company describes as a path toward machine-learning compute in space. Google has said the concept could one day help meet rising demand for AI computing without the same land, power and cooling constraints faced by data centers on Earth. Google has been discussing launch support with SpaceX and other partners, according…
I know American Airlines is trying to become premium, but sometimes the airline is just really bad at taking money from customers and delivering even the most basic services that it promises. American denies Flagship Business Plus passenger perksOMAAT reader Alan booked a business class ticket for his mother from Dallas (DFW) to Santiago (SCL). Rather than booking the standard Flagship Business fare, he booked the Flagship Business Plus fare… what a nice son he is!For those not familiar, American introduced Flagship Business Plus fares in 2022. The idea is that customers can pay extra on top of the standard…
U.S. shipbuilder Davie Defense Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has finalized its contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to build and deliver five Arctic Security Cutters.The contract, first announced mid-February, will bring the total amount of cutters being manufactured to 11 to meet President Donald Trump’s executive orders to expand the icebreaker fleet, Military Times previously reported. Davie Defense, the U.S. arm of the UK-owned maritime group Inocea is set to construct three of the ships at the company’s Gulf Copper facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas. The other two will be built at the company’s affiliate shipyard…