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Anduril announced the start of the YFQ-44A’s production at its Arsenal-1 factory, with new manufacturing processes allowing to supply a large number of drones to the U.S. Air Force. Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has entered serial production at the firm’s much touted Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio, the company and its founder Palmer Luckey announced on Mar. 24, 2026 on their social media platforms. The single line update did not provide details other than an image of the loyal wingman drone in flight. The announcement follows recent reports about the imminent start of the production, which quoted company…
El Al will slash its flight operations after Israel’s Transportation Ministry sharply limited traffic at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, reducing the airline’s seat availability to about 5% of normal levels. The restrictions were imposed on March 23, 2026, after a security assessment by Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who said the reduction in takeoffs and landings was needed to ongoing attacks by Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Reuters reported that the decision came after two interception failures on March 21 during Iranian missile attacks, which caused damage and injuries in two towns in southern Israel. Ben Gurion Airport is now limited to one inbound and…
El Al will slash its flight operations after Israel’s Transportation Ministry sharply limited traffic at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, reducing the airline’s seat availability to about 5% of normal levels. The restrictions were imposed on March 23, 2026, after a security assessment by Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who said the reduction in takeoffs and landings was needed to ongoing attacks by Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Reuters reported that the decision came after two interception failures on March 21 during Iranian missile attacks, which caused damage and injuries in two towns in southern Israel. Ben Gurion Airport is now limited to one inbound and…
Finnair has just announced a major aircraft order, which will allow the company to refresh the fleet of its regional partner. Finnair modernizes regional fleet with Embraer E195-E2s Finnair has placed an order for up to 46 Embraer E195-E2s, including 18 firm orders, 16 options, and 12 purchase rights. When it comes to the delivery timeline, the first plane should join the fleet in the third quarter of 2027, with three planes to be delivered in 2027, six to be delivered in 2028, and another six to be delivered in 2029. For those not familiar with the Embraer E195-E2, this…
March 24, 2026, 12:55 (UTC +3) Stray Ukrainian drone tied to Primorsk strike, Lithuanian PM says Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė said in a follow-up briefing cited by LRT that the drone that entered Lithuanian airspace and crashed in the Varėna district was a stray Ukrainian drone linked to an overnight strike operation targeting the Russian port of Primorsk. Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said the drone had likely been disrupted by electronic warfare and flown below roughly 300 meters, which is why it was not detected by either Belarusian or Lithuanian systems. On March 23, 2026, a swarm of Ukrainian drones…
United Airlines has delivered one of its most expansive blueprints for new aircraft and products as it prepares for the next era of transcontinental and international travel. On March 24, 2026, United Airlines ended months of speculation by detailing how upcoming Airbus A321neo and A321XLR aircraft would look and be deployed in an effort to reinforce its position as a leading premium airline. Central to the plan is the delivery of more than 250 new aircraft between now and April 2028 with new aircraft variants and modernized fleets on the way. Both its new ‘Coastliner’ Airbus A321neo subfleet and A321XLR…
In early 2025, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced plans to introduce free Starlink Wi-Fi. There’s now an exciting update, as roughly 14 months later, rollout of the service has finally started. Scandinavian Airlines starts offering free Starlink Wi-FiScandinavian Airlines (SAS) is partnering with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Wi-Fi throughout its fleet. Best of all, SAS is offering Starlink Wi-Fi for free for all members of its EuroBonus loyalty program (which is free to sign-up for), and members can connect with multiple devices.Starlink is known for its high-speed, low-latency broadband internet, and the service is offered gate to gate. Starlink Wi-Fi allows…
Lockheed Martin says it has completed multiple live-fire tests of its new GRIZZLY containerized launcher, including what it describes as the first integrated HELLFIRE live-fire and vertical-launch test. The company announced the result on March 24, 2026, presenting GRIZZLY as a compact launcher packaged inside a 10-foot Tricon container. According to Lockheed Martin, the tests showed the launcher could load and fire a missile directly from that containerized format. Compared with a larger fixed or vehicle-mounted launcher, such a system can be moved, concealed, and deployed more easily. The company said GRIZZLY was built in six months using existing weapon…
NASA has effectively canceled the Lunar Gateway space station as the centerpiece of its Artemis architecture, announcing on March 24, 2026 that it will pause the program “in its current form” and redirect its lunar strategy toward infrastructure designed to support sustained operations on the Moon’s surface. The move was unveiled during NASA’s “Ignition” event, where the agency outlined a phased plan for building a lunar base under the US National Space Policy. While the agency stopped short of declaring Gateway formally terminated, NASA said it would repurpose applicable Gateway hardware and continue to draw on international partner commitments where…
On Sunday night, we saw an incredibly tragic accident at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), whereby an Air Canada Jazz CRJ-900 collided with a fire truck on the runway, killing both pilots, and seriously injuring many others. While investigations take time, air traffic control audio made it clear that the air traffic controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway while the Air Canada Jazz CRJ-900 was landing, and he even admitted on frequency, “I messed up.” However, there’s typically more than one contributing factor to an accident, and now that video of the collision has been released, it’s…