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Boeing on Tuesday reported a $565 million loss on its KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker in the fourth quarter of 2025, the latest for a program that has recorded billions in losses over the years.In an earnings call with investors, Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg acknowledged the loss is “disappointing,” but said the company is seeing encouraging signs in the aircraft’s operational performance that bode well for the program’s future.“If sustained, [that strong performance] should enable us to meet our customer delivery commitment and set us well for the next tanker order beyond the current program of record,” Ortberg said. Chief…

The National Transportation Safety Board on January 27, 2026, held a hearing in Washington, D.C., to adopt formal probable cause findings into the midair collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA). The Safety Board concluded that a cascade of systemic failures—not any single mistake—led to one of the deadliest US aviation accidents in more than two decades.  The January 29, 2025, collision killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft, including passengers, crew members, and the helicopter’s military pilots. Among the victims were 28 members of the figure skating community, along with their families, who were returning from a…

All unauthorized drone flights in the vicinity of U.S. military installations have been classed as a surveillance threat in updated guidance released Monday by the Pentagon’s Joint Inter-Agency Task Force 401. Signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, the guidance aims to create a clear framework for responding to unmanned aerial systems intruding near U.S. military bases.The guidance allows military installation commanders to have greater authority and flexibility in neutralizing drones flying within sight of protected military areas, according to the release. The new policy also removes previous “fence-line” limitations around the bases, expanding the scope of what was…

By Chris Sloan Jan. 27, 2026 © Leeham News: “RTX is constructed to meet the moment—by the moment I mean the ramp both in defense and commercial—and to drive long-term value for customers and shareholders,” RTX President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Calio said as the company closed 2025. The company has strong order momentum and a record backlog, driven by commercial aerospace demand and continued progress at Pratt & Whitney as the company works through the Geared Turbofan (GTF) powder metal issue. RTX ended the year with a full-year book-to-bill of 1.56 and a $268bn backlog, up 23% year…

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NASA has confirmed that crew members are safe after one of its three WB-57 Canberra high-altitude research aircraft made an emergency gear-up landing in Texas. N927NA, the most recent addition to NASA’s fleet of high-altitude research aircraft that trace their lineage back to the English Electric Canberra, was seen in video footage making a gear-up landing at its home station of Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas. Ellington Field, close to Johnson Space Centre, is a major hub for NASA’s array of fixed wing research and training aircraft. Spokesperson Bethany Stevens confirmed via social media at around 1830…

By Karl Sinclair Jan. 27, 2026, © Leeham News: The Boeing Company (BA) released its full-year 2025 results, and indications are that the company is headed in the right direction. However, some monumental tasks face the corporation in the short-to-medium term.   Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) is still in a loss-making position. BCA lost $7bn, compared with $8bn in 2024. Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) was near break-even. Boeing Global Services (BGS) was the only profitable division, boosting the corporation to an annual profit on the back of the $10.6bn sale of part of its business. BCA  delivered 160…

GE Aerospace has completed ground testing of a hybrid electric turbofan engine system, marking a concrete step toward bringing electric propulsion into mainstream commercial aviation.  The tests, conducted at GE’s Peebles Test Operation in Ohio, used a modified Passport engine and were carried out under a NASA-supported research effort known as the Turbofan Engine Power Extraction Demonstration project. The work focused on how electrical systems can be integrated directly into a high-bypass turbofan, rather than testing standalone components in isolation.  According to GE Aerospace, the ground campaign successfully demonstrated the ability to extract power from the engine, transfer it through electrical systems, and inject…

UPS has fully retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD‑11F freighters, bringing an abrupt end to decades of trijet cargo operations following a deadly crash in 2025 that claimed the lives of three crewmembers and 12 people on the ground.  In its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report, UPS confirmed that it completed the retirement of all 26 MD-11Fs it still owned, accelerating a longstanding fleet modernization plan in the wake of the fatal crash of UPS Airlines Flight 2976 in November 2025.   The decision marks a major shift for the logistics giant, which once relied on the MD-11 as a workhorse on long-haul international routes. The aircraft, an evolution of the…

From 2014 (YouTube Edition): Simple Solutions Allow For More Efficient and Versatile Cockpits While at the AEA Southern Regional Convention 2014, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, went in search to find a solution for a key aviation concern. That concern is: where can you plug in a USB charger in your aircraft? It seems in this modern day of aviation that finding a place to keep your PED charged is almost as important as flying the aircraft. Jim’s quest brought him to Tim Fidler, the Mid-Continent Instruments Eastern Regional sales representative. Mid-Continent Instruments already has a USB charger system…