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Plans Approved For Replacement Carrier-Based Stealth Fighter The Pentagon has approved plans for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter jet to replace the aging fleet of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets that have been in service for decades. This clears the path for the Navy to select between Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the award of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) contract.

Nation’s Civil Aviation Minister Denies Complaints of the Captain’s Father Indian Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has finally spoken out against claims of “dirty business” in the investigation of Air India flight 171, which left 260 people dead. The complaint was submitted by Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, whose son was one of the pilots in the cockpit when the tragic accident occurred.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and Boeing made headlines last January when a Boeing 737 MAX 9 took off from Portland, and its door plug blew out during ascent. The aircraft involved, registration N704AL, has since been returned to Boeing by Alaska Airlines, with Boeing now the formal owner. Instead, Alaska Airlines expects to replace it with the Boeing 737 MAX 10. The Boeing 737 MAX 10 is yet to receive certification, and is set to compete directly with the Airbus A321neo. Boeing is still working on resolving the issue with the engines’ anti-ice system, which is a contributing factor to the…

Cirrus Aircraft is expanding Vision Jet training to the US West Coast with the addition of a new full-flight simulator at its Scottsdale, Arizona, facility. The move marks the first time Vision Jet simulator training will be offered outside the company’s flagship Cirrus Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.  The new simulator, built by CAE, replicates the Vision Jet’s cockpit environment and avionics suite to train pilots on procedures, maneuvers, and emergency operations. Cirrus says the simulator will support training for up to 45 pilots per month, primarily for recurrent training, when it opens to customers in March 2026.  “Cirrus is making…

MILAN — NATO officials have been tracking a decrease in Russia’s naval presence in the Mediterranean, which officials have attributed to readiness problems and the Baltic Sea and High North regions demanding greater attention in Moscow’s eyes.Gone are the days when Russia positioned one of its largest naval task forces in the Mediterranean, following escalating tensions in 2018 in Syria, deploying at least two submarines and ten surface ships. According to a NATO official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, these numbers have dropped in recent months, with the Russian Navy averaging only a few maritime assets in the…

By Bjorn Fehrm and Henry Tam October 10, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than previous projects. The series will discuss the typical development cycles for an FAA Part 25 aircraft, called a transport category aircraft, and what different ideas there are to reduce the development times. We will use the Gantt plan in Figure 1 as a base for our discussions. Figure 1. A generic new Part 25 airliner development…

One Marriott property in Miami is offering a reward to guests who leave a review of the hotel… but only if it’s very positive. Aloft Miami offers 3K points for top scores in surveyLoyaltyLobby flags how the Aloft Miami Brickell seems to be sending a post-stay email to Marriott Bonvoy members, with an interesting offer. “As a token of appreciation,” the hotel is offering 3,000 Bonvoy bonus points to anyone who completes the post-stay survey “with a top score.” In other words, if you give the hotel perfect scores in the survey, you get points. If you had any issues…

American Airlines took delivery of its newest aircraft, N313UR and N812UP, on Thursday, as noted by planespotter Thomas Beam on Instagram. The 80th and 81st Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets were ferried from Boeing Field (BFI) in Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Texas. These aircraft bring AA’s total fleet count to 1,000 airplanes, according to Planespotters.net. That puts the airline in second place worldwide, after only United Airlines. The Newest American MAX Jets Credit: Shutterstock The 737 MAX will be an integral part of the “Wine & Alpine” campaign by American Airlines this winter, serving a route from…

Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad Airways is to launch flights to Kabul, Afghanistan, making it the latest airline to open a route to the Afghan capital.  The new service will begin on December 18, 2025, in response to the “growing demand for travel between the UAE and Afghanistan”, the Emirati carrier announced in a statement on October 10, 2025.  Etihad claims that this service will support “trade, investment and cultural exchange”, while also making travel easier for large Afghan communities in the GCC, Australia, Europe, and the United States.  “Kabul represents another important step in Etihad’s strategy to expand access to markets…

The Army recently announced a slew of military occupational specialties, or MOSs, that are being added as eligible jobs within the service’s Civilian Acquired Skills Program, or ACASP, an initiative that allows soldiers with particular sets of skills to skip certain portions of training early in their Army careers. With the latest addition of 17 job specialties, which officially were added on Oct. 1, the number of jobs that qualify for the ACASP has climbed to 60. Under the program’s guidelines, qualified recruits, meaning those who acquired job-specific certifications or training as civilians, are eligible to go into the service…