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FlightGlobal • Kerry Reals

One-millisecond software defect crashed UK air-traffic control system, causing thousands of cancellations

A one-millisecond software defect brought down the computer system managing UK airspace on September 8, triggering widespread flight disruption and thousands of cancellations. NATS’ preliminary report ruled out both a cyber-attack and military intervention, attributing the failure to a software issue unrelated to previous outages.

Also: ukaviation.aero
2026-09-18T08:20:07.599440-07:00
space   ISS   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space   NASA  
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Reuters

SpaceX to fly more NASA crews to space station under expanded $5.92 billion deal

By Reuters: NASA said Friday that the agency had given SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the International ​Space Station, extending the company's crewed flights to the station ‌through 2030.

Also: newsable.asianetnews.com, CNA and CNBC
2026-09-18T10:35:38.220591-07:00
defense   Satellite   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Space Defense & Militarization  
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Northrop Grumman, True Anomaly to build military geostationary surveillance satellites

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit has selected Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to build prototype satellites capable of closely monitoring spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.

2026-09-18T09:38:22.486397-07:00
aviation   Supply Chain   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Russia delays SJ-100 deliveries again, now to second half of 2027

By Air Data News: Rostec had planned to deliver 12 aircraft in 2026, while the MS-21 has now been pushed to the Russian airlines will have to wait until at least the second half of 2027 to receive the first production SJ-100 aircraft , according to a new timetable disclosed by Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov.

2026-09-18T09:35:05.761287-07:00
aviation   Routes   North America   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Delta Air Lines  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Delta Air Lines Wants to Be No.1 at Los Angeles International Airport With New Routes And More Flights

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Delta Air Lines is making the case for why it thinks it should be crowned the No.1 airline at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – one of the most important and most premium markets in the United States, but one that no airline currently has dominance over.

Also: Live and Let's Fly and ala.aero
2026-09-18T09:20:22.345055-07:00
space   ISS   Europe   ESA   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations  
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Space.com • Josh Dinner

Europe's new spacesuit still needs work, French ISS astronaut says: 'We are at the very beginning of its journey'

By Space.com: A new European-designed spacesuit has been tested aboard the International Space Station — and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot says the prototype still has some design kinks to work through.

2026-09-18T11:06:01.059322-07:00