Air Data News
UPS has temporarily removed 24 Boeing 767 freighters from service to carry out maintenance uncovered during a routine internal review. The operator said the action is temporary while inspections and corrective work are completed and gave no timetable for when the aircraft will return to service.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: Debris from the collision could have formed another moon of Saturn called Hyperion, and affected the tilt of Saturn itself.
Aviation Week
• Graham Warwick
By Aviation Week: An air-launched missile-carrying UAS developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for DARPA’s LongShot project has been designed the X-68A.
Reuters
By Reuters: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it finalized a consent order involving Boeing's acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed mandatory inspections of cargo track fittings on Boeing 767-300 Freighters after discovering some components were manufactured using unapproved materials, potentially compromising aircraft structural integrity and controllability.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: ATC modernization and internal restructurings occurring amid tension between FAA and DOT chiefs.
Boeing
By Boeing: SEATTLE, Feb. 17, 2026 — Boeing and Air Astana JSC announced today the Kazakhstan flag carrier has finalized an order for up to 15 787 Dreamliner jets to grow and modernize its Boeing widebody...
AINonline
By AINonline: James Wang discusses his perspective on the future of the eVTOL industry.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
The Intercept
• Austin Campbell
CBS News
• Eleanor Watson, James LaPorta, Jennifer Jacobs
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Bloomberg
• Lorelei Smillie, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
