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The Air Current • Carter Johnston

Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray may be evolving from carrier tanker to armed uncrewed aircraft

Boeing personnel hoisted an MQ-25 Stingray prototype aboard the USS Nimitz in June, revealing a potential expansion of the carrier-based drone’s mission beyond aerial refueling. The move suggests the U.S. Navy may be quietly exploring an armed role long suspected but repeatedly denied by the Pentagon.

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2026-08-13T16:12:59.291949-07:00

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Bloomberg • Edward Ludlow, Kiel Porter, Loren Grush

Stoke Space Is Raising $1 Billion to Fund Flagship Nova Rocket

By Bloomberg: Stoke Space Technologies Inc. is raising $1 billion to accelerate development and production of a fully reusable rocket to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX, people familiar with the matter said.

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2026-08-13T09:06:13.329557-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Heart Aerospace flies full-scale electric aircraft demonstrator for first time

By Air Data News: Heart Aerospace's X1 demonstrator completed its first flight on Wednesday, August 12, at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York, a major test of the technologies under development for the company's ES-30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

AirInsight

Heart Aerospace’s ES-30 Flies, Positioning 30-Seat Hybrid-Electric Aircraft for Regional Operations

AeroTime

Heart Aerospace completes first flight of X1 battery-electric demonstrator

Also: CAPA and defence-industry.eu

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2026-08-13T10:33:17.056478-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

China lays out civil aviation strategy through 2030

By ch-aviation: The Chinese government has renewed its five-year plan for civil aviation, which sets a goal for the sector's safety, service capacity, and infrastructure to reach world-class standards by 2030.

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2026-08-13T17:05:16.426758-07:00

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Associated Press • Josh Funk, Rio Yamat

NTSB: Engine Debris Shattered Ryanair Plane Window, Nearly Sucking Passenger Out

By Associated Press: Investigators say broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.

Reuters

Bird remains found aboard 737 engine from Ryanair Greek incident

Aviation Source

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Ryanair Boeing 737 Engine Failure over Greece

Also: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Air Current, Seattle Times, FlightGlobal, FL360aero, CBS News, CNA, CNN, The Independent, CBC, CBS News and The Independent

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2026-08-13T11:35:08.448175-07:00

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Bloomberg • Anthony Capaccio

Trump Orders US Aircraft Carriers to Go Back to Steam Catapults

By Bloomberg: President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to return to using steam catapults to launch planes off of aircraft carriers, acting on a longtime complaint despite opposition from many naval officers.

Associated Press

Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers

Navy Times

Navy should return to 'goddamned steam' on carrier, Trump says

Also: CNA, USNI News, The Independent and pilotonline.com

7 Sources

2026-08-13T15:36:33.651915-07:00

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Reuters

AirAsia posts quarterly loss, plans to reduce third-quarter capacity

By Reuters: Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group said on Thursday it expects to cut third-quarter capacity by 20% to 25% from a year earlier to ‌safeguard profitability, before gradually rebuilding capacity to "pre-war levels" in the fourth quarter.

Also: CAPA, CAPA and CAPA

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2026-08-13T14:29:12.209338-07:00

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