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Wall Street Journal • Andrew Tangel

Air India CEO urges caution as Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash report raises questions

Air India Chief Executive Campbell Wilson urged against jumping to conclusions after India's preliminary probe into the June 12 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad found no mechanical faults. In an internal memo, he defended his cockpit crew's fitness, underscored the airline's maintenance record and called for continued investigative cooperation.

2025-07-14T07:10:20.515417-07:00

The Air Current

Preliminary AAIB Findings: Fuel Control Switches Cutoff in Air India Dreamliner Crash

2025-07-11T14:15:24.458527-07:00

Times of India

Air India Completes Boeing 787 Fuel Control Switch Inspections, Finds No Defects

2025-07-16T10:25:14.657685-07:00

The Air Current

Preliminary Report on Air India 787 Crash Zeroes In on Fuel Control Switches

2025-07-08T16:15:20.511772-07:00

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Breaking Defense

USAF Risks Repeating F-22/F-35 Interoperability Errors with Skyborg The Air Force’s Skyborg autonomous drone programme risks inheriting the data-sharing limitations that hampered the F-22 and F-35’s collaborative situational awareness. Without open, robust datalink interfaces, Skyborg wingmen may operate as isolated assets, undermining the USAF’s manned-unmanned teaming goals.

2025-08-04T09:17:42.563373-07:00

USAF Risks Repeating F-22/F-35 Interoperability Errors with Skyborg

eVTOL Insights

Joby and L3Harris Unveil Hybrid VTOL Collaboration for Defense Joby Aviation and L3Harris Technologies are teaming up to explore a new class of defense-focused VTOL aircraft. The partnership will adapt Joby’s S4 electric air taxi into a gas turbine-hybrid VTOL with autonomous capabilities, aiming to meet military requirements for range, payload and operational flexibility.

2025-08-04T02:10:03.567795-07:00

Joby and L3Harris Unveil Hybrid VTOL Collaboration for Defense

aerospaceglobalnews.com

US and China Vie to Field 6th-Gen Fighters with AI, Stealth and Drone Wingmen by 2030s Sixth-generation fighters under development, including the US’ F-47 and China’s J-36, promise to fuse advanced AI, low-observable design and loyal drone wingmen into air combat. Both nations aim to achieve initial operating capability in the mid-2030s, intensifying a strategic aerospace rivalry.

2025-08-03T07:09:37.014180-07:00

US and China Vie to Field 6th-Gen Fighters with AI, Stealth and Drone Wingmen by 2030s

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Delta Air Lines Abandons AI-Driven Individual Fare Pricing After Lawmaker Backlash Delta Air Lines has dropped plans to use artificial intelligence for personalized ticket pricing after criticism from US lawmakers and public concern. In a letter to senators, the carrier clarified that its AI tools optimize fares at the market level using anonymized data, not individual customer profiles.

2025-08-01T12:09:18.055403-07:00

Delta Air Lines Abandons AI-Driven Individual Fare Pricing After Lawmaker Backlash

The National UAE

Space42, Microsoft and Esri unite to create Africa’s most detailed AI-powered map The UAE’s Space42 has teamed up with Microsoft and Esri to develop the most detailed AI-powered map of Africa, leveraging high-resolution satellite data and cloud-based GIS platforms. It will equip planners and emergency responders in all 54 African nations with real-time insights for urban development and disaster response.

2025-07-31T08:29:47.212417-07:00

Space42, Microsoft and Esri unite to create Africa’s most detailed AI-powered map

globaltimes.cn

ADA Space unveils 12-satellite Star Compute constellation with quadruple power of inaugural launch China's private startup ADA Space unveiled a 12-satellite “Star Compute” constellation design on Thursday, promising four times the processing power of its initial May launch. The announcement accelerates its roadmap to deploy 2,800 supercomputer satellites for on-orbit high-performance computing.

2025-07-31T01:16:26.459603-07:00

ADA Space unveils 12-satellite Star Compute constellation with quadruple power of inaugural launch

SpaceWatch Global

ESA’s Cheli Outlines Ambition for a Digital Twin of Earth European Space Agency’s Director of Earth Observation Programs Simonetta Cheli describes the agency’s blueprint for a full-scale digital twin of Earth, integrating real-time satellite data with advanced AI modeling. The initiative aims to transform environmental monitoring, disaster response and strategic planning across defense and climate applications.

2025-07-30T03:51:50.425944-07:00

ESA’s Cheli Outlines Ambition for a Digital Twin of Earth

Aviation Week

Merlin joins Northrop Grumman’s Beacon autonomy testbed as one of six partners Merlin joins Northrop Grumman’s Beacon autonomy testbed as one of six partners, integrating its Merlin Pilot software into the platform to support flight demonstrations later this year, aiming to mature assured autonomous fixed-wing capabilities in contested military environments.

2025-07-30T03:03:37.335232-07:00

Merlin joins Northrop Grumman’s Beacon autonomy testbed as one of six partners

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