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Iridium CEO Sees Automotive Opportunity for NTN Direct, Notes Alt‑PNT Progress

Iridium CEO Matt Desch told Via Satellite's 'Live in the Booth' that Iridium's NTN Direct service offers a clear commercial opportunity in the automotive sector, despite automakers' reluctance to adopt proprietary technologies. He also signaled parallel progress on alternative PNT capabilities tied to the NTN rollout.

2026-04-03T09:58:07.600241-07:00

Aviation Today

Climate change is altering turbulence patterns as cockpits scramble to adapt

2026-04-02T09:38:58.975981-07:00

Aviation Today

ISTAT Americas 2026: Avionics reset — the shift to silicon‑first, software‑defined systems

2026-04-02T09:38:58.491923-07:00

Reuters

SpaceX files for IPO to bankroll orbital AI data‑centres in potential record offering

2026-04-01T12:00:31.172067-07:00

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Via Satellite

Iridium CEO Sees Automotive Opportunity for NTN Direct, Notes Alt‑PNT Progress Iridium CEO Matt Desch told Via Satellite's 'Live in the Booth' that Iridium's NTN Direct service offers a clear commercial opportunity in the automotive sector, despite automakers' reluctance to adopt proprietary technologies. He also signaled parallel progress on alternative PNT capabilities tied to the NTN rollout.

2026-04-03T09:58:07.600241-07:00

Iridium CEO Sees Automotive Opportunity for NTN Direct, Notes Alt‑PNT Progress

Aviation Today

Army Accepts First Optionally‑Piloted Black Hawk; Will Test Autonomy to Inform Fleet Scaling The U.S. Army has formally accepted its first optionally‑piloted Black Hawk helicopter and will subject the aircraft to a rigorous test campaign. Data from the evaluations will be used to inform decisions on scaling autonomous and optionally‑piloted capabilities across the UH‑60 fleet.

2026-04-02T09:38:59.528988-07:00

Army Accepts First Optionally‑Piloted Black Hawk; Will Test Autonomy to Inform Fleet Scaling

Aviation Today

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Climate change is altering turbulence patterns as cockpits scramble to adapt Climate-driven shifts are increasing the frequency and severity of turbulence, challenging assumptions embedded in aircraft design and cockpit procedures. Avionics, weather sensing and pilot training are struggling to keep pace, forcing operators and regulators to reassess safety margins, routing and equipment requirements.

2026-04-02T09:38:58.975981-07:00

Climate change is altering turbulence patterns as cockpits scramble to adapt

Aviation Today

ISTAT Americas 2026: Avionics reset — the shift to silicon‑first, software‑defined systems Aircraft Value News' ISTAT Americas 2026 round-up identifies a sector‑wide 'avionics reset' toward silicon‑first, software‑defined architectures. The trend implies major changes to supplier roadmaps, retrofit pathways and lifecycle support and aftermarket services as hardware‑centric systems give way to modular, software‑driven platforms.

2026-04-02T09:38:58.491923-07:00

ISTAT Americas 2026: Avionics reset — the shift to silicon‑first, software‑defined systems

Aviation Today

Scaled Composites' Talon IQ Model 437 flies Prism and Shield AI Hivemind mission-autonomy test ahead of CCA Increment 2 Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites flew a Talon IQ Model 437 on a mission-autonomy test that integrated Northrop’s Prism autonomy software with Shield AI’s Hivemind. The sortie demonstrates multi-vendor autonomy interoperability on the Talon IQ platform as work ramps toward the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Increment 2 effort.

2026-04-02T09:38:57.955217-07:00

Scaled Composites' Talon IQ Model 437 flies Prism and Shield AI Hivemind mission-autonomy test ahead of CCA Increment 2

Skift

Scaling AI in Travel: TUI’s Lessons for Airlines on Dismantling Legacy Systems TUI’s rollout shows that AI strategies can look clean on slides but scaling demands tearing down legacy IT, fixing data governance and changing operations. Jie Zheng lays out practical steps and pitfalls carriers face as they move toward agentic AI ahead of the Skift Data + AI Summit 2026.

2026-04-02T09:18:59.604467-07:00

Scaling AI in Travel: TUI’s Lessons for Airlines on Dismantling Legacy Systems

FlightGlobal

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Airbus folds Navblue into a new wholly owned Skywise subsidiary to unify aviation data and flight-ops services Airbus has created a wholly-owned Skywise subsidiary that merges its Skywise digital platform and Navblue flight-operations unit into a single business. The move aims to deliver integrated flight-planning, technical and ground‑operations services to Airbus and non‑Airbus fleets, building on the Skywise platform established in 2017.

2026-04-01T12:45:31.707792-07:00

Airbus folds Navblue into a new wholly owned Skywise subsidiary to unify aviation data and flight-ops services

Reuters

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SpaceX files for IPO to bankroll orbital AI data‑centres in potential record offering SpaceX has filed preliminary IPO paperwork to raise public capital for a push into space‑based AI, seeking funds to deploy up to 1 million solar‑powered orbital data‑center satellites. The blockbuster listing would likely rank among the largest IPOs ever and could lift the company into trillion‑dollar valuation territory.

2026-04-01T12:00:31.172067-07:00

SpaceX files for IPO to bankroll orbital AI data‑centres in potential record offering

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Iridium CEO Sees Automotive Opportunity for NTN Direct, Notes Alt‑PNT Progress

Climate change is altering turbulence patterns as cockpits scramble to adapt

ISTAT Americas 2026: Avionics reset — the shift to silicon‑first, software‑defined systems

SpaceX files for IPO to bankroll orbital AI data‑centres in potential record offering

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