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Reuters • Kanishka Singh

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air grounded by second major IT outage this year; hundreds of flights canceled

Alaska Airlines and regional unit Horizon Air issued a nationwide ground stop on Oct. 23 after a system-wide IT outage that grounded flights across the U.S., forced hundreds of cancellations and left travelers warned to check status. Operations later resumed, but disruptions and cancellations are expected to continue into Friday.

2025-10-23T16:44:31.688026-07:00

CNBC

AWS outage knocks out Delta, United and Southwest websites and apps

2025-10-20T02:28:19.646552-07:00

Skift

Vietnam Airlines confirms customer data breach linked to third‑party service platform

2025-10-14T04:25:07.342687-07:00

Airways Magazine

Cyberattack on Collins Aerospace systems disrupts check‑in and boarding at Heathrow, Berlin Brandenburg and Brussels

2025-09-20T09:02:48.316866-07:00

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Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Air Group Q3 profit slides to $73M as IT outage forces ground stop Alaska Air Group reported Q3 net income of $73 million, down from $236 million a year earlier, on revenue of $3.8 billion (up 23% reflecting Hawaiian Airlines' integration). The quarter — $0.62 per share — was overshadowed by an IT outage that forced a ground stop and delayed earnings call.

2025-10-23T16:44:34.471943-07:00

Alaska Air Group Q3 profit slides to $73M as IT outage forces ground stop

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Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air grounded by second major IT outage this year; hundreds of flights canceled Alaska Airlines and regional unit Horizon Air issued a nationwide ground stop on Oct. 23 after a system-wide IT outage that grounded flights across the U.S., forced hundreds of cancellations and left travelers warned to check status. Operations later resumed, but disruptions and cancellations are expected to continue into Friday.

2025-10-23T16:44:31.688026-07:00

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air grounded by second major IT outage this year; hundreds of flights canceled

DefenseNews.com

USAF offers thousands of acres at five bases — largely Edwards AFB — for private AI data centres The U.S. Air Force is soliciting developers to lease more than 3,000 acres across five bases, with the largest tracts at Edwards AFB, for commercial AI data centres on military land. The proposal has prompted debate over security, land‑use and control of on‑base infrastructure.

2025-10-23T12:28:44.336391-07:00

USAF offers thousands of acres at five bases — largely Edwards AFB — for private AI data centres

AINonline

Honeywell unveils HANA to deliver aircraft PVT and attitude when GNSS is jammed or spoofed Honeywell introduced Honeywell Alternative Navigation Architecture (HANA), a software-based system that computes aircraft position, velocity and attitude when GNSS signals are unavailable due to jamming or spoofing. HANA provides a resilient navigation alternative designed to maintain PVT and attitude integrity without external satellite signals.

2025-10-23T07:48:40.070565-07:00

Honeywell unveils HANA to deliver aircraft PVT and attitude when GNSS is jammed or spoofed

SpaceNews.com

Europe must build sovereign critical infrastructure for aerospace and defence European policymakers and industry leaders are urging the development of sovereign critical infrastructure to secure aerospace, defence and space capabilities — aiming to close dependency gaps, strengthen resilience against supply‑chain and cyber risks, and underpin independent operational and procurement needs.

2025-10-23T04:08:08.383782-07:00

Europe must build sovereign critical infrastructure for aerospace and defence

South China Morning Post

U.S. software clampdown could cripple Hong Kong aviation, regulator says operations resilient Experts warn proposed U.S. restrictions on software and goods built using U.S. software could cripple Hong Kongs aviation systems by curbing access to critical IT, avionics and support services. Hong Kongs Civil Aviation Department says resilient measures are in place to keep airports operating safely and smoothly.

2025-10-22T17:36:30.255637-07:00

U.S. software clampdown could cripple Hong Kong aviation, regulator says operations resilient

Ars Technica

SpaceX disables ~2,500 Starlink terminals used by scam centres in Myanmar SpaceX says it disabled roughly 2,500 Starlink terminals after AFP revealed widespread use of the satellite service by scam centres operating in Myanmar, where Starlink is not authorized. A company executive confirmed the cuts as the illicit industry’s reliance on Starlink surged across the region.

2025-10-22T13:25:05.595325-07:00

SpaceX disables ~2,500 Starlink terminals used by scam centres in Myanmar

Via Satellite

U.S. DOT awards Iridium contract to deliver complementary PNT across T‑Mobile 5G as GPS backup The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Iridium a contract to deploy and test complementary Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services using Iridium satellite links integrated with T‑Mobile's 5G network across U.S. sites. The programme aims to provide a resilient backup to GPS during disruptions.

2025-10-21T12:54:26.058499-07:00

U.S. DOT awards Iridium contract to deliver complementary PNT across T‑Mobile 5G as GPS backup

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