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Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption

EASA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring operators to install a three‑hour software patch or rollback on in‑service Airbus A320 Family jets after analysis found intense solar radiation can corrupt flight‑control data. Regulators and national authorities warn multi‑hour maintenance windows could disrupt peak Thanksgiving operations.

2025-11-28T09:54:09.894869-08:00

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Hackers demand $6m from Iberia after passenger database breach Hackers say they breached an Iberia passenger database and are demanding a $6 million ransom, threatening to publish personal passenger records if the airline does not pay. The incident adds to a string of carrier data breaches and raises immediate privacy, customer-notification and regulatory-compliance questions.

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Hackers demand $6m from Iberia after passenger database breach

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Moldova reports third Russian drone airspace incursion in nine days, warns of aviation risk Moldovan authorities said Russian drones entered the country's airspace for the third time in nine days, posing a direct threat to civil aviation and prompting heightened air-safety alerts. The repeated incursions add to a broader pattern of cross-border drone activity that has forced operational disruptions and military responses across Europe.

2025-11-29T09:42:10.273010-08:00

Moldova reports third Russian drone airspace incursion in nine days, warns of aviation risk

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Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption EASA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring operators to install a three‑hour software patch or rollback on in‑service Airbus A320 Family jets after analysis found intense solar radiation can corrupt flight‑control data. Regulators and national authorities warn multi‑hour maintenance windows could disrupt peak Thanksgiving operations.

2025-11-28T09:54:09.894869-08:00

Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption

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SpaceX Transporter‑15 lofts 140 payloads from Vandenberg, including ESA, NASA CubeSat and D‑Orbit ION vehicles A Falcon 9 launched SpaceX's Transporter‑15 from Vandenberg carrying about 140 payloads on a dedicated rideshare, including an ESA mission, NASA's R5‑S7 CubeSat, D‑Orbit's ION in‑space transportation vehicles and three Canadian satellites — underscoring continuing demand for low‑cost, frequent LEO access.

2025-11-28T09:45:03.850364-08:00

SpaceX Transporter‑15 lofts 140 payloads from Vandenberg, including ESA, NASA CubeSat and D‑Orbit ION vehicles

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Wizz Air takes delivery of 250th aircraft as carrier pushes toward 500‑jet ambition Wizz Air celebrated the handover of its 250th aircraft — an A321neo (9H‑WMR) in a contest‑chosen special livery — at a Budapest event, marking roughly half of the carrier's stated ambition to operate 500 jets and underscoring rapid fleet expansion amid a fleet mix heavy on Boeing types.

2025-11-28T09:05:20.631103-08:00

Wizz Air takes delivery of 250th aircraft as carrier pushes toward 500‑jet ambition

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Boeing awarded $4.7B U.S. Army FMS contract to build 96 AH‑64E Apaches for Poland Boeing will build 96 AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces under a U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales contract valued at nearly $4.7 billion. Deliveries are set to begin in 2028 and will make Poland the largest international Apache operator.

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Boeing awarded $4.7B U.S. Army FMS contract to build 96 AH‑64E Apaches for Poland

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Germany Eyes Rival to EU’s Iris2 as It Pledges Major ESA Funding at Ministerial At the ESA ministerial in Bremen, Germany signalled plans to back a potential national rival to the European Commission’s Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity programme and pledged significant funding to ESA, reflecting Berlin’s impatience with current EU approaches to sovereign communications and defence capabilities.

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Germany Eyes Rival to EU’s Iris2 as It Pledges Major ESA Funding at Ministerial

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ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA ArianeGroup conducted the first flight of SyLEx, a sovereign sounding rocket developed for France's DGA since 2021, from the Biscarrosse missile test range. The suborbital vehicle establishes a national test capability for civil applications, including high-speed and supersonic experiments and rapid flight qualification of instruments.

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ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA