Google launches its first AI satellite Oct 1, 2026, testing Trillium TPUs in low Earth orbit under Project Suncatcher.
McKinney National Airport receives FAA Part 139 certification, the first new Texas commercial airport certificate since 2005.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed S. 3257, allocating $15M annually to reform FAA aeromedical certification for pilots.
Thales inaugurated a Flight Safety Center in Bordeaux to train 21,000 aviation employees and engage industry stakeholders.
Embraer handed over the first of two C-390 Millennium transports to Uzbekistan on Sept 25, 2026, marking the type's Central Asia debut.
Vertical Aerospace opens a £1.5M Aircraft Assembly Centre at Cotswold Airport, targeting CAA Type Certification for its Valo eVTOL by 2029.
Edinburgh Airport unveils a £500 million plan to expand its terminal by 60% and add eight new departure gates by 2027.
Airbus notifies customers of an anti-corrosion coating defect on A321neo fuselage stringers affecting roughly 500 aircraft.
South Korea's first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae Block I was delivered to the ROKAF on September 22, 2026.
Lufthansa Technik and Japan Airlines extend their Boeing 787 TCS agreement and add a GEnx-1B nacelle contract through 2036.
China's CAAC creates a formal framework for overseas used aircraft parts, requiring AFRA-CAAC Registry compliance by December 2026.
NASA assigned four crew members from NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos to SpaceX Crew-14, targeting a spring 2027 ISS launch.
Hexcel's HexWeb HRH-10 becomes the first honeycomb core material to receive NCAMP qualification, creating a public engineering database.
The FAA deployed its SMART AI platform at BWI, IAD, and DCA on Sept. 21, 2026, to predict and reduce flight disruptions.
FAA, ECU Health, and NCDOT launch eLIFT-NC to test BETA Technologies electric aircraft for rural healthcare supply delivery in North Carolina.
Honeywell Aerospace and Garuda Indonesia finalized a three-year APU maintenance agreement to stabilize repair costs and improve fleet reliability.
CAE USA secures a $300M recompete contract to continue U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircrew training through December 2035.
Firefly Aerospace quadruples spacecraft production capacity with a new ISO Class 8 cleanroom in Cedar Park, Texas.
Textron Systems flew an Aerosonde VTOL UAS 150 nautical miles between two Virginia vertiports in commercial airspace.
Canada and Saab signed a non-binding term sheet for six GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft to support RCAF NORAD commitments.
