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US aviation industry urges Congress to provide $20 billion for air traffic control upgrades
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (115+ words) Fine Day 102.3 July 15 (Reuters) â The U.S aviation sector urged Congress on Wednesday to provide $20 billion to complete a massive effort âto modernize Americaâs aging air traffic control system and reduce systemic flight disruptions An aviation coalition…...
EU seals deal for drone production with Ukraine
11+ hour, 21+ min ago (272+ words) Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 5:57 AM KYIV, July 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine and the European Union have sealed a “drone deal” to combine Kyiv’s expertise with European industrial capacity to establish joint projects and scale up production, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said…...
Inside the U.S. race for drone delivery dominance
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (937+ words) Friday, July 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM By Waylon Cunningham and Nicholas P. Brown July 10 (Reuters) – Engineer Beth Flippo uprooted her family in 2021, trading New Jersey for the rambling fields of Ohio, where she had been tapped to run a pilot program delivering groceries…...
Small plane crashes on Texas highway and people leave vehicles to try to free people inside
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (216+ words) Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM The plane crashed in Laredo shortly after 10 p.m., said Jose Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department. There were no immediate reports of any injuries to those in vehicles on the highway, Loop 20, he said. The…...
What to know about Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert
4+ week, 1+ day ago (437+ words) Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM From a test pilot breaking the sound barrier to a space shuttle touching down, aviation history has often been made at Edwards Air Force Base, about 100 miles (161 km) north of Los Angeles. There has also been…...
German, French leaders unable to resolve FCAS fighter jet dispute, sources say
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (117+ words) Fine Day 102.3 German, French leaders unable to resolve FCAS fighter jet dispute, sources say Monday, June 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM BERLIN, June 8 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron have concluded that the companies involved in building a joint…...
German investigators launch probe into Boeing 787 incident in Frankfurt
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (194+ words) Friday, June 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) – The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has begun an investigation into the Boeing 787 jetliner whose nose gear collapsed on Thursday at a gate at Frankfurt airport, according to a BFU…...
Romania says Russian drone hit block of flats in Galati area
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (86+ words) Fine Day 102.3 Romania says Russian drone hit block of flats in Galati area Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM BUCHAREST, May 29 (Reuters) – A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace and crashed onto the roof of a block of flats in the southeastern city…...
Drone games put Ukraine’s best military pilots to the test
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (633+ words) Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM TRUSKAVETS, Ukraine, May 23 (Reuters) – In the sky over western Ukraine, a bullet-shaped P1-SUN interceptor drone dived towards its target as dozens of soldiers looked on. A cheer went up as it cut through a tow line…...
US jury awards family of Boeing 737 MAX crash victim $49.5 million
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (381+ words) Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 11:36 AM WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX. The jury late on Wednesday awarded the family…...