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Bezos-backed $134M MethaneSAT climate satellite loses contact after going off course

MethaneSAT, a $134 million climate-monitoring satellite backed by Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund and Environmental Defense Fund, went off course and lost contact about ten days ago. The satellite, launched in March 2024 to map global methane emissions, has failed after just over a year in orbit.

2025-07-01T12:26:45.613623-07:00

Associated Press

Japan’s H-IIA Rocket Retires after 50th Launch with GOSAT-GW Climate Satellite

2025-06-28T10:03:00.053295-07:00

Royal Aeronautical Society

Airbus, Leonardo and De Havilland Seal Paris Show Day 2 Orders as FCAS Rift and Embraer’s EU Push Dominate

2025-06-17T21:19:12.432020-07:00

Royal Aeronautical Society

Airbus Nets $17 Billion in Day-One Paris Air Show Orders as Boeing Steps Back

2025-06-16T21:35:20.873316-07:00

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U.S. Cities Swap Fireworks for Drone Light Shows in Dozens of Fourth of July Celebrations Dozens of U.S. cities plan synchronized drone light shows instead of traditional fireworks this Fourth of July, driven by noise concerns, safety restrictions, and environmental considerations. The digital spectacles will deploy hundreds of drones in choreographed formations, offering municipal leaders a reusable and controllable alternative to pyrotechnics.

2025-07-04T20:56:38.519891-07:00

U.S. Cities Swap Fireworks for Drone Light Shows in Dozens of Fourth of July Celebrations

FlightGlobal

Airbus Secures A320 Approval for Taxibot Hybrid-Electric Taxi System, Eyes Widebody Expansion Airbus has won European approval to modify the A320 family’s avionics bay for compatibility with the Taxibot hybrid-electric pushback and taxi tractor. After successful tests on narrowbodies, the OEM is now evaluating an expanded operability package for its widebody jets to cut airport emissions and fuel burn.

2025-07-04T07:03:29.410077-07:00

Airbus Secures A320 Approval for Taxibot Hybrid-Electric Taxi System, Eyes Widebody Expansion

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Bezos-backed $134M MethaneSAT climate satellite loses contact after going off course MethaneSAT, a $134 million climate-monitoring satellite backed by Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund and Environmental Defense Fund, went off course and lost contact about ten days ago. The satellite, launched in March 2024 to map global methane emissions, has failed after just over a year in orbit.

2025-07-01T12:26:45.613623-07:00

Bezos-backed $134M MethaneSAT climate satellite loses contact after going off course

chrislynchmedia.com

Kea Aerospace’s Solar-Stratospheric Aircraft Arrives at Air Force Museum of New Zealand Kea Aerospace’s prototype solar electric aircraft, designed to reach the stratosphere without refueling, has been unveiled at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. The high-altitude platform demonstrates a leap in clean, long-endurance aerospace capability for surveillance and research.

2025-06-30T20:10:14.395875-07:00

Kea Aerospace’s Solar-Stratospheric Aircraft Arrives at Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Aerospace America

Airbus Validates Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engine, Plans 50% Component Weight Cut Airbus’s latest hydrogen propulsion demonstrator uses fuel cells fed by liquid hydrogen from twin cryogenic tanks to generate power for motors, outpacing three direct-combustion concepts in ground tests. The company aims to halve engine component mass within a year through lighter materials.

2025-06-30T14:11:38.314591-07:00

Airbus Validates Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engine, Plans 50% Component Weight Cut

Aviation Week

Bye Aerospace Accelerates Manufacturing of eFlyer 2 Electric Trainer Prototype Bye Aerospace has advanced key tooling and assembly milestones at its Denver facility as it pushes toward fabrication of the first full-scale eFlyer 2 electric trainer prototype. The effort lays groundwork for structural and systems validation ahead of prototype roll-out and flight testing toward certification.

2025-06-30T12:35:38.618160-07:00

Bye Aerospace Accelerates Manufacturing of eFlyer 2 Electric Trainer Prototype

Aviation Week

H3 Dynamics and PJBumi to Develop Fixed-Wing Hydrogen-Electric Cargo UAS H3 Dynamics and Malaysia’s PJBumi Technologies will co-develop a fixed-wing hydrogen-electric unmanned cargo aircraft, targeting extended-range, zero-emission freight flights. The collaboration plans to leverage H3’s hydrogen powertrain and PJBumi’s aerospace integration expertise to deliver a scalable UAS platform for logistics applications.

2025-06-30T10:27:45.433339-07:00

H3 Dynamics and PJBumi to Develop Fixed-Wing Hydrogen-Electric Cargo UAS

euractiv.com

Europe’s Airlines Urge Border Tariffs to Offset SAF Mandate Costs Airlines for Europe has called on the EU to impose import levies on non-EU carriers and fuels to cushion the cost increase from its upcoming sustainable aviation fuel mandate, warning that without trade measures, Europe risks losing passengers, jobs and emissions to less-regulated markets.

2025-06-30T09:07:51.257055-07:00

Europe’s Airlines Urge Border Tariffs to Offset SAF Mandate Costs

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