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Agreement includes production of up to 50 fighter jets through 2035.

FedEx posted an alert for service disruptions today (Oct. 25). The delivery delays are attributed to what it reported as an issue with the FAA’s information technology (IT) infrastructure affecting the carrier’s Memphis, Tennessee hub airport. “FedEx experienced disruptions at the Memphis hub last night due to an FAA IT outage,” according to the alert […]

The war between Israel and Hamas forces could have a knock-on impact on airline operations. According to a report posted on the Reuters website today (Oct. 19), industry sources “with direct knowledge of the matter” said aviation “war insurers” have given notice they could cancel coverage for certain airlines based in Israel and Lebanon. Normal […]

It’s not clear how the Israeli Air Force’s readiness in the face of Saturday’s attack by Hamas was affected by a months-long boycott of flying by some of its most experienced pilots. It’s also not clear if any of the more than 400 reserve pilots, including 300 fighter pilots, are still refusing to fly in […]

Israeli pilots are at the forefront of an intensifying crisis over the government’s intention to overhaul the country’s legal system. Most of the reservist pilots in the air force’s elite 69th Squadron have refused to report to a training exercise next week, and national airline El Al had to scramble to find a crew willing […]

Israel says it’s banning four-engine jets from serving the country as of March 2023 but it would appear only cargo carriers, including El Al’s cargo subsidiary, will be directly affected. The Israel Airports Authority says environmental, noise and sustainability concerns are behind the ban, although the math doesn’t always support that. “The increase in passenger and […]

The Israeli air force has successfully tested an airborne laser system that quickly dispatched drones in flight. The system, built by the air force with Elbit Systems, is mounted on a Cessna Caravan and easily blasted all the drones it encountered on the test. Israel tweeted it is “among the first countries in the world […]

An Israeli company says its new Bonanza-sized drone can mix it up safely with regular civilian air traffic thanks to a triple redundant detect-and-avoid system to keep out of the way. The StarLiner from Elbit Systems is compliant with NATO’s Standardization Agreement known as STANAG 4671, meaning it is approved for missions where airliners and […]

Russia is accusing Israel of using civilian airliners as shields to launch air strikes in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that Israeli air force F-16s intentionally put an A320 with 172 passengers on board between themselves and Syrian anti-aircraft missiles as they launched eight air-to-ground missiles on positions held by pro-Iranian forces near […]

Israel hopes to add its name to the growing list of spacefaring countries that have landed spacecraft on the moon. Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries shipped the 1300-pound lunar lander, named Beresheet, to Orlando last week and it will be trucked to Cape Canaveral. There, it will hitchhike on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]