LaGuardia Tower Has 33 Controllers, Four Below Target, After Runway Collision
LaGuardia Airport’s control tower had 33 assigned controllers four below its target of 37 when Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy disclosed…
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Boeing Finishes 737-7 and 737-10 Flight Tests, but Safety Reviews Remain
Boeing said Tuesday, July 28, that it has completed flight testing for the 737-7 and 737-10, moving the smallest and…
Nauticus Subsea Arm Enters Load Testing After Software-Control Validation
Nauticus Robotics completed its first three-joint prototype of a modular electric subsea manipulator during the first half of 2026 and…
Birdstop Moves to Detroit, but 79% Automotive Parts Overlap Remains Unverified
Birdstop relocated its operations to Detroit in late 2025 to draw on the region’s automotive suppliers, manufacturing expertise and automation…
FAA Returns Boeing Delivery Certification After Eight-Month Quality Comparison
The Federal Aviation Administration returned Boeing’s authority to issue airworthiness certificates for all newly built 737 MAX and 787 aircraft…
Mercedes Extends MB.OS Across Four SUV Domains, but Remote Updates Remain Unclear
Mercedes-Benz has extended its MB.OS architecture across four functional domains in the refreshed 2027 GLE and GLS, the company confirmed…
Eagle Scales Ohio Car Modules, but Licensed Design Leaves 2030 Gap
Eagle Wireless is scaling production of vehicle-connectivity modules at its Solon, Ohio, plant, Reuters reported July 21, with an annualized…
Sensory Robotics Wins SR-1 Certification for Fenceless Cells, Limits Remain Unclear
Sensory Robotics has announced safety certification for SR-1, its vision-based system for monitoring people around industrial robot arms, although the…
GE Aerospace Tests Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Above 30,000 Feet, With Tradeoffs Unresolved
GE Aerospace announced on July 20 that its modified Saab 340B had flown above 30,000 feet with assistance from a…
Thunder Pairs Hybrid Tiltrotor Autonomy With Capabilities Awaiting 2027 Flight
Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder on July 20, 2026, at the opening of the Farnborough International Airshow, presenting…
Peak’s California Factory Will Test Whether Passive Cooling Offsets Bulkier Batteries
Colorado-based Peak Energy announced in July that it plans to open a $71 million sodium-ion battery factory near Sacramento in…
Air Force expands embodied AI robotics demos with Palladyne IQ
The U.S. Air Force has exercised a $2.9 million option under Palladyne AI’s STRATFI contract, lifting the total award to…
Pratt & Whitney F135 Case Project Pushes Large-Scale Metal Additive
Pratt & Whitney and GKN Aerospace have signed a technology development agreement to test a difficult manufacturing question with real…
FAA Restores Boeing 737 and 787 Delivery Certification Authority
The FAA will restore Boeing’s authority to issue airworthiness certificates for all newly produced 737 and 787 airplanes effective July…
FAA Says Boeing MAX 7 and MAX 10 Near Certification
The most important Boeing narrowbody development right now is not a sales story. It is a certification closure story, centered…
Starship Pad Abort Shifts Attention to Engine Readiness
SpaceX halted a Starship test launch in Texas at the last moment Thursday after some of the rocket’s engines failed…
FAA Restores Boeing Delivery Certification Authority Under Continued Oversight
The FAA has restored Boeing’s authority to issue airworthiness certificates for newly built 737 MAX and 787 aircraft, with the…
Asylon Links Air and Ground Robots for USAF Aircraft Inspections
Asylon has received a contract from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex to continue development and demonstration of an autonomous…