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Airbus, Air France Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in 2009 Crash

The Paris Appeals Court overturned a decision from a lower court in 2023, that had acquitted the manufacturer and the airline.

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NTSB Says UPS Didn’t Act After 2011 Boeing Letter on Defect

Boeing issued a service letter in 2008 informing operators of MD-11F cargo jets of fractures in a component of the plane’s engine mount.blo

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Ford in Talks to Supply Military Trucks in Europe, North America

The talks, which began last year, are “productive,” though they haven’t yet yielded a contract, the automaker said in a May 18 blog post.

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Alaska Airlines Withdraws Profit Forecast as Fuel Crisis Deepens

Alaska Airlines is bracing for a $600 million increase in its fuel costs for the second quarter of 2026, and expects to pay as much as $4.75 a gallon in April.

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Delta Airlines Waters Down Net-Zero Target to an ‘Aspiration’

Delta said it still sees cleaner fuels as one of the most important ways to decarbonize, but its slow development threatens its climate ambitions.

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FedEx Reaches Tentative Labor Deal with Pilots

The contract includes a nearly 40% hourly pay increase in 2026, with 3% annual increases starting in 2028.

Oshkosh, WI, USA - July 30, 2014 FedEx Express Airbus A300-600F airplane on the ramp at the Oshkosh Airport from Madison. Photo: iStock.com/vandervliet93

U.S. Defense Logistics Agency’s ‘Precision’ Logistics Provided Artemis II’s Fuel

DLA Energy provided more than 21,000 pounds of highly specialized propellants essential for the Orion spacecraft's historic flight.

A NASA space launch system rocket launches the Artemis II mission from Space Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., April 1, 2026. Photo: Robert Mason, Space Force.

One Year on from ‘Liberation Day’ – Uncertainty Trumps Efficiency in Supply Chains

After decades of pursuing supply chain efficiency, U.S. companies have turned their focus to what’s politely termed “resilience,” but might better be described as redundancy.

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NASA Sets Goal to Establish Moon Base Over Next Decade

NASA said that its hope is to eventually launch two moon landing missions a year to set up a semi-permanent presence on the lunar surface.

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Airport Security Wait Times Soar as DHS Funding Fight Stalls

As for ICE agents deployed at U.S. airports, it remains unclear how much of an impact they'll actually have.

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Taiwan Chip Production Vulnerable to LNG War Shortage

Sustained constraints will eventually cut into chip production, said an Oxford Economics analyst.

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Report: Space Launch Boom Risks Outpacing Supply Chain Capacity

More than 3,700 objects were launched into space in the United States in 2025, nearly 10 times as many as there were in 2019.

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