Sun, Nov 03, 2024
Further studies from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) have determined that, after six years and over $12 billion in investments, the F-35 Lightning stealth fighter is still not combat-ready.
This raises concerns regarding the fifth-gen jet’s ability to anchor American air superiority. As a part of a tactical aviation readiness report, the GAO tracked how closely US aircraft were meeting their intended mission-capable rates from 2018 to 2023. After a number of delays, Blue Origin’s 27th mission debuted the second human-rated vehicle for the New Shepard program, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet what they claim to be ‘growing’ customer demand. The Gogo gang has had some interesting times of late... after announcing their acquisition of Satcom Direct, this week, Gogo struck deals with Textron for a number of the Citation line, and then took on another gig with Wheels Up, who will be installing their systems in short order. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 10.24.24 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, October 24th, 2024... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- F-35 Takes Flak From GAO
- Blue Origin Flies Second Generation Vehicle
- Gogo Has A GREAT Week
- Chuck Coleman Lost In Accident At Las Cruces Air & Space Expo
- Airbus Demonstrates Autonomous UH-72 Capabilities
- Honeywell Unveils New Maintenance Solution at NBAA-BACE
- NBAA Issues Statement On FAA Rule For Powered Lift Category
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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