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Did Airbus just close the CSeries sales campaign Bombardier began with AirAsia during the 2012 Silverstone Grand Prix weekend, before the Farnborough Airshow? AirAsia A220 order: Today, May 6, 2026, in Mirabel, Quebec, Airbus is turning that long courtship into an A220 breakthrough for AirAsia. The aircraft is Canadian-born, Airbus-backed, and finally aligned with a
China Eastern MU5735: did two pilots really fight for control of a Boeing 737-800 before it speared into a Guangxi mountainside? China Eastern MU5735: On April 29, 2026, the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) package that revives the question with hard data. The documents arrive more
NATO GlobalEye could make Bombardier’s Canadian-built Global aircraft the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) next airborne surveillance backbone, but what still separates procurement momentum from a signed contract? NATO GlobalEye: Public reports from La Lettre, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Defence News, and AeroTime say the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has moved toward Saab and Bombardier
Bombardier CoLab AI — can this new partnership truly cut the punishing development timelines that haunt every clean-sheet business jet program? Bombardier CoLab AI: On April 23, 2026, Montréal-based Bombardier Inc. (BBD-B-T) and St. John’s startup CoLab AI Inc. announced a multi-year, multimillion-dollar contract. The deal embeds CoLab’s artificial intelligence (AI) software across Bombardier’s design
Pratt & Whitney Canada — why is a Canadian company opening a plant that creates jobs in Morocco rather than Canada? Pratt & Whitney Canada: On April 21, 2026, the company officially opened a new manufacturing facilityin Nouaceur’s Midparc industrial zone near Casablanca. The opening extended a project first announced at the Paris Air Show
Mirabel defence hub: is one Quebec site quietly becoming the industrial hinge between Canada’s fighter review and its airborne-surveillance competition? On April 21, 2026, MAS, an L3Harris company, and Lockheed Martin announced a new framework to pursue an F-35 Air Vehicle Depot in Canada. Yet a February 2026 L3Harris paper had already placed the same
Canada F-35 review: is Lockheed Martin coming to Quebec, Canada, to make threats? Canada F-35 review: According to Montreal daily La Presse on April 20, 2026, representatives of Lockheed Martin are due at L3Harris beside Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX/CYMX) in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, for a public move tied to the proposed F-35 maintenance-centre project. Moreover,
ACJ TwoTwenty FAA approval: the headline is regulatory. The story is commercial. On April 6, 2026, Comlux America secured a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the ACJ TwoTwenty cabin. Not the aircraft. Just the cabin — and that distinction is where most of the trade coverage goes soft. What
Walker S2 Airbus trial: is Airbus turning a humanoid pilot into a practical factory tool, or is the programme still a tightly managed test with more symbolism than measurable output? Since Fliegerfaust reported on January 24, 2026, Airbus has widened the public view of its automation roadmap, UBTECH Robotics has published stronger industrial signals around
Boeing satellite production: can a company known for larger, bespoke spacecraft really jump to 26 deliveries in 2026 while unveiling a new mid-class bus? Boeing satellite production: On April 15 and April 16, 2026, Boeing and Millennium Space Systems said yes. They paired a scale-up plan at El Segundo, California, with the debut of Resolute,
