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Danish chef to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere Copenhagen (AFP) Mar 14, 2024 Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday. "The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world's first carbon-neutral spaceship," Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement. "They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth's curvature" at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,00 ... read more |
UK says jet carrying defence minister had signal jammed near Russia London (AFP) Mar 14, 2024 A British Royal Air Force plane carrying the UK defence minister had its signal jammed as it flew near Russian territory this week, a government spokesman confirmed on Thursday. ... more Tokyo (AFP) Mar 15, 2024 Japan's ruling coalition agreed Friday to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets being developed with Britain and Italy, relaxing Tokyo's strict transfer rules for military equipment. ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 29, 2024 Boeing has reached a $51 million settlement with the US State Department to resolve almost 200 export violations, including its unauthorized export of technical data to China, the State Department said Thursday. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2024 NASA is taking another step closer to testing its new supersonic jet, issuing grants to five universities to develop plans to educate communities selected for flyover tests of the experimental aircraft. ... more |
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Flying high: UK's modern-day green airship takes shape Bedford, United Kingdom (AFP) Mar 12, 2024 Britain's innovative Airlander 10 airship could soon take to the skies to offer leisure passengers panoramic views and far less pollution than traditional aircraft, according to its manufacturer. ... more Houston (AFP) Mar 9, 2024 Two soldiers and a US border agent died in a helicopter crash on Friday near the US-Mexico border, the US military said. ... more Washington (AFP) Mar 8, 2024 The three-month grounding of American V-22 Ospreys implemented after a deadly crash ended Friday, with changes to maintenance allowing the tilt-rotor aircraft to return safely to flight, the US military said. ... more Santiago (AFP) March 6, 2024 Chile said Tuesday it will exclude Israeli firms from Latin America's biggest aerospace fair, to be held in Santiago in April. ... more Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 The Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate successfully flew the XQ-67A, an Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, uncrewed air vehicle Feb. 28, 2024, at the General Atomics Gray ... more |
Greek PM hails US approval of F-35 fighter jet sale Athens (AFP) Jan 27, 2024 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday welcomed a US decision to approve the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Athens. Ending months of negotiations, the US government on Friday okayed the $8.6-billion sale, as well as a separate $23-billion deal to sell 40 F-16 warplanes to Turkey. "Today is an important day for our national defence and for Greek diplomacy," Mitsotakis said in a statement. "Greece is officially on track to acquire up to 40 new generation F-35 combat planes." Mi ... read more Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2024 Ending months of negotiations, the US government on Friday approved a $23 billion deal to sell F-16 warplanes to Turkey, after Ankara ratified Sweden's NATO membership, the State Department said. ... more |
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First Boeing 737 MAX delivered to China since 2019 lands in Guangzhou Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2024 The first Boeing 737 MAX delivered to China since 2019 landed Saturday at Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport, according to tracking website Flightradar24. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2024 A Mississippi National Guard helicopter crashed Friday afternoon in the northeast part of the state, according to multiple reports. ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2024 A small balloon floating at a high altitude over the US state of Utah was intercepted by fighter aircraft on Friday but deemed to pose no national security or flight risk, a US-Canada military agency said, according to US media. ... more Budapest (AFP) Feb 23, 2024 Hungary deepened military cooperation with Sweden on Friday, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announcing the acquisition of four Swedish-made fighter jets ahead of a vote on Stockholm's NATO bid. ... more Paris (AFP) Feb 22, 2024 France's air force pilots have been threatened with attack by Russian forces during patrol missions in international air space in a sign of rising tensions, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Thursday. ... more |
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