Aviation

UK splurges £4.4M on drones, e-planes, and other flights of fancy

Taxpayer cash fuels 14 projects from NHS blood-hauling UAVs to posh eVTOL shuttles

Public Sector30 Sep 2025 | 19

FAA decides it trusts Boeing enough to certify the safety of its own planes again

Jet maker only gets to issue certs every other week, though, freeing up FAA inspectors to do more poking around

Public Sector29 Sep 2025 | 23

EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues

Airport staff revert to manual ops as travellers urged to use self-service check-in where possible

Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 25

Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic

‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights

Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 53

French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs

Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights

Offbeat18 Sep 2025 | 43

Sky-high budget gap: FAA launches air traffic overhaul, lacks cash to finish it

Agency wants a single private integrator to herd 74K bits of kit with only 40% of the funding so far

Public Sector04 Sep 2025 | 30

KLM, Air France latest major organizations looted for customer data

Watch out, the phishermen are about, customers told

Cyber-crime07 Aug 2025 | 26

The TSA likes facial recognition at airports. Passengers and politicians, not so much

Few passengers are told they can opt out, and when they do, airport staff may push back

Security31 Jul 2025 | 38

Aeroflot aeroflops over 'IT issues' after attackers claim year-long compromise

Russia's top airline cancels 49 flights, delays affect many more

Cyber-crime28 Jul 2025 | 30

Alaska Airlines grounded itself due to mysterious IT problem

UPDATED Now flying again, but not saying what went wrong

Off-Prem21 Jul 2025 | 8

Turbulence at Air Serbia, the latest airline under cyber siege

Exclusive Attack enters day 11 and still no public disclosure of what insider claims to be 'deep breach' of Active Directory

Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 |

Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address

Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked

Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 13

Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway

Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground

Offbeat07 Jul 2025 | 107

Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers

Frequent flyers’ info takes flight

Security02 Jul 2025 | 17

Scattered Spider crime spree takes flight as focus turns to aviation sector

Time ticking for defenders as social engineering pros weave wider web

Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 2

Canada's WestJet says 'expect interruptions' online as it navigates cybersecurity turbulence

updated Flights still flying - just don't count on the app or website working smoothly

Security16 Jun 2025 | 1

Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash

Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area

Offbeat12 Jun 2025 | 40

Floppy disks and paper strips lurk behind US air traffic control

Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years

The State of Storage09 Jun 2025 | 47

Trump lifts US supersonic flight ban, says he's 'Making Aviation Great Again'

It's boom time for the next generation of fast travel

Science07 Jun 2025 | 171

MIT boffins claim liquid sodium battery could one day power aircraft while sucking up CO2

Prototype packs triple the energy density of lithium-ion, they claim

Science28 May 2025 | 55

Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line

CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures

Security21 May 2025 | 5

Qatar’s $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare

Air Force Dumb

Bootnotes13 May 2025 | 105

Attackers pwn charter airline helping Trump's deportation campaign

Intruders claim they stole GlobalX's flight records and manifests

Cyber-crime12 May 2025 | 49

US Transpo Sec wants air traffic control rebuild in 3 years, asks Congress for blank check

Price tag unknown

Public Sector09 May 2025 | 108

Delta Air Lines class action cleared for takeoff over CrowdStrike chaos

Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed

Security07 May 2025 | 2

90-second Newark blackout exposes parlous state of US air traffic control

United Airlines canceling flights as chaos mounts

Networks07 May 2025 | 58

Virgin Atlantic is piloting an OpenAI agent in to help with the 'customer journey'

Interview Hello, operator? Book me to Memphis, Tennessee

AI Software Development Week25 Apr 2025 | 20

Boeing offloads some software businesses to private equiteer Thoma Bravo

Ten billion bucks coming in for a soft landing, customers may be about to experience a bumpy ride

Software23 Apr 2025 | 21

Datacenters near Heathrow seemingly stay up as substation fire closes airport

Power outage means no flights for 24 hours. And chaos. Lots of chaos

Disaster Recovery Week21 Mar 2025 | 282

JetZero teams up with Delta to drag aviation into the future

Startup needs tips on fitting its flying surfboard into existing infrastructure

Personal Tech06 Mar 2025 | 18

Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'

And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon

Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 124

Boom's XB-1 jet nails supersonic flight for first time

US civil sector boldly goes where Concorde has gone before

Offbeat29 Jan 2025 | 94

Feds sue Southwest for chronic delays, unrealistic schedules

Department of Transportation wants in on last-minute Biden administration action too

Offbeat16 Jan 2025 | 8

Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing

No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year

Offbeat15 Jan 2025 | 91

SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover

Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays

Bootnotes15 Jan 2025 | 50

UN's aviation agency confirms attack on recruitment database

Various data points compromised but no risk to flight security

Cyber-crime08 Jan 2025 | 4

Second Jeju Air 737-800 experiences mechanical issues following deadly crash

Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note

Offbeat31 Dec 2024 | 113

Report claims FAA ignores most whistleblower complaints

analysis Officials beg to differ, claiming the author misinterpreted Congressional reports

Legal31 Dec 2024 | 24

NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom

Feature Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies

Science30 Nov 2024 | 66

Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine

Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary happened - except to the nylon tool

Offbeat15 Nov 2024 | 162

No pilot? No problem! EHang's autonomous air taxis take off in Thailand

Chinese firm poised for (short) commercial flights by 2025

Personal Tech12 Nov 2024 | 29

NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft

Vid A try called Quesst

Bootnotes08 Nov 2024 | 91

Toyota and Joby complete Japan's first air taxi flight test

Automaker bets big on startup while other promising eVTOL companies scrape around for funding

Personal Tech05 Nov 2024 | 27

Flying taxis cleared for takeoff under new US aviation rules

'Powered-lift' becomes first new category of aircraft in nearly 80 years

Offbeat24 Oct 2024 | 19

Boeing's new captain promises U-turn after Q3 nosedive

Earnings reported the same day striking union workers vote on a new contract

Offbeat23 Oct 2024 | 29

Boffins explore cell signals as potential GPS alternative

Team sends a flying cooler packed with DIY tech 15 miles up for the test

Science23 Oct 2024 | 28

DARPA pays $6M to see fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopters

Resupply like Call of Duty? Not yet - only one planned for now

Offbeat15 Oct 2024 | 4

Boeing again delays the 777X – the plane that's supposed to turn things around

Also warns it will fire thousands and keep making losses in space

Offbeat14 Oct 2024 | 72

Ryanair faces GDPR turbulence over customer ID checks

Irish data watchdog opens probe after 'numerous complaints'

Security05 Oct 2024 | 68

Ancient US air traffic control systems won't get a tech refresh before 2030

Updated If they don't crash first, say government auditors

Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 41

Look! About chest high! Is it a pallet? Is it a drone? No, it's a Palletrone

And it's here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff

Science24 Sep 2024 | 30

Boom Supersonic takes baby steps toward breaking the sound barrier

Twitchy roll resolved, landing gear works on one-third size demonstrator

Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 68

SpaceX set to surpass Gemini 11's altitude record with Polaris Dawn mission

Let's hope the spacesuits hold up for extravehicular activity

Science20 Aug 2024 | 31

Rocket Factory Augsburg engine test ends in explosion at SaxaVord spaceport

First stage destroyed during hot fire in Scotland

Science20 Aug 2024 | 41

Missing scissors cause 36 flight cancellations in Japan

Plus a further 200 delays, rockstars knocked off stage … all on a holiday weekend

Offbeat20 Aug 2024 | 117

Getting up close and personal with Concorde, Concordski, and Buran

Geek's Guide The Reg flies to Germany to visit the Speyer and Sinsheim palaces of engineering marvels

Geek's Guide13 Aug 2024 | 64