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See inside the Airbus A400M Atlas military cargo plane made famous by Tom Cruise that reportedly cost more than $30 billion to produce
An Airbus A400M at the Dubai Airshow 2021.Thomas Pallini/Insider
Thomas Pallini
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Southwest Airlines is chartering flights for Afghan evacuees arriving in the US so they can reach their destination cities
The Department of Defense has enlisted commercial airlines to help transport people who are fleeing…
Anna Cooban
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Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Cargo airlines have carried the Boeing 747 program this far but the iconic aircraft's days are now …
Thomas Pallini
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A major Amazon Air contractor says it won't return a $400 million bailout despite requests from Congress and booming business
Executives at Atlas Air, which counts Amazon as an investor and customer, say the company fully qua…
Graham Rapier
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Cargo carriers warn that getting a COVID-19 vaccine to everyone on Earth could take up to two years
Up to 20 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine are expected to be needed, but shipping challenges …
David Slotnick
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US Air Force special operators' search for new runways is expanding from highways to beaches
The US Air Force has been looking at "every single piece of concrete in the Pacific" to find new ru…
Christopher Woody
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Watch a rare video of robots jumping and dancing inside one of America's leading robotics firms
Inside American robotics giant Boston Dynamics, robots leap and dance while engineers work on the n…
Ben Gilbert
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The SPAC taking electric-aircraft maker Archer public has slashed the valuation of the company by $1 billion
The revision supports 'a highly compelling investment thesis' for Archer, the company said about it…
Carla Mozée
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A top Trump coronavirus advisor made an appearance on a Russian propaganda outlet saying lockdown policies are 'killing people'
"The lockdowns will go down as an epic failure of public policy," Atlas said. "The argument is unde…
Yelena Dzhanova
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NASA just launched its Mars alien-hunting Perseverance rover into deep space with a drone tucked under its belly
The car-size rover will drill into Martian rocks, look for chemical signatures of ancient microbial…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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From shipping the COVID-19 vaccine to rescuing thousands of Afghan refugees, aviation helped mitigate some of the worst crises of 2021
The aviation industry proved to be a global citizen as it was a first responder to some of 2021's w…
Thomas Pallini
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The air cargo boom has airlines from UPS to Air France spending billions on Boeing and Airbus freighter aircraft — and new jets can't come soon enough
UPS Airlines just ordered 19 Boeing cargo freighters in a deal valued at more than $4 billion. But …
Thomas Pallini
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Amazon and cargo airlines are scouring the Arizona desert for old and cheap passenger jets to fly packages
Cargo airlines are scooping up the litany of aging aircraft now available since passenger airlines …
Thomas Pallini
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Biden will be the first president to use the new Air Force One - here's what we know about the $5.3 billion aircraft
President Trump pushed for a cheaper replacement program, resulting in the purchase of jets intende…
Thomas Pallini
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United just ordered $1 billion worth of eVTOLs from a startup that aims to launch intra-city passenger flights in 2024
United's fleet of 200 eVTOLs aims to cut down emissions on intra-city flights to major airports sta…
Thomas Pallini
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The airline industry's loss is Amazon's gain as the e-commerce giant purchases 11 Boeing 767 airliners to use as cargo planes
Amazon likely scored a great deal on the aircraft as airlines have been forced to retire aging airc…
Thomas Pallini
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How SpaceX outmaneuvered Blue Origin and other rivals to clinch a prized Space Force launch agreement worth billions
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, not only managed to get the rules of the competition changed, but als…
Dave Mosher
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Amazon adds 12 planes to its growing air-cargo fleet that's encroaching on FedEx and UPS
Industry watchers believe that Amazon's transportation division is on track to challenge the USPS, …
Rachel Premack
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Amazon is in-housing a major part of its air-cargo operations, and it could be a huge blow to airlines
Amazon's in-housing has already wiped nearly $2 million in potential earnings for one of its air-ca…