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United Airlines is investing billions of dollars in funky new aircraft, including electric air taxis and a supersonic jet. Up next? A plane that’s essentially one giant wing.The airline on Thursday unveiled a plan to buy up to 200 of the ‘blended-wing body’ aircraft from California-based aerospace startup JetZero. The…
Russia is flying fewer types of drones than Ukraine, which is making them easier to recognize and defeat, a Ukrainian drone operator told Business Insider.Dimko Zhluktenko, a drone operator with Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, told BI that when it comes to some Russian drone types, “it’s very easy to identify…
London’s Heathrow Airport was closed Friday due to a massive fire at a nearby power substation.The airport said that it would resume some flights late Friday evening.Delays could linger for days, and passengers affected may be entitled to compensation.More than 1,300 flights were disrupted after London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK’s…
