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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Aviation desk.
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Joby Aviation says an aircraft equipped with its autonomy system flew 3,199 miles from California to North Carolina with no control inputs from its onboard safety pilot. The remotely supervised flight included autonomous taxiing, takeoff, route navigation and landing.
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The FAA says pilots reported 4,470 laser strikes against aircraft in 2026, down 24% from the same point last year. The agency continues to warn that laser illumination can distract or temporarily blind pilots.
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The FAA’s SMART platform uses AI to combine airline schedules, weather, airport capacity and airspace constraints. It is designed to give controllers and aircraft operators a shared view for planning routes and departure times before flights begin.
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Google and Cathay Pacific used AI forecasts, satellite imagery and weather data to guide small altitude changes on more than 80 flights, with Google estimating a roughly 40% reduction in contrail warming impact.