The @Stanford Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics has a faculty opening! This is an incredibly exciting time for #aerospace#. Rapid advances in AI, autonomy, robotics, sustainable aviation, advanced propulsion, and space technologies are reshaping how we design, build, and operate the systems that will define the next generation of flight and exploration. Joining the Stanford AeroAstro Department is a unique opportunity to help shape these fields for decades to come — while educating and inspiring the next generation of aerospace leaders. We are looking for outstanding faculty who want to push the boundaries of aerospace research, collaborate across disciplines, and make a lasting impact through both research and education. 📅 Application review begins: October 15, 2026 📅 Full consideration deadline: October 31, 2026 Learn more and apply: Please share widely with exceptional candidates who may be interested! @StanfordEng @StanfordAILab

India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics and the French defense manufacturing company Safran have partnered to design and develop a new helicopter engine, marking another milestone in military cooperation between the two countries

Jimmy Carter ordered a federal agency to abolish itself and it actually complied. The Civil Aeronautics Board set every fare, approved every route, and blocked new airlines so incumbents never faced real competition. In 1977, he put economist Alfred Kahn in charge specifically to dismantle that power, then signed the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act with a hard deadline of January 1, 1985. The CAB ceased to exist that morning. New carriers entered, fares collapsed, and domestic flying more than doubled because airlines finally had to compete instead of petition a board. Most agencies grow every year and treat sunset dates as suggestions. This one kept it.

TRAITOR: A former Stanford aerospace chief who helped oversee F-22 and F-35 engine development spent nearly a month training researchers at a blacklisted Chinese defense university!! Brian Cantwell chaired Stanford’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and served for 14 years on the team reviewing the engines that power America’s most advanced fighters. In May and June 2025 he traveled to Beihang University under a Chinese foreign-expertise recruitment program. Beihang records show he gave six technical lectures, advised graduate students and research teams, toured laboratories, and discussed unpublished work. Beihang has been U.S.-blacklisted since 2001 because of its ties to China’s military and missile programs. America spent decades trying to keep sensitive aerospace knowledge out of that university. China simply invited the expert who helped build the engines. This is not academic exchange. It is a national-security failure that handed a key American technical mind to an institution the U.S. government itself has long treated as a threat. #ChinaThreat# #NationalSecurity#

Great visit with the team at Boeing Phantom Works in St. Louis to talk about the future of aeronautics and the technologies that will shape the next generation of flight. Advancing aeronautics means taking on hard problems, pushing technology forward, and building strong partnerships across government and industry. Excited about what’s ahead.

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a confirmation hearing for Matthew Anderson, of Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (@NASA) Images:

#ConceptLawn# Countdown: The #PebbleBeachConcours# is pleased to present the #LincolnAviator# Preview. This stunning crossover draws inspiration from aeronautics, which has long inspired automotive design and @LincolnMotorCo.

Forging jungle warriors: Re-launched after nearly two decades, the Jungle Operations Training Course-Panama returned in 2025 to forge U.S. and partner nation forces capable of surviving, fighting, and winning in the jungle domain. The course is part of ongoing U.S.-Panamanian engagements that are strengthening regional security against shared threats and ensuring the protection of the Panama Canal. #SOUTHCOM# @USMC @MARFORSOUTH @USArmyWHC @USEmbPAN @USAenEspanol @DeptofWar @aeronavalpanama @SPIPanama @senafrontpanama