Why Delta and Air Canada pay half for the Airbus A350-1000
The A350-1000 lists at $366 million but sells near $230 million in 2026. Delta ordered 20, Air Canada 8, and the discount reveals who now holds the leverage.
SpaceX Pushes Falcon 9 Reuse to a 36th Flight
SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster B1067 a record 36th time with 29 Starlink satellites. The reuse ceiling keeps moving, and the economics explain why.
Rolls-Royce F130 Will Keep the B-52 Flying Past the B-1B
The Rolls-Royce F130 gives the B-52J ~30% more range and lower cost per hour than the B-1B, keeping America's oldest bomber flying into the 2050s.
Gulfstream G800 Flies 8,303 nm,fastest business flight
Gulfstream's flagship G800 logged the company's 800th city-pair speed record in June, then flew 8,303 nautical miles nonstop from Melbourne to Moline in 16 hour…
EasyJet Board Accepts Castlelake's £5.5bn Takeover Bid
The EasyJet takeover backed by Castlelake values it at £5.5bn, but its fleet and slots are worth above £8bn. That gap is the real prize.
UK Commits £8.6 Billion to GCAP Fighter Programme
UK GCAP funding hits £8.6 billion over four years, clearing the next Edgewing contract before Farnborough and holding the sixth-gen fighter to 2035.
Isar Aerospace to Launch Planet's German-Built Pelican Satellite
Isar Aerospace will launch Planet's German-built Pelican on its Spectrum rocket by late 2026, a national first riding on a rocket yet to reach orbit.
Sarla Aviation Completes Sylla eVTOL Flight Test Campaign
Sarla Aviation finished its Sylla eVTOL flight test in under 12 months. Hover works. The real test is the hover-to-wing transition ahead of a 2028 launch.
Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for $8 Billion in Cash and Stock
The $8 billion Rocket Lab Iridium acquisition merges launch and satcom into one firm, keeping shipping's GMDSS network running through a mid-2027 close.
SpaceX flies SiriusXM's most powerful satellite to orbit
SiriusXM's SXM-11 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9, a 7.5-ton satellite replacing two aging birds and securing North American radio coverage into the 2040s.
India Builds 3 Cryogenic Engines, Plans 2035 Space Station
ISRO chief V Narayanan says India built three indigenous cryogenic engines and targets a space station by 2035 and a crewed Moon landing by 2040.
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