AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
Vertical Aerospace says 2026 is shaping up as a run of major development milestones, and its CEO is using that momentum to map a clear path toward market entry. The remarks frame progress as “on track,” linking programme execution to commercialization readiness.
Wall Street Journal
• Anika Arora Seth, Denise Blostein, Milàn Czerny, Shelby Holliday
By Wall Street Journal: Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
NASA
• Leejay Lockhart
By NASA: NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) missions.
SpaceNews.com
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print.
Bloomberg
• Hadriana Lowenkron, Josh Wingrove
By Bloomberg: Donald Trump is expected to take his first trip on the new US presidential plane gifted by the Qatari government when he travels to an event in North Dakota on July 1, according to White House officials.
Reuters
• Humeyra Pamuk
By Reuters: President Donald Trump’s administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of jet engines worth more than $700 million to Turkey, according to a copy of the formal notification seen by Reuters on Thursday.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The African nation of Botswana is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for space exploration.
Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
By Flying Magazine: Video appearing to depict a 777 narrowly avoiding scraping the runway generates debate on social media.
Corporate Jet Investor
• Fayaz Hussain
Breaking Defense
• Ashley Roque, Valerie Insinna
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner, Emma Gatti
