Reuters
Three Vietnamese airlines signed agreements with Boeing for a combined 90 aircraft, led by Vietnam Airlines' firm order for 50 737‑8 (MAX 8) narrowbodies and Sun PhuQuoc Airways' $22.5bn commitment for 40 787‑9 Dreamliners, announced as U.S.–Vietnam trade talks continue.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
CNBC
By CNBC: The investment made Humain a "significant" minority shareholder, with its xAI holdings converted into SpaceX shares, it said.
Breaking Defense
• Valerie Insinna
By Breaking Defense: “There's just a lot of strategic synergy in those parts of our portfolio that we want to maintain ownership structure of,” said Northrop CEO Kathy Warden.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: Traffic was disrupted at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday after a Florida-bound JetBlue flight suffered an engine failure on takeoff and returned to the airport, officials said.
New York Times
• Kalley Huang
By New York Times: The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.
Reuters
• Wa Lone
By Reuters: Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to aviation, and to include certain military recruits.
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Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) is bringing its cutting-edge electric aircraft, Valo, to Miami for a free public showcase on 24-25 February.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
AINonline
• Chad Trautvetter
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
