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AeroTime • Gabriele Petrauskaite

Boeing projects nearly 44,000 new aircraft needed by 2045 as passenger and cargo demand grows

Boeing forecasts airlines and cargo operators will require nearly 44,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, citing continued passenger and freight growth. The outlook frames a multi-decade demand pipeline that will influence fleet planning, production mix, and aircraft financing assumptions across the industry.

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2026-07-19T01:20:14.974352-07:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will be a "Dress Rehearsal" for Returning to the Moon!

By Universe Today: Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and the Orion spacecraft.

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2026-07-18T20:05:32.160288-07:00

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Wall Street Journal • Jared Malsin, Robbie Gramer, Summer Said

Turkey Aims to Offload Russian Air-Defense System as It Seeks to Buy U.S. F-35s

By Wall Street Journal: ISTANBUL—Turkey is in talks to transfer a sophisticated Russian air-defense system to the United Arab Emirates in hopes of clearing American objections to its purchase of advanced F-35 warplanes, U.S.

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2026-07-18T16:30:28.387956-07:00

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Airbus Closes In on Options for Next-Generation Airliners

By AINonline: Technobricks lay the foundation for single-aisle plans.

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2026-07-19T01:20:24.739040-07:00

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The Air Current • Jon Ostrower, Julie Johnsson

With ‘massive’ rework challenge looming, Boeing quietly scrapped a 777X

By The Air Current: For six years, a hulking, green Boeing 777-9 airframe sat dormant at an airfield north of Seattle, weighted blocks dangling from its wings in place of engines and black covers over missing fairings and open panels.

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2026-07-18T18:13:22.134484-07:00

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Reuters • Tim Hepher

Jet engine maker CFM to invest $2 billion to speed repairs

By Reuters: Jet engine ‌maker CFM said on Saturday it was investing $2 billion over five years to help meet targets of faster maintenance times, part of efforts to ease engine-industry bottlenecks that have drawn fire from airlines.

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2026-07-18T10:29:50.589706-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Pentagon awards $7.1 million to expand U.S. production of cover glass for satellites

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon awarded $7.1 million to Martin Materials Solutions to expand U.S. manufacturing of space-qualified cover glass, a specialized material used to protect the solar cells that power satellites.

Also: SpaceNews.com and homelandprepnews.com

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2026-07-18T10:04:15.510008-07:00

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