SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
A state-funded tender for tank tooling, a delivered stainless-steel forging, and launch pad planning point to China developing reusable rockets with a ~7-meter-diameter class. The industrial and ground-infrastructure steps suggest Beijing is moving from components toward a larger reusable launch system.
Reuters
By Reuters: France is ordering 5,000 soldier drones from French startup Harmattan AI, the army ministry said on Tuesday, one of the country's biggest purchases of small drones as it rushes to boost drone production.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: The airline group also confirms it has cancelled its order for 15 Airbus A330-900s. AirAsia Group expects to remove up to 12 of its oldest Airbus A320s from its fleet this year, as part of wider fleet renewal efforts that will also see more A321LRs being delivered in 2027.
By latribune.fr: L’entreprise toulousaine Aura Aero fait l’acquisition surprise de la société charentaise VoltAero, qui était placée en liquidation judiciaire. L’opération constitue une étape décisive de consolidation au sein de la filière française de l’aviation régionale.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: AutoFlight has been selected for the inaugural round of Hong Kong’s “Regulatory Sandbox X” – a flagship initiative to advance the city’s low-altitude economy and explore innovative applications.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Mitchell Institute workshop participants found little consensus on where competition ends and conflict begins as China expands counterspace June 23, 2026.
Bloomberg
• David Carnevali
By Bloomberg: Bristow Group Inc. is nearing an acquisition of privately held Berry Aviation Inc. as it seeks to expand in the government services sector, according to people familiar with the matter.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: Ministers from African Union member states have recommitted to accelerating the implementation of Open Skies across the continent under the decades-old Yamoussoukro Decision and the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), adopted in 2018.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Rajesh Roy
NASA Spaceflight
• Bastiaan Vellekoop, Haygen Warren
