ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
StarFlyer says it will move from a domestic-focused recovery phase to growth by executing a 2026–2028 medium-term strategy aimed at expanding its international network across East Asia, with targets framed to the YE28 horizon.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics — a supplier to SpaceX and other space companies – expects to earn more than $3 billion from its space business over the next three years.
Via Satellite
• Calvin Biesecker
By Via Satellite: AURORA, Colo. — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded new contracts for Earth sensing data to three companies under its Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) effort, adding additional satellite companies in several areas the agency is already collecting commercial-based data on.
mynorthwest.com
• Josh Funk
By mynorthwest.com: May 4, 2026, 11:44 AM | Updated: 3:22 pm BY ASSOCIATED PRESS A United Airlines jet came dangerously close to disaster Sunday when it hit a semitrailer truck and light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike as it came in to land at Newark Liberty International Airport.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: Spirit Airlines’ exit reshapes key U.S. routes as DoT data highlights on-time performance and schedule padding across the top 20 city pairs.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Johnathon Caldwell, vice president and general manager of Strategic and Missile Defense Systems for Lockheed Martin Space, said in a statement it builds on Lockheed’s “legacy in missile defense, targets and counter‑measures.”.
NASA Spaceflight
• John Sharp
By NASA Spaceflight: Two Falcon 9 launches and a Chang Zheng 7 make up the launch roster for the week commencing Monday, May 4, 2026. SpaceX will use its launches to place a further 48 Starlink satellites into Group 17 of the huge constellation of over 7,000 satellites.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Fleet expansion adds the airlifter alongside C-17, C-130 and A330 Tawazun Council for Defence Enablement has signed a contract with Embraer for up to 20 Embraer C-390 Millennium aircraft to equip the United Arab Emirates Air Force , marking the type’s first confirmed selection in the Middle East.
aviationnews.eu
Vertical Mag
• Wisk Press Release
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
