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Boeing

Boeing posts Q1 2026 rebound: revenue up 14% to $22.2B on 143 commercial deliveries; backlog hits record $695B

Boeing reported first-quarter 2026 results with revenue rising 14% to $22.2B alongside 143 commercial deliveries. The company also said backlog reached a record $695B, but it still posted a loss, indicating recovery is improving yet not fully cash-flowed.

Also: Financial Times, Seeking Alpha, aerospaceglobalnews.com and Seeking Alpha
2026-04-22T04:35:30.738119-07:00
space   Satellite   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Defense & Militarization  
SpaceNews.com • Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir

Hybridizing nuclear command, control and communications systems puts space infrastructure at risk

By SpaceNews.com: Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign systems, insulated from external influence and designed to survive in the most extreme circumstances.

2026-04-22T04:26:40.455046-07:00
aviation   Africa   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Poor audit at South African Airways blamed on state capture

By ch-aviation: South Africa's transport minister, Barbara Creecy, declined to discuss South African Airways' current financial status during a parliamentary oversight meeting, attributing the airline’s recent poor audit outcome to the "state capture" era, with criminal investigations ongoing at the airline.

2026-04-22T04:57:57.561992-07:00
aviation   Event   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Daher delivers 1,300th TBM turboprop after nearly four decades of production

By Air Data News: The French-built family of single-engine turboprops has been in service since 1990, carving out a niche between conventional turboprops and Daher has delivered the 1,300th aircraft from its TBM family , nearly 36 years after the first example entered service.

Also: Skies Magazine and evaint.com
2026-04-22T04:06:39.643787-07:00