AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
Boeing says it has “eeks out” additional range for the 777X, reflecting ongoing refinement of the program’s performance envelope. The update comes amid broader market positioning around the aircraft’s long-haul capability and potential customer interest highlighted around the Dubai Airshow context referenced in the reporting.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is widening the field of companies eligible to compete for national security launch contracts, adding launch startup Relativity Space and orbital transportation company Impulse Space to a roster of commercial providers as it looks to diversify how military satellites reach orbit.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Ukraine’s Flamingo long-range cruise missile uses a Safran guidance system integrated for more than a year, according to Le Monde.
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: United States-based medical technology company TransMedics has completed a previously announced strategic investment in Germany-based private aviation operator PAD Aviation, supporting the creation of a dedicated air-and-ground organ transplant logistics network across Europe.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Latest 10-unit deal builds on large existing fleet of light-single helicopters. US Customs and Border Protection is to receive 10 Airbus Helicopters H125 intermediate-singles under a newly finalised contract.
Leeham News
• Karl Sinclair, Scott Hamilton
By Leeham News: This is the designation by Bombardier, the designer of the C Series, that became the A220 when Airbus acqured the program in 2018.
Reuters
• Kantaro Komiya
By Reuters: Japanese moon transport company ispace said on Wednesday it would start a new, lower-cost lunar cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon lander developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX .
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Breaking Defense
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo, Tim Martin
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
