FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
An undisclosed buyer has acquired the intellectual property of UK hypersonic propulsion developer Reaction Engines following the company’s collapse and appointment of administrators. Administrators said attention will likely focus on the firm’s thermal management technology and associated patent portfolio.
CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
By CNBC: JetBlue faces heavy competition from Miami International Airport, an American Airlines stronghold.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: With the completion of Flight 12 about three weeks ago, all focus is now on Flight 13 and its vehicles, Booster 20 and Ship 40. To date, both have completed cryogenic proof testing and are now set up to complete static fire testing next.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: In another milestone for Riyadh Air, the startup airline has completed its first domestic commercial flight between the Saudi Arabian capital and Jeddah.
The Aviationist
• Kai Greet
By The Aviationist: A joint operation by the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, and the National Crime Agency saw the 244 metre oil tanker Smyrtos boarded and seized off the UK's south coast.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: The award would catapult the company, which had just over 150 employees as of April, to the center of a massive nationwide ATC system overhaul. Dubbed SMART, the system has been described by the FAA as a central pillar of its national airspace system (NAS) modernization plan.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: SIS WASHINGTON — U.S. production of solid rocket motors is rising, but not fast enough to meet the Pentagon’s missile-defense program demands, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Military transport aircraft is expected to arrive in the Czech Republic in the coming weeks as Prague prepares to receive the first of two Embraer-built airlifters.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Sanjai P R, Siddharth Philip
Reuters
• Laura Matthews, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
