SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Italian startup ORiS has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) to advance wireless power-beaming technology for satellites using lasers. The funding is aimed at developing the underlying laser-based power transfer approach needed to support in-orbit energy delivery for space platforms.
Reuters
By Reuters: Airbus is on track towards its full-year target of 870 deliveries after a 15% increase in the first half of the year as engine supplies stabilised, CEO Guillaume Faury told CNBC TV.
The War Zone
• Ian Ellis-Jones
By The War Zone: The U.S. conducted a weekend wave of strikes against Iran and announced a new round today, while the reinstated blockade of Iranian ports approaches the one-week mark.
DVIDS / U.S. DoD
Reuters
By Reuters: China's civil aviation authority on Monday ordered an operator linked to a light aircraft which crashed into Beijing's tallest building last month to suspend operations, ground all aircraft and eliminate "major safety hazards".
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Final decision on "broad package" of investment, including grant of up to £10 million, is expected by year-end.
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
By AINonline: Smithsonian analysis found goose remains on rotor blades.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Sun Country Airlines fleet, © Sun Country Airlines By Daniel Martinez Garbuno 20Jul2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis St.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Martijn Luinstra
By NASA Spaceflight: While the focus of late has been on Starship’s test program, three companies developing new orbital rockets — Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, and PLD Space — announced key testing milestones for vehicles targeted for debut flights later in 2026.
Breaking Defense
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
