NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
China has completed its first successful recovery of an orbital-class booster, using a novel cable-net catch system at sea. LandSpace’s booster has now returned to port after the recovery milestone, underscoring progress toward reusable orbital launch operations.
Reuters
• Allison Lampert, Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Airbus and Boeing have in recent weeks chartered one of the world's largest cargo planes to speed up shipments of aerostructures for some civil and military aircraft, a sign of lingering strains in the aerospace supply chain.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Scanlon
By DefenseNews.com: The U.S. Air Force is turning to cruise missiles it can buy by the thousand, cheap enough to shoot many for less than it once cost to shoot one.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Twinjet for Qantas's 'Project Sunrise' to fly 22h sortie to Australia. Airbus is preparing to conduct an ultra-long test flight with its newly-developed A350-1000ULR in around a week’s time.
Bloomberg
• Sri Taylor
By Bloomberg: United Airlines Holdings Inc. raised the lower end of its full-year profit forecast and posted quarterly earnings that topped expectations, signaling that resilient travel demand is helping the US carrier recover from the cost shock caused by the war in Iran.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Rocket Lab recently performed a full-duration static fire test with the engine that will power the second stage of its powerful new Neutron launch vehicle.
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
By Flying Magazine: Veteran aviation executive and active pilot will head Pacific Northwest seaplane operator Kenmore Air starting in September.
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: flyExclusive (JRE, Kinston) has completed the acquisition of Jet.AI following shareholder approval on July 6.
Inflight Online
• Matthew Wilson
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
