Reuters
Embraer reported a firm order backlog of $34.5 billion at the end of the second quarter, a record level and up 16% from the prior year. The increase extends the company’s momentum following its earlier backlog high.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have guaranteed a loan to the company as it addresses “financial challenges” caused by the Vulcan grounding.
New York Times
• Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
By New York Times: The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille
By Bloomberg: Airlines and other aircraft operators will get up to $5.7 billion in rebates to offset the cost of installing altimeters that can withstand 5G interference after the US government auctions off valuable spectrum for wireless services next year.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Brazilian probe finds strained resources and pressure to meet flight schedules meant aircraft were knowingly operated in degraded condition.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Turbotech’s regenerative turbine engine is moving into the Elixir, Carbon Cub ULT and Wasatch SD3T after earlier VL3, G750TP and Bristell installations.
The Air Current
• Brian Garrett-Glaser, Jon Ostrower
By The Air Current: LONDON — As Europe aggressively advances its sovereign defense capabilities amid fraught transatlantic relations, Airbus continues to reluctantly accept the necessity of pricing its aircraft in the still-dominant U.S.
NASA
• Lauren E. Low
By NASA: NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
