Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
A new NASA audit projects the agency will need to purchase additional astronaut flights to the ISS by 2030, citing shortcomings tied to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The review raises fresh questions about how NASA will maintain the station’s crew rotation timeline after 2030 and manage procurement risk.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: LODD Autonomous has initiated the certification program for its Hili hybrid cargo aircraft with the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Axios
• Colin Demarest
By Axios: Multiple companies could be contracted for the initial air-to-air variant.
Inflight Online
• Satu Dahl
By Inflight Online: RECARO Aircraft Seating has appointed Andreas Erber as the company's CTO and Member of the Executive Board, effective September 2026.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Latitude plans to conduct the inaugural flight of its unnamed rocket from Oman’s Etlaq Spaceport in late 2027.
Reuters
By Reuters: An unexplained crash by a tiny plane into Beijing's tallest building and silence from regulators have cast a chilling effect on the low-altitude flights sector and uncovered aviation safety gaps in the Chinese capital.
FlightGlobal
• Edward Russell
By FlightGlobal: Houston-based budget carrier will be the launch operator at McKinney National airport near Dallas. Avelo Airlines will launch five routes from McKinney airport this autumn, making it the debut carrier at the new facility.
Airline Economics
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: EU's Henna Virkkunen sets out the 2 GHz MSS spectrum split and plans a post-summer consortium call for sovereign European satellite connectivity.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
