AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
Rolls-Royce says it has completed the UltraFan 30 concept review, clearing a key design step for its geared ultra-high-bypass engine work. The company also notes that the larger UltraFan 80 is set to return to the testbed this year, keeping the program’s scaling and validation on track.
Reuters
• Akhtar Soomro, Ariba Shahid
By Reuters: Relatives of the five crew members aboard a Boeing 737 cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea off Pakistan last week are urging an international search effort to find the flight recorders to determine the cause.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the electrical infrastructure required to support urban air mobility (UAM) operations at scale.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: At least eight airlines were affected after the Saudi authorities temporarily closed Abha airport near the border with Yemen on July 13 after Houthi rebels targeted the facility with missiles and drones.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Featured News NOEMI Aerospace Secures €3M from Innovation Norway for Thomas Sleightholm NOEMI Aerospace has received €3 million from Innovation Norway to support the flight test program for its electric amphibious aircraft.
ch-aviation
• Paul Ash
By ch-aviation: Air India (AI, Delhi International) will be run by an interim committee appointed by parent company Tata Sons until a new CEO is found to take the place of current chief executive Campbell Wilson, who is due to leave in September 2026.
AINonline
• Analysis Staff, Leeham News
By AINonline: Its next-generation engine program reverses course.
Reuters
• Kate Abnett
By Reuters: The European Commission will propose on Friday an overhaul of the EU's emissions trading system, Europe's biggest climate change policy, which affects power plants, industry, airlines and shipping firms across the continent.
Wall Street Journal
• Alison Sider, Jacob Passy
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
