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China Airlines Confirms 14-Jet Boeing 777X Order, Spanning Passenger and Freighter Variants

Taiwan’s China Airlines has confirmed a March order for 14 Boeing 777X wide-body jets—10 777-9 passenger aircraft and four 777-8 freighters—slated for delivery from 2025 to boost its long-haul network to North America and Europe amid ongoing program delays.

2025-05-08T04:51:11.665663-07:00

SpaceNews.com

House Democrats Urge Pentagon, NASA to Probe SpaceX, Musk Over Conflict-of-Interest and China Ties

2025-05-07T06:54:21.811563-07:00

Reuters

Ryanair Threatens to Cancel 330 Boeing 737 MAX Orders Over U.S. Tariffs

2025-05-01T02:59:12.336959-07:00

sinodaily.com

Shenzhou-19 Astronauts Conclude Six-Month Mission on China's Tiangong

2025-04-29T23:13:11.073626-07:00

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China Airlines Confirms 14-Jet Boeing 777X Order, Spanning Passenger and Freighter Variants Taiwan’s China Airlines has confirmed a March order for 14 Boeing 777X wide-body jets—10 777-9 passenger aircraft and four 777-8 freighters—slated for delivery from 2025 to boost its long-haul network to North America and Europe amid ongoing program delays.

2025-05-08T04:51:11.665663-07:00

China Airlines Confirms 14-Jet Boeing 777X Order, Spanning Passenger and Freighter Variants

South China Morning Post

PLA Study Flags Potential for Space-Based Hypersonic Glider Strikes in 30 Minutes A PLA-affiliated research paper claims that China could deploy hypersonic glide vehicles from space-based platforms, enabling strikes on any global target within 30 minutes, challenging current missile defense architectures and underscoring Beijing’s drive for advanced strategic deterrence.

2025-05-08T00:03:05.280334-07:00

PLA Study Flags Potential for Space-Based Hypersonic Glider Strikes in 30 Minutes

indiatoday.in

Starlink Secures Indian Approval for Satellite Internet, Eyes Jio and Airtel Partnerships India’s Department of Telecom has granted SpaceX’s Starlink a Letter of Intent, clearing the initial regulatory hurdle to enter the world’s second-largest internet market alongside Jio and Airtel partnerships. Final authorization hinges on IN-SPACe sign-off and spectrum allocation, with high pricing raising questions over rural adoption.

2025-05-07T20:52:07.940330-07:00

Starlink Secures Indian Approval for Satellite Internet, Eyes Jio and Airtel Partnerships

Universe Today

NASA-China Telescope Collaboration Could Reveal Dozens of Earth-Like Worlds New research shows that NASA’s proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and China’s Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), each designed to search for Earth analogs around Sun-like stars, could jointly uncover dozens of potentially habitable planets by combining their complementary detection capabilities.

2025-05-07T14:14:16.880132-07:00

NASA-China Telescope Collaboration Could Reveal Dozens of Earth-Like Worlds

AINonline

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Embraer Delivers 30 Jets and $73.4 Million Profit in Strongest Q1 Since 2016 Embraer posted Q1 2025 net profit of $73.4 million ($0.40 per ADS) on revenue up 23% to $1.1 billion—its best first quarter since 2016. Deliveries rose 20% to 30 aircraft, underpinned by a record backlog and a sharpened focus on the Chinese market.

2025-05-07T11:31:43.399796-07:00

Embraer Delivers 30 Jets and $73.4 Million Profit in Strongest Q1 Since 2016

The War Zone

India’s Rafale Suffers First Combat Loss in Engagement with Pakistani J-10Cs India has confirmed its first combat loss of a Dassault Rafale EH after Pakistani J-10C fighters scored a kill amid intense cross-border airstrikes. Satellite imagery and wreckage, including the aircraft’s vertical tail and MICA missile rails, corroborate the claim, as French intelligence concurs that an IAF Rafale was downed.

2025-05-07T10:02:58.445869-07:00

India’s Rafale Suffers First Combat Loss in Engagement with Pakistani J-10Cs

SpaceNews.com

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House Democrats Urge Pentagon, NASA to Probe SpaceX, Musk Over Conflict-of-Interest and China Ties Democratic members of the House Armed Services and Science, Space & Technology committees have asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro to investigate potential conflicts of interest in SpaceX contracts and Elon Musk’s ventures. The May 6 letter also flags alleged Chinese investment ties to SpaceX.

2025-05-07T06:54:21.811563-07:00

House Democrats Urge Pentagon, NASA to Probe SpaceX, Musk Over Conflict-of-Interest and China Ties

globaltimes.cn

China Establishes First Three-Satellite Constellation in Earth-Moon Distant Retrograde Orbit

2025-05-06T09:23:03.044034-07:00

Space rescue: Chinese astro-engi

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