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China Airlines Confirms Order for 14 Boeing 777X Jets, Including Four Freighters

Taiwan’s government-majority carrier has placed a firm order for 10 777-9 passenger aircraft and four 777-8 freighters, reinforcing its widebody fleet modernization with Boeing despite program delays. The 777X deal, first logged anonymously in March, marks China Airlines’ largest commitment to new widebodies in years.

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

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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

Reuters

China Exempts Aircraft Parts from Tariffs Amidst U.S. Trade Tensions

2025-04-24T22:33:39.531603-07:00

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China Establishes Regulatory Framework for Direct-to-Device Satellite Services China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released detailed regulations governing direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services, covering spectrum allocation, licensing requirements and technical standards. The framework paves the way for domestic operators to offer satellite-to-handset and IoT connectivity, fueling growth in its emerging D2D market.

2025-05-08T14:13:34.932870-07:00

China Establishes Regulatory Framework for Direct-to-Device Satellite Services

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China Airlines Confirms Order for 14 Boeing 777X Jets, Including Four Freighters Taiwan’s government-majority carrier has placed a firm order for 10 777-9 passenger aircraft and four 777-8 freighters, reinforcing its widebody fleet modernization with Boeing despite program delays. The 777X deal, first logged anonymously in March, marks China Airlines’ largest commitment to new widebodies in years.

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

China Airlines Confirms Order for 14 Boeing 777X Jets, Including Four Freighters

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

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Starlink Secures Indian Government Approval, Poised to Enter World's Second-Largest Internet Market Elon Musk’s Starlink has received a Letter of Intent from India’s Department of Telecommunications, clearing a major regulatory hurdle to offer satellite internet service to over 760 million users. Final sign-off from IN-SPACe and spectrum allocation remain before the network can go live.

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

Starlink Secures Indian Government Approval, Poised to Enter World's Second-Largest Internet Market

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

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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

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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

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