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Rolls-Royce H1 profit jumps to £4.4 billion, lifts 2025 outlook

Rolls-Royce reported underlying H1 operating profit of £1.7 billion, up from £1.15 billion a year ago, lifting group profit to £4.4 billion. Strong widebody engine sales, aftermarket gains and margin expansion drove shares to record highs and prompted the company to raise its full-year guidance despite supply-chain risks.

2025-07-31T05:24:23.849835-07:00

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DOT Greenlights United-JetBlue 'Blue Sky' Partnership, Unlocking Reciprocal Loyalty and Shared JFK Slots

2025-07-30T13:48:37.487390-07:00

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EU–US Deal Restores Zero Tariffs on Aircraft and Components

2025-07-28T01:58:58.481652-07:00

Space.com

NASA Chiefs, Employees and Lawmakers Blast 47% Science Funding Cut

2025-07-25T04:39:04.891877-07:00

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Rolls-Royce H1 profit jumps to £4.4 billion, lifts 2025 outlook Rolls-Royce reported underlying H1 operating profit of £1.7 billion, up from £1.15 billion a year ago, lifting group profit to £4.4 billion. Strong widebody engine sales, aftermarket gains and margin expansion drove shares to record highs and prompted the company to raise its full-year guidance despite supply-chain risks.

2025-07-31T05:24:23.849835-07:00

Rolls-Royce H1 profit jumps to £4.4 billion, lifts 2025 outlook

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China surveys carriers on Boeing orders amid US trade talks Beijing has asked its major airlines, including Shandong Airlines, to provide detailed information on their outstanding Boeing orders as officials in Washington and Beijing negotiate a tariff reduction agreement. The survey seeks to gauge carrier appetite for new US-built jets and inform government strategy in upcoming trade discussions.

2025-07-30T20:53:11.335305-07:00

China surveys carriers on Boeing orders amid US trade talks

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DOT Greenlights United-JetBlue 'Blue Sky' Partnership, Unlocking Reciprocal Loyalty and Shared JFK Slots The US DOT has approved the ‘Blue Sky’ partnership between JetBlue Airways and United Airlines, endorsing integrated booking, reciprocal loyalty earning and redemption, shared slots for seven daily JFK round-trips and a phased rollout starting this fall after Spirit Airlines’ antitrust objection.

2025-07-30T13:48:37.487390-07:00

DOT Greenlights United-JetBlue 'Blue Sky' Partnership, Unlocking Reciprocal Loyalty and Shared JFK Slots

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Oman Secures 73.5°E ITU Slot to Anchor High-Throughput GEO Satellite Oman has secured an ITU coordination filing at the 73.5° East orbital slot, preserving rights to deploy a temporary and later full-scale high-throughput geostationary satellite. The move ensures legal claim over spectrum and orbital position, underpinning the sultanate’s plans to expand sovereign broadband capabilities.

2025-07-30T06:44:55.052312-07:00

Oman Secures 73.5°E ITU Slot to Anchor High-Throughput GEO Satellite

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Brazil Asks US to Exempt Embraer Jets from 50% Tariffs Brazil has asked the US to exempt Embraer aircraft and key food products from a planned 50% tariff on Brazilian exports that takes effect August 1. The appeal seeks to shield Embraer’s commercial and defense sales pipeline from steep duties and avert a major supply-chain shock.

2025-07-29T13:12:02.327894-07:00

Brazil Asks US to Exempt Embraer Jets from 50% Tariffs

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US-EU trade deal exempts aircraft and parts from new 15% tariffs, secures Airbus Alabama expansion A landmark US-EU agreement exempts aircraft and component orders from a proposed 15% tariff on European goods, preserving critical investment at Airbus’s Mobile, Alabama facility and averting potential supply-chain disruptions for carriers and manufacturers across both continents.

2025-07-29T12:39:47.096272-07:00

US-EU trade deal exempts aircraft and parts from new 15% tariffs, secures Airbus Alabama expansion

Space Intel Report

Regulators Decline Norway’s Extension Request for Viasat Pending Airbus Software-Defined Satellite Details International regulators have refused Norway’s request to extend the deadline for approving Viasat Inc.’s planned operations, citing insufficient information on Airbus’s software-defined satellite status. The decision preserves the original timeline and underscores rising scrutiny of high-tech satcom platforms and export compliance.

2025-07-29T09:59:36.235621-07:00

Regulators Decline Norway’s Extension Request for Viasat Pending Airbus Software-Defined Satellite Details

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JetBlue Q2 Loss Narrows as Demand Recovers and Groundings Ease JetBlue Airways posted a second-quarter net loss of $74 million on $2.4 billion in revenue as cost-cutting measures and rebounding U.S. travel demand narrowed its adjusted loss and delivered an operating profit. The carrier expects fewer Pratt & Whitney GTF groundings to support single-digit capacity growth through 2030.

2025-07-29T08:23:34.983800-07:00

JetBlue Q2 Loss Narrows as Demand Recovers and Groundings Ease

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