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Boeing’s delivery momentum on its two largest commercial programs continued in July as the 737 and 787 combined to total an estimated 45 customer handovers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Rheinmetall is in talks with Boeing and Lockheed Martin about potential collaboration on cooperative combat aircraft.

Cathay Pacific has ordered 14 more Boeing 777-9s, which will eventually allow it to complete the replacement of the carrier’s large fleet of 777-300ERs.

A year on the job, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg appears to be squelching the fires that made the company a burning platform.

As expanding wind tunnel test capability emerges in China, NASA prepares to mothball similar test sites under pressure from shrinking budgets.

Vertical Aerospace has switched its airframe supplier for planned production of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft.

Boeing machinists at the company’s defense and space facilities in Missouri and Illinois voted Aug. 3 to strike.

Zero tariffs on aircraft and components is good news for manufacturers and suppliers that had feared heavy impact on activities.

Boeing’s new CEO has been on the job for a year. Melius Research analyst Scott Mikus joins Aviation Week editors to discuss how Kelly Ortberg is doing so far.

Strengthening commercial aircraft production and delivery numbers in recent months are signs that Boeing’s recovery is gaining pace.

Boeing avoided further charges against some of its troubled defense programs in the second quarter.

Boeing’s efforts to gradually ramp up production showed further signs of progress in the second quarter, with 737 MAX and 787s reaching higher output, but certification of new versions of the company’s narrowbody have slipped into next year.

The U.S. Space Force has selected five companies to begin the process of building new space-based protected tactical satellite communications capabilities.

Diversified supplier Hexcel is upbeat about market opportunities from rising defense budgets in the U.S. and internationally.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Adm. Daryl Caudle, the nominee to be the U.S. Navy's next Chief of Naval Operations, has warned against not proceeding with the F/A-XX fighter program.

L3Harris is “at an inflection point” following a strong second quarter and the release of the fiscal 2026 budget request, CEO Chris Kubasik said.

Pursuing SAF alternatives in the carbon emissions reduction race.

Embraer has enjoyed its monopoly on providing regional jets for U.S. airlines, but the U.S.-Brazil trade dispute threatens future deliveries to key customers.

Boeing forecasts the commercial aviation workforce will grow by 660,000 pilots, 710,000 maintenance technicians and 1 million cabin crew members through 2044.

As Pratt & Whitney marks its 100th anniversary, Aviation Week takes a look back through its archives at some of the engine-maker’s key milestones.

With flight data through to the end of June 2025 available, this week’s Flight Friday looks at utilization for the first half of each year from 2019.

A shock airliner crash subdued but did not nix the Paris Air Show.

Forcing the U.S. Navy to move forward on the F/A-XX program would slow the U.S. Air Force F-47 program, the Trump administration argues.