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Monday 01 July 2024

Aerospace Digest

Civil, military and space

Boeing Delivers First Operational F-15EX

Brian Everstine

Boeing on June 6 delivered the first operational F-15EX Eagle II to the U.S. Air National Guard. Read more.

Qantas And Airbus Overcome Regulatory Hurdle For Project Sunrise

Adrian Schofield

European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.

Boeing Reveals New Air Dominance Engineering Site

Steve Trimble

The announcement comes as Boeing’s air dominance unit competes for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance contract, plus builds fighters and UAS.

DARPA Reveals Designation, Size Of Shepard X-Plane

Steve Trimble

A large, hybrid-electric-powered flying wing aircraft designed by Northrop Grumman now boasts a military designation number.

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Boeing Passed On NSSL Phase 3 Bid With Space Launch System

Boeing passed up bidding on a planned commercial variant of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket for the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program.

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Boeing Buys Spirit AeroSystems, Airbus Work To Be Carved Out

Michael Bruno

Boeing announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spirit AeroSystems early July 1 which values the supplier at $4.7 billion.

Universal Hydrogen Forced Into Liquidation

Guy Norris

Startup zero-emissions propulsion developer Universal Hydrogen (UH2) has been forced into liquidation after failing to raise additional funding.