Aerospace & Defense

Hadrian Automation raised $90 million in funding led by venture firms Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, as it works to transform the aerospace supply chain.

Comedian and actor Pete Davidson was previously announced to be flying with the crew, but his seat was turned over.

Airlines are deploying higher-end products in hopes of capturing more revenue after two bruising pandemic years.

Some $10 billion worth of foreign-owned jets that were leased to Russian carriers are stuck in the country.

Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after closing its SPAC merger.

JetBlue and other airlines are hiring thousands of employees to cater to a snapback in travel demand.

Airlines have reported a sharp rise in demand since Covid cases eased this winter.

The FAA instituted the policy in January 2021 to stem a surge in unruly passenger behavior.

Bill Gates has been a believer in new technology for satellite internet since the 1990s and failed Teledesic. A recent investment in Kymeta is his longest bet.

Air cargo has been a relative bright spot for carriers during the pandemic.

More than two days after the China Eastern Airlines crash, one of the black boxes from the airplane is on its way to Beijing for analysis, state media said.

The price hikes range from as much as a 20% increase for new Starlink hardware, to 8% for launches with the company’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.

Major airlines last rolled out incentive pay ahead of the year-end holidays to stem a staffing shortage.

One of the two black boxes containing data from Monday’s plane crash has been found, Chinese state media said Wednesday.

More than 24 hours after a China Eastern Airlines Boeing flight crashed with 132 people on board, authorities said they aren’t much closer to understanding why.

SpaceX has sent “thousands” of Starlink satellite internet kits to Ukraine, president Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC on Tuesday.

Firefly aims to make its second attempt to reach orbit with its Alpha rocket as soon as May.

Elon Musk on Monday gave an update on the timeline for SpaceX’s first orbital launch of the company’s next-generation Starship rocket.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX believes an aviation-specific antenna may be revolutionary for connecting Starlink, its global high-speed internet service, with airplanes.

Russia is rapidly cutting itself off from much of the global space industry in response to Western sanctions due to the invasion of Ukraine.