AVIATION WEEK

12/12/2025

🌍 is reaching out to industry for ideas on in-space manufacturing (ISM) that could support future missions from low orbit to the , # Mars and beyond.

🌕 Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3Ksd6GL

12/12/2025

Looking back, 2025 has been somewhat of a boon year for widebody aircraft. is the leader, having accumulated over 500 widebody orders so far this year, and has amassed over 250 orders.

✈️ Take a look at this week's analysis: https://bit.ly/3MyUzsT

12/12/2025

The U.S. Air Force flight test community received the first Boeing B-52 equipped with the RTX APQ-188 radar and related systems.

🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4aLQefT

12/12/2025

Starfighters Space is planning an initial public offering of shares to try to raise $40 million gross.

https://aviationweek.com/defense/light-attack-advanced-training/f-104-testbed-company-starfighters-go-public-40-million

12/12/2025

🏆 Air Transport World handed out its 51st annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards on Dec. 11 amidst the CAPA Airline Leader Summit World in Lisbon, Portugal. Some of the airline industry's biggest names were on hand for the awards gala.

📸 View the winners gallery from this year's awards: https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/atw/51st-annual-atw-airline-industry-achievement-awards

12/12/2025

The F-47, low-cost missiles, space superiority and more—watch as editors break down the key developments of 2025 in the defense world.

📹 You can watch the podcast here: https://aviationweek.com/defense/video-debriefing-defense-2025

12/12/2025

🎧 Listen to the new as IATA executive Thomas Reynaert speaks to ATW's Karen Walker about why consumer regulations and taxes aimed at airlines can have negative effects.

🎙️ https://aviationweek.com/podcasts/window-seat-podcast/podcast-unintended-consequences-airline-rules

12/11/2025

NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter that has spent the last 11 years gathering data on how the planet most like Earth in the Solar System lost its atmosphere.

🚀 https://aviationweek.com/space/space-exploration/space-ops-nasas-maven-spacecraft-falls-silent-mars

12/11/2025

Rolls-Royce has added further capacity to its global aftermarket network after opening its Beijing-based engine maintenance joint venture (JV) with Air China.

🔗 Full story here: https://aviationweek.com/mro/aircraft-propulsion/rolls-royce-unveils-china-mro-joint-venture

12/11/2025

✈️ American Airlines expects to bolster its presence in international markets, on a fleet plan poised to support long-haul growth.

🔗 https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/american-airlines-eyes-bigger-game-internationally

12/11/2025

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November saw significant commercial aircraft orders for both Airbus and Boeing, with major deals and milestones shaping the competitive landscape heading into 2026.
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Data showing firm orders for Airbus and Boeing in November keep the U.S. manufacturer on track to come out on top for 2025 in terms of booking new orders.

12/11/2025

Talks on Turkey’s potential reentry into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could “yield a breakthrough in the coming months,” the U.S. ambassador to has suggested.

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