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

The two German air taxi companies need state support to exit a funding crisis, but party politics and risk aversion may force their sale to foreign investors.

The long-awaited crewed debut of Boeing’s Starliner caps off a 13-year effort to certify multiple commercial providers of low-Earth-orbit astronaut transport.

The OEM’s two-decade experiment in remote management has failed.

Cancellation of the U.S. Army’s scout helicopter program is driving focus on UAS and uncrewed teaming.

Large suppliers maintain cautious optimism that production-line struggles will be short-lived and are not a precursor to lower long-term production rate targets

Regional security challenges are the main concern for Morocco’s armed forces and it obtained increased access to defence technology thanks to improving defence ties with France and the United States, and has received military training and equipment from both.

Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.