Airbus is nearing a decision in favor of an additional final assembly line (FAL) for the A321neo to be located at its Toulouse headquarters.

The DOD is conducting a “zero-based review” of all department functions and activities to identify time, money and manpower funding that can be reallocated to its high priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy.

NASA is hoping for a flight demonstration of a new 1- to 3-kW fission nuclear power source, called Kilopower, on the lunar surface in about 2026.

Boeing may temporarily pause its 737 MAX production line if circumstances continue to delay the narrowbody’s return, the company’s chief executive said July 24.

The U.S. government will compensate F-35 suppliers for any financial costs caused by the expulsion of Turkey from the program, a Lockheed Martin executive says.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) says the upcoming launch of a Delta IV rocket with a GPS III satellite will be retargeted for no earlier than Aug. 22 to allow time for technicians to replace and retest a faulty component in the booster’s upper stages.

“The committee denies the proposed $15 million increase to SDA Space Technology Development in its entirety,” HASC leaders wrote in a July 3 letter to Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist obtained by Aerospace DAILY.

The investigation into the April 20 accident remains underway, but SpaceX has closed in on the cause of the explosion.