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Boeing has decided not to bid on the U.S. Navy’s next-generation trainer competition, a surprise move by the company that was seen as a favorite.

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

Amid a wave of final certification work on two programs, the timing of ETOPS testing is still unknown but will not affect 777-9 deliveries.

Kenya Airways Group is looking to add a few widebody freighters to its fleet of Boeing 737Fs and is considering whether to bring in the Embraer E2 regional jet.

Boeing’s May delivery numbers are both encouraging and misleading.

Boeing’s May activity included 51 737 MAX deliveries, its highest monthly total since March 2023.

Singapore Airlines is reportedly considering ordering around 50 widebody aircraft, but has it already missed the best wave of delivery positions for long-haul, twin-aisle aircraft?

As certification nears for the 737-10, WestJet believes there’s a good chance Boeing will deliver the first aircraft to the Calgary-based airline by year-end.

IATA warns that the commercial aircraft fleet in China will continue to age in spite of recent large commitments for new aircraft.

The shortage of large hydraulic forging press capacity is constraining commercial and defense production.

Operators want to introduce newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft into service to offset rising fuel costs—how many aircraft are manufacturers rolling out?

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.

Saab supplies composite-material ailerons for the Airbus A320 family, and overwing doors for the A321.

Honeywell Aerospace has opened up additional production capacity at its auxiliary power unit assembly line in Phoenix to meet growing airliner production rates.

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Electra.aero completed the first urban demo of its EL2 Ultra Short demonstrator on May 28.

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Boeing says the F-47 program is “off to a good start.”

Atlas Air acquires 49% stake in Air Atlanta to expand global freighter capacity; Air Atlanta consists of sister airlines Air Atlanta Icelandic and Air Atlanta Europe.

Bank of America analyst Ron Epstein joins Aviation Week editors to discuss the 777X program’s long-term outlook, and how Airbus will respond.

Boeing says it has wrapped up MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA testing at the Point Mugu Sea Range over the Pacific Ocean.

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

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As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.

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