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Otto Aerospace has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its future Phantom 3500 executive jet, the company announced on May 13, 2026.  The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) is an important milestone in the development of a new aircraft type and establishes the baseline design and systems architecture that the company will work on during its path towards certification.  The Phantom 3500 has raised significant expectations in the industry, since it represents a rather unusual design approach when it comes to aerodynamics. For more than two decades, Otto Aerospace has been working on the development of a clean-sheet aircraft…

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Part 4 in a Series examining one of Boeing’s steps toward recovery. May 14, 2026, © Leeham News: If there is a single moment in Boeing’s history when the pre-production change… Read More The post The 777: The Art Form at Its Peak appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis.source

Iridium Communications has agreed to buy Aireon, the company behind a space-based aircraft tracking system used by air navigation service providers around the world. The deal brings Aireon fully inside Iridium, whose satellite constellation already carries Aireon’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. Aireon uses these receivers to track ADS-B-equipped aircraft from space, including over oceans, polar regions and remote areas where ground-based surveillance systems cannot reach. Iridium already owns part of Aireon. Under the agreement announced May 14, 2026, Iridium will buy the remaining 61% of the company for about $366.7 million from NAV CANADA, AirNav Ireland, ENAV, NATS and…

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. State Department and Ukraine’s ambassador in Washington have outlined a memorandum that would route Ukrainian drone technology into joint ventures on American soil in an attempt to inject Kyiv’s combat experience into the military’s equipment supply chains.The draft agreement would open a legal channel for Kyiv to sell its weapons to the U.S. for the first time since it effectively banned arms exports to maintain its own forces at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, CBS News first reported.The memorandum, drawn between the State Department and Ukrainian Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna, would integrate Ukrainian…

The Singapore Airlines Group increased its operating profit by 39% in the 2025/26 fiscal year.   The airline group posted its largest-ever revenue, at $2.4 billion, an increase of 5% over the preceding fiscal year, while managing to bring down its operational costs by 1.8%.   This cost reduction was due in great part to lower fuel costs and successful hedging during the latest fiscal period, a circumstance that may be more difficult to replicate in the current fiscal year due to the ongoing spike in the global price of oil. The company included a stark warning in its report, reflecting the…

In May 2025, United and JetBlue announced plans to roll out a partnership, which is being marketed as Blue Sky. It’s a quirky collaboration that seems odd on the surface. For United, it’s clearly motivated by the desire to compete with Delta in Boston (BOS) and New York (JFK), and to prevent JetBlue from partnering with another major US airline. Meanwhile for JetBlue, it’s about partnering with whatever airline gives the company the most financial upside. In October 2025, we saw the two airlines roll out the first phase of reciprocity with this partnership, which included reciprocal points earning and redemption opportunities.…

Emirates will leverage GE Aerospace knowledge and expertise to advance its Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 engine repair capabilities in Dubai, UAE. On May 14, 2026, Emirates announced a deal had been struck with GE Aerospace to provide technical and training support to develop piece part component repair capabilities for GE90 and GP 7200 engines. GE Aerospace’s GE90 engine powers Emirates Boeing 777 jets while Engine Alliance’s GP7200 is used by the bulk of the airline’s Airbus A380. Emirates said the collaboration will help the expansion of the Emirates Engine Maintenance Centre (EEMC), a $300 million investment to scale up…

Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) has completed certification tests for the Aviadvigatel PD-8 turbofan, the domestically built powerplant developed to replace the French-Russian SaM146 on the import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100 regional jet.  State technology conglomerate Rostec announced the milestone on May 14, 2026, saying the engine had accumulated close to 6,600 hours of total operation, including 1,449 hours of flight testing on an Ilyushin Il-76LL flying laboratory and on prototype Superjet SJ-100 airframes.  Final tests focused on hail and harsh weather  The final stage of the certification campaign took place in April 2026 at UEC-Saturn’s open-air rig in Rybinsk, where the PD-8 was subjected to simulated hail ingestion. It concluded…

JERUSALEM — Israel will develop a system for extending the range of its F-35I ‘Adir’ fighter jets, Israel’s defense ministry announced May 14.Officials didn’t specify a target range for the upgraded aircraft. The F-35A — the model on which the Israeli version is based — currently has a range of 1,200 miles (2,220 kilometers), as stated on the manufacturer’s website.But the ministry mentioned that the development and implementation will involve adapting external fuel tanks based on an existing Cyclone design of the F-16I “Sufa,” Israel’s variant of the F-16, which has a reported range of approximately 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers).Elbit…

South Korea is preparing to retire its aging fleet of F-5 fighter jets by the end of 2027 as it moves closer to fielding its first domestically developed combat aircraft, the KF-21. The Korea Herald reported on May 14, 2026, that Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Son Seok-rak announced the accelerated retirement timeline during a press conference in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.  Son said the military is working to ensure the F-5 retires “honorably” before the end of 2027. South Korea first acquired the US-built Northrop F-5A/B in 1965 and introduced F-5E variants in the 1970s. KF-21 nears operational deployment…