time.com
• Jeffrey Kluger
With SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO setting market expectations at a record scale, Elon Musk is now under heightened pressure to deliver on the company’s growth and platform ambitions. The listing raises scrutiny over how SpaceX translates its rocket, satellite and AI narrative into measurable public-company performance.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra
By Bloomberg: The final report about why an Air India Ltd. jetliner crashed last year won’t be issued by Friday’s mandatory deadline, with a government agency saying the investigation into the country’s worst commercial airline disaster still isn’t finished.
Aviation Week
• Brian Everstine
By Aviation Week: 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.
Breaking Defense
The Aviationist
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China kicked off a busy month with three missions for a single internet constellation in the span of nearly four days. Another maiden launch saw the nation’s tallest rocket successfully reach orbit, though the debut raised eyebrows with the absence of airspace notices ahead of the mission.
Reuters
• Laura Matthews, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
By Reuters: Investors will soon get a new way to bet on SpaceX's trajectory: options on the stock are set to begin trading as soon as Tuesday, with early activity expected to be heavy, volatile, and likely expensive.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.
Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
By Cranky Flier: Review Spirit, Port Authority Spar over LGA Slots Spirit’s planned sale of its slots at New York/LGA to raise capital and pay off some creditors has hit a roadblock as the Port Authority of NY and NJ told a U.S.
Associated Press
• Allan Olingo
By Associated Press: The war in Iran is driving up jet fuel prices, worsening supply strains for African airlines. The African Airlines Association says the crisis has exposed reliance on imported jet fuel.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Sanjai P R, Siddharth Philip
Via Satellite
• Christina Patsioura
