Space
Launch cadence has doubled in three years. The ground crews have not
Pad turnaround is no longer the constraint on how often rockets fly. The people who inspect, fuel and range-safety them are.
Aviation
- Long-haul route economics are quietly being rewritten by the second bank
- Regional operators are keeping turboprops flying far longer than planned
- Aurelia Aerospace pushes engine certification into 2028 after test-rig findings
- Hub expansion approved after seven years, with conditions nobody has costed
Space
Reentry corridors are getting crowded and nobody owns the schedule
Defense
Trainer fleet replacement slips again as simulator credit talks stall
In depth
Launch cadence has doubled in three years. The ground crews have not
Layered air defence is being rebuilt around cost per intercept
Orbital congestion is now a scheduling problem, not a collision problem
Boarding technology is finally getting faster, and it has nothing to do with the queue
The ground segment is where most space businesses actually fail
Trainer fleet replacement slips again as simulator credit talks stall
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