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.

United Airlines has removed its Boeing 737 MAXs from its schedule through Nov. 3—a move United projects will result in 5,000 flight cancellations in September and October.

The British defense ministry is widening the scope of its directed energy weapons research with plans for three new demonstrators to help accelerate the introduction of the technology to the front line.

The German aerospace cluster of Berlin-Brandenburg plans to fly a technology demonstrator for low-emission hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future 19-seat regional airliners.