Aerospace and defense industry

A long-exposure photo shows a trail left by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket while launching the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite from Florida on April 30, 2023.ViasatViasat's stock dropped in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company…

United Airlines' new first-class seat.Courtesy: United AirlinesUnited Airlines on Wednesday unveiled its first new seat in nearly a decade for passengers at the front of the plane, becoming the latest carrier to upgrade its cabin as…

A test of a BE-4 engine at the company's Launch Site One facility in West Texas on Aug. 2, 2019.Blue OriginA Blue Origin rocket engine exploded during testing last month, CNBC has learned, a destructive setback with potential ramifications…

A visualization shows an Astranis satellite over the Philippines in orbit.AstranisAstranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to providing internet access from satellites, recently signed a deal to provide dedicated…

A Boeing 737 Max is displayed during the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough, on July 18, 2022. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing handed over 60 new aircraft…

Astra CEO Chris Kemp speaks inside the company's headquarters during the company's "Spacetech Day" on May 12, 2022.Brady Kenniston / AstraSpacecraft engine manufacturer and small rocket builder Astra plans to conduct a reverse stock split…

Los Angeles, CaliforniaJan. 11, 2023Flights prepare to take off at LAX on Jan. 11, 2023 after an FAA computer problem. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it won't appeal a federal judge's…

Travelers are seen ahead of the fourth of July holiday weekend at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on June 30, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia.Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty ImagesFlight disruptions piled up at airports around the…

United Airlines' CEO Scott Kirby said that without more gates the airline will have to reduce or change schedules to handle frequent gridlock at its Newark, New Jersey, hub, a message that came after mass flight delays marred July Fourth…

A person sits on the ground at JFK International airport on June 30, 2023 in New York City.David Dee Delgado | Getty ImagesFlight delays and cancellations continued to mar thousands of Fourth of July travelers on Friday, with United…