aerospace
Airbus is due to announce the sale of 430 of its medium-range A320 family of aircraft to US investment firm Indigo Partners in a deal worth more than $40 billion.
SpaceX on Wednesday deployed a broadband communications satellite for IntelSat.
Airbus and Boeing wheeled out the usual round of order announcements at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday.
The aircraft industry descends on Paris Monday for the world's biggest airshow.