The delegation of more than 50 companies is a sign of rising interest in the global manufacturing hub, which is benefiting from a shift away from China amid Sino-US trade friction.
The Gulf kingdom is pursuing ambitious aviation goals as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's wide-ranging "Vision 2030" reform agenda, including more than tripling annual traffic to 330 million passengers by the end of the decade.
Preliminary talks, which may not lead to any deals, come as the Southeast Asian nation seeks new suppliers and Ukraine conflict strains capabilities of Russia, for decades Vietnam's main military partner.
China hopes its newly approved passenger jet will challenge Boeing’s 737 MAX and Airbus A320.
For August 29 mission, called Artemis 1, the Orion capsule will launch atop the Space Launch System without any humans and orbit the Moon before returning to Earth for an ocean splashdown 42 days later.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will inspect each plane before it is approved for delivery.
Astronaut capsule returns from ISS and lands in New Mexico, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA's next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit.
With just a test dummy aboard, Boeing's crew capsule rockets into orbit on a repeat test flight, after years of being grounded by flaws that could have doomed the spacecraft.
The plane manufacturer has removed orders for 141 jets from its backlog, mostly due to sanctions placed on Russia in the aftermath of the Ukraine attack.
While no cause has yet been determined for the crash, online tracking data showed the jet rapidly dropped from an altitude of about 8,900 to 2,400 metres in just over a minute.
Chinese recovery teams combed the debris of a crashed China Eastern jet with hopes fading of finding any survivors from the 132 people aboard.
The list of global companies cutting ties with Russia continues to grow as sanctions against Moscow rack up over its attacks on Ukraine.
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