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Anduril’s YFQ-44A Drone Wingman Prototype Makes First Flight
3 November 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “Defense tech startup Anduril’s prototype bid for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program achieved its first flight…
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Blue Origin Successfully Test-Fires New Glenn Rocket Engines at Cape Canaveral
3 November 2025
Ars Technica reports, “The road to the second flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer…
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NTSB Releases Urgent Learjet Landing Gear Warning
31 October 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an urgent recommendation for the owners and operators of certain…
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ISS Marks 25 Years of Uninterrupted Human Presence in Orbit
31 October 2025
AP News reports, “It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marks…
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USAF Considering Expanding CCA Pairing Capabilities Beyond F-22
30 October 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The U.S. Air Force is only set, for now, to pair Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) with the Lockheed Martin F-22, though consideration is…
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Japan’s HTV-X Spacecraft Arrives at International Space Station
30 October 2025
Ars Technica reports, “A cargo ship from Japan pulled alongside the International Space Station on Wednesday, maneuvering close enough for the lab’s robotic arm…
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Russian Cosmonauts Perform Spacewalk Outside ISS to Install Experiments
29 October 2025
SPACE reports Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54-minute spacewalk outside the International Space…
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Performs First Flight
29 October 2025
Aviation Week reports, “NASA began flight tests of its needle-nosed X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft with a 1 hr. 7 min. initial sortie from…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Another 28 Starlink Satellites from California
28 October 2025
SPACE reports, “SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites today (Oct. 27),” sending 28 of them up from California’s central coast. Launch took place “at 8:43 p.m. EDT (5:43 p.m. local California…
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Drones Could Supplant Large US Army Units in Europe According to Expert
28 October 2025
Defense News reports, “What do you with an Army designed for Europe when Europe isn’t the focus anymore? The answer is drones, says one U.S. expert. An expeditionary force of drone…
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Japan’s New HTV-X Cargo Spacecraft Launches to ISS for 1st Time
27 October 2025
SPACE reports, “Japan’s new HTV-X cargo spacecraft launched on its first-ever mission to the International Space Station on Saturday (Oct. 25).
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Gulfstream Aerospace Hits Stride as Bizjet Sales, Deliveries Take Off
27 October 2025
Aviation International News reports, “Gulfstream Aerospace found its groove in the third quarter as business jet sales and shipments climbed 56%…
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Powerful NVIDIA Chip to Make Orbital Debut Next Month
24 October 2025
SPACE reports, “An NVIDIA GPU is heading toward its record-setting orbital debut, a trip that will test how data centers could work in the…
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Amazon Delivers Emergency Supplies to Typhoon-Devastated Western Alaska
24 October 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “You can get pretty much anything from Amazon, and the residents of the villages in western Alaska devastated by…
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SpaceX Performs 550th Falcon 9 Launch
23 October 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its 550th Falcon 9 mission since the rocket’s debut in 2010. The launch from California added 28…
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U.S. Army Selects AeroVironment’s Freedom Eagle-1 as New Counter-Drone Interceptor
23 October 2025
The War Zone reports, “The U.S. Army has picked AeroVironment to supply a new anti-air interceptor, primarily to provide an additional layer…
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NASA Places Artemis 2 Mission’s Orion Capsule atop SLS Rocket in Preparation for 2026 Launch
22 October 2025
The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly…
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Brazil’s Embraer Closes Third Quarter with Record $31.3 Billion Backlog
22 October 2025
Reuters reports, “Brazilian planemaker Embraer’s firm order backlog stood at a record $31.3 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 38%…
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SpaceX Launches 10,000th Starlink Satellite to Orbit
21 October 2025
SPACE reports, “SpaceX notched two big milestones on a single Falcon 9 liftoff today (Oct. 19). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28…
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GE Aerospace Raises 2025 Profit Forecast on Robust Aftermarket Demand
21 October 2025
Reuters reports GE Aerospace raised its 2025 profit forecast on Tuesday, projecting a strong finish to the year on robust demand for…
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SpaceX Performs Record-Breaking 31st Flight with Falcon 9 First Stage Booster
20 October 2025
SPACE reports, “A Falcon 9 carrying 28 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station [Sunday] at 1:39 p.m. EDT…
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Students Tasked with Studying One of Electric Aviation’s Biggest Challenges
20 October 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “Over the next three years, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will send cohorts of students to Brazil to study one of the most pressing challenges facing electric aircraft…
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Netherlands Joins US Air Force’s CCA Program
17 October 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The Netherlands has joined the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program as part of an effort to grow the effectiveness of its…
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Russian Cosmonauts Perform Spacewalk Outside ISS to Install Semiconductor Experiment, Remove Old HDTV Camera
17 October 2025
SPACE reports Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky worked outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Oct. 16), “conducting…
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AeroVironment to Install Counter-Drone Tech at Grand Forks Air Force Base
16 October 2025
Defense News reports, “AeroVironment announced Tuesday it will deploy a counter-drone capability at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, as part of…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches with 21 Communications Satellites for Space Development Agency
16 October 2025
SPACE reports SpaceX launched 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg…
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Boeing Delivers 55 Aircraft in September
15 October 2025
Reuters reports, “Boeing delivered 55 jets in September, up from 33 a year earlier when a strike by 33,000 factory workers in the Northwest curtailed…
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SpaceX Performs Most Successful Starship Test Flight to Date
15 October 2025
Ars Technica reports, “SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a near-perfect test flight…
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Sikorsky Unveils U-Hawk, a Fully Autonomous Cargo Black Hawk
14 October 2025
Aerotime reports, “Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has unveiled the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a fully autonomous variant of the UH-60…
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SpaceX Performs 11th Test Flight of its Mega Starship Rocket
14 October 2025
AP News reports, “SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rocketson a test flight Monday, successfully making…
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US Air Force Planning Independent Squadrons of Collaborative Combat Aircraft
10 October 2025
Defense News reports, “The U.S. Air Force plans to create independent squadrons for its future fleet of collaborative combat aircraft…
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SpaceX Rolls Out Starship’s Super Heavy Booster in Preparation for Monday’s Scheduled Launch
10 October 2025
SPACE reports SpaceX moved its Super Heavy booster to the pad recently to gear up for Flight 11 of its Starship megarocket. The rollout is “part…
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Airbus Q3 Results Point to Over 800 Deliveries by Year-end
9 October 2025
Aerotime reports, “Airbus’ third-quarter performance in 2025 shows strong growth in aircraft deliveries, keeping the company on track…
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Blue Origin Performs its 15th Space Tourism Launch
9 October 2025
SPACE reports, “Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism flight” yesterday (Oct. 8), “sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier…
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Pentagon Expected to Select US Navy’s Next-generation Fighter Soon
8 October 2025
Reuters reports, “After months of delay, the Pentagon will select as soon as this week the defense company to design and build the Navy’s…
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Blue Origin to Build Payload Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral SFS
8 October 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a…
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Airbus A320 Surpasses Boeing 737 as Most Delivered Jet Ever
7 October 2025
Aerotime reports, “The Airbus A320 has surpassed the Boeing 737 as the most delivered commercial aircraft in history upon Saudi airline Flynas receiving the European manufacturer’s 12,260th jet.
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FCC Declares October as ‘Space Month’ in Effort to Accelerate Satellite Regulatory Reforms
7 October 2025
Space News reports, “FCC Chairman Brendan Carr vowed Oct. 6 to accelerate satellite regulatory reforms, declaring October as ‘Space Month’ at the U.S. regulator to overhaul licensing…
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Pilots Demand Air India Ground Boeing 787s After Emergency System Used
6 October 2025
The New York Times reports, “India’s largest association of pilots has asked regulators to ground all Boeing 787s…
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Space Force Announces SpaceX, ULA Assigned to First Set of Key Launches Beyond FY27
6 October 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “The Space Force announced today that it has assigned the first seven future launches under its National Security Space…
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Amelia Earhart’s Long-lost Plane Likely Located, Research Team Claims
3 October 2025
CBS News reports, “Researchers from Purdue University are set to travel to the South Pacific to determine if a ‘visual anomaly’ on a remote island…
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Starlab Space Partners with Saber Astronautics for Payload Services Aboard Starlab’s Commercial Space Station
3 October 2025
Military Aerospace reports, “Starlab Space LLC in Houston announced a strategic partnership with Saber Astronautics in Adelaide…
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Skyryse Introduces its AI-powered Cockpit Flight Assistant Skylar
2 October 2025
Aerotime reports, “Skyryse, a California-based aviation technology startup company, has introduced Skylar, an AI flight assistant…
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ESA Sets Record with Deep-space Laser Link to NASA’s Psyche Probe Using Altechna Optics
2 October 2025
Military Aerospace reports, “The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed a deep-space optical communications campaign by sending…
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New Zealand’s NH90 Helicopters Make Record-Breaking Flight Across Tasman Sea
1 October 2025
Defense News reports, “Two Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters have flown from Australia to New Zealand on a two-day…
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Space Force Announces ATLAS Space Domain Awareness Software Now Operational
1 October 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “The Space Force announced today that its software-centric program for managing, processing and disseminating…
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Beta Technologies Files for U.S. IPO
30 September 2025
Reuters reports, “Electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday, the latest…
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Firefly Alpha Rocket Destroyed During Preflight Testing
30 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The first stage of a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket being prepared for launch on a commercial mission for Lockheed…
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Mississippi State University Testing Aurora’s Tactical eVTOL Drone to Aid First Responders
29 September 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Researchers at Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory are flying…
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Blue Origin to Grow New Shepard Fleet
29 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin is developing three new suborbital New Shepard launch systems and mulling expanding flight services beyond…