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Unrelenting wildfires across Europe have focused the minds of policymakers on the imperative to strengthen air power options to combat the deadly blazes now spreading faster and farther. French start-up Hynaero, with backing from several leading legacy aerospace groups, is stepping up its plans to offer an alternative to the ubiquitous but aging Canadair water

China aims to launch its Chang’e 7 moon mission on Aug. 24 to send a lander, a rover, a hopper and a wide range of science experiments to the lunar south.

SpaceX has agreed to keep Poland within Starlink’s European roaming region after the country’s foreign minister threatened to reconsider roughly $50 million in annual payments to the company.

The Indian government has issued a long-awaited request for proposals for a new fleet of transport aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force’s fleet of Antonov An-32s.

Aerospace Global News reports the US Army will use Robinson R66 helicopters to train up to 1,500 pilots annually under a new…

Space News reports Firefly, D-Orbit USA and Katalyst will compete to show how commercial operators could capture and remove…

Aerotime reports, “Heart Aerospace has announced that it has completed the successful first flight of its X1 full scale hybrid-electric…

Space News reports, “Blue Origin disclosed new details about its plans to not only rebuild but also expand its Florida launch site…

Defense Daily reports, “Lockheed Martin [LMT] and commercial partners recently demonstrated a commercially-developed system…

SPACE reports SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from “from Vandenberg Space…

Aerospace Global News reports Sonic booms kept supersonic flight off land for 50 years. See how NASA’s X-59 shock-wave design…

Spaceflight Now reports during an investor earnings call on Tuesday, Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim said the company now expects…

Space News reports, “The Pentagon is pressing defense contractors to increase production of missile interceptors as recent conflicts…

Aviation News Daily reports, “Elroy Air has successfully demonstrated three new unattended delivery modes for its Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft during…

SPACE reports, “Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called ‘GHOST,'” which packages everything…

Aerotime reports, “Embraer recorded a 38% surge in adjusted net income during the second quarter of 2026, as profits rose from…

SPACE reports the Chinese commercial launch company Landspace is set for its second attempt to catch an orbital rocket. Liftoff…

Aviation News Daily reports, “Archer Aviation and Korean Air have partnered to adapt Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and…

BBC News reports Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar…

CBS News reports, “The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of hundreds of Boeing 737 Max jets after cracks…

Space News reports, “Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s…

Aerotime reports Joby expects its first flights under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in Texas in September…

Space News reports, “SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle…

Aviation News Daily reports, “Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School have successfully demonstrated…

Reuters reports, “SpaceX is increasingly reserving space on its rockets to launch its own Starlink satellites, crowding out rival space companies…

Vertical Mag reports, “Archer Aviation has announced the completion of a piloted roundtrip journey with its all-electric Midnight aircraft on July 30, departing…

The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg…

Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 has completed initial flight tests as Lockheed advances its DARPA-backed autonomous VTOL drone.

Space News reports, “A NASA official says that work with Boeing on the company’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle is making ‘good progress’ but declined to offer a date…

Aviation International News reports, “France has become the first nation to deploy the firefighting capabilities of Airbus Defence and Space’s A400M tactical transport…

Sophia Space announced the award July 30 of a patent, shared with the California Institute of Technology, covering…

Per Autoevolution, the work of a California startup called JetZero, the Z4 is slated to become the world’s first aircraft of this kind – that’s…

As reported by Space.com, NASA announced on Tuesday (July 28) that it has officially fueled-up the Roman Space Telescope — a magnificent…

Per Robb Report, Heart Aerospace’s X1, the full-scale, 76-foot-long demonstrator for the ES-30 production aircraft, has been…

According to Ars Technica, SpaceX successfully launched its Starship vehicle on Friday and appeared to demonstrate important and credible…

In a nod to a common refrain that laser systems are always just five years away, Lockheed Martin’s Stephanie Hill…

Space News reports, “Rocket Lab will establish a new launch site in Alaska under a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract for up to 18 suborbital missions…

Aviation International News reports, “The FAA has cleared Heart Aerospace to start flight tests with the X-1 demonstrator for its planned ES-30 hybrid-electric regional airliner…

Space News shares a conversation between David Ariosto and Varda CEO Will Bruey at AIAA’s ASCEND 2026.

Defense Daily reports that IBM on Thursday said it agreed to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC, a joint venture between…

Defense One reports the MQ-28 didn’t win the first U.S. CCA competition, but it’s flying in U.S.-led training exercises.

SPACE reports Orienspace’s Gravity-1, the world’s most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launching…

Defense Daily reports, “The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program (DDP) plans to award $32 million for ‘reusable bomber…

The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force….

Reuters reports, “The U.S. FAA said it was working to help industry deploy air taxis, supersonic airplanes, boost space launches…

SatNews reports, “SpaceX has stopped accepting new commercial launch bookings for both its Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)..

Aviation Week reports, “Anduril unveiled the hybrid-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) Thunder uncrewed aircraft system (UAS)…

Space News reports, “The maximum value of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract was raised…

Flying Magazine reports on FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford discussing ATC modernization, MOSAIC, and hot-button…

The New York Times reports, “A last-second scrub aborted Thursday’s test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket. The countdown…