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NTSB Report Highlights FAA Oversight Gaps Behind D.C. Midair Collision
28 January 2026
The New York Times reports, “The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the Federal Aviation Administration had approved dangerous flight routes…
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Forty Years After Challenger, Spaceflight Remains a High-Stakes Endeavor
28 January 2026
Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. SPACE reports that four decades later, human spaceflight remains…
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Boeing Posts 57% Jump in Quarterly Sales as Deliveries Surge
27 January 2026
Boeing’s aircraft deliveries have surged over the past year as the manufacturer expects to continue to increase production. CNBC reports, “The company’s airplane deliveries…
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NASA Seeks External Partners to Help Extend Earth Science Missions
27 January 2026
Space News reports, “NASA’s Earth Science Division is exploring partnerships with external organizations to support instruments mounted on the International Space…
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Drone Delivery Firm Zipline Raises $600 Million for US Growth
26 January 2026
Aerotime reports pioneering autonomous drone delivery Zipline “has raised $600 million from private investors, in order to fuel its continued expansion…
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Virgin Galactic Taps All-Female Team for Upcoming Suborbital Research Mission
26 January 2026
CBS News reports, “Virgin Galactic is sending an all-female research team to space. Kellie Gerardi, who is leading the crew, joins ‘CBS News 24/7 Mornings’ to…
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FAA Moves to Permanently Restrict Helicopters, Powered Lift Near Reagan National
23 January 2026
Flying Magazine reports, “Close to one year after a fatal midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter…
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Blue Origin Sends Six Space Tourists to Edge of Space
23 January 2026
Blue Origin launched six people to suborbital space today (Jan. 22). SPACE reports it “was the 17th human spaceflight” for the company, “and the…
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Aviation Week Podcast: What Did SciTech Reveal About the Future of Aerospace?
23 January 2026
Listen in as Aviation Week’s Guy Norris and Graham Warwick report back from their annual pilgrimage to AIAA SciTech.
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Rocket Lab Sends First Open Cosmos Satellites Into Polar Orbit
23 January 2026
Space News reports, “A Rocket Lab Electron launched the first satellites for a new constellation being developed by Open Cosmos that will use…
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Aftermarket Strength Lifts GE Aerospace’s 2026 Profit Forecast
22 January 2026
Reuters reports, “GE Aerospace forecast annual profit above estimates on Thursday, driven by strong demand for high-margin aftermarket…
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Falcon 9 Lifts Off from Vandenberg with First West Coast Starlink Mission of 2026
22 January 2026
Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 17-30 mission sent the batch of satellites into a polar low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket…
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Leonardo’s Proteus Naval Autonomous Helicopter Makes First Flight
21 January 2026
Aviation International News reports, “Leonardo has made the first flight of what it described as the UK’s ‘first autonomous…
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Blue Origin Set for Six-Person Suborbital Mission on Jan. 22
21 January 2026
SPACE reports Blue Origin will launch six people “to the final frontier on Thursday (Jan. 22), and you can watch the space tourism mission…
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Grey Wolf Helicopter Makes First Operational Flight
20 January 2026
Defense News reports, “Two MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters completed their first operational mission Jan. 8, escorting a Minuteman III…
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NASA’s Giant Moon Rocket Rolls Out for Artemis II
20 January 2026
The New York Times reports, “On Saturday morning, a mammoth crawler began transporting the Space Launch System vehicle, the Orion…
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Textron Aviation Delivers First Citation M2 Gen2 as Jet Enters Service
16 January 2026
Aviation Week reports, “Textron Aviation announced delivery and entry-into-service of its Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet equipped with…
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Isaacman Meets With SpaceX, Blue Origin to Explore Faster Artemis Timeline
16 January 2026
Aviation Week reports, “NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman this week met with SpaceX and Blue Origin officials to get a better sense…
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Army’s First HADES ISR Jet Set for Spring Flight Tests, SNC Confirms
15 January 2026
Defense Daily reports, “The Army’s first prototype aircraft for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program will begin…
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The ISS National Laboratory Seeking Research Submissions for Technical Sessions at ASCEND 2026
15 January 2026
The ISS National Lab invites abstracts for technical sessions at ASCEND 2026 (19–21 May 2026, Washington, D.C.), covering biology…
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Boeing Delivers 600 Jets in 2025, Marking Strongest Year Since 2018
14 January 2026
Reuters reports, “Boeing bounced back in 2025 to deliver the most planes since 2018 and to beat European rival Airbus in net orders for…
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Quantum Cameras Poised to Transform Space-Based Intelligence
14 January 2026
Defense One reports, “Can quantum physics enable better, cheaper, faster satellite photos? In a month or two, a startup will test a ‘quantum camera’ for…
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Electric Air Taxis Inch Closer to City Skies After Landmark FAA Move
13 January 2026
Flying Magazine reports, “The FAA in October 2024 published a special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) with seismic implications for the…
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NASA Cuts ISS Crew Mission Short Over Astronaut Health Concern in Unprecedented Move
13 January 2026
The Washington Post reports, “For the first time in the International Space Station’s history, NASA said it was cutting short a crew mission after…
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Boeing’s Deliveries Hit Seven-year High as Production Recovery Accelerates
12 January 2026
CNBC reports, “Boeing is set to report this week that it delivered the most airplanes since 2018 last year after it stabilized its production, the clearest…
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NASA Readies Artemis 2 Rocket for Rollout Ahead of Historic Crewed Lunar Mission
12 January 2026
SPACE reports, “NASA said Friday that it plans to return the Crew 11 to Earth next week, just one day after announcing that a crew member had…
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Archer Partners with NVIDIA for AI-assisted Operations
9 January 2026
Aerotime reports, “Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) developer Archer Aviation has selected the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform to support its future…
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NASA Plans Early Return for Four ISS Crew Members After Medical Incident
9 January 2026
Ars Technica reports, “NASA officials said Thursday they have decided to bring home four of the seven crew members on the International…
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Alaska Airlines Places Record Order for 110 Boeing Jets to Fuel Expansion
8 January 2026
The New York Times reports, “Alaska Airlines said on Wednesday that it would buy 110 Boeing planes, part of an ambitious plan for growth fueled by…
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NASA Cancels Spacewalk, Mulls “All Options” Due to Crew Medical Issue
8 January 2026
CBS News reports, “A spacewalk planned for Thursday outside the International Space Station was called off late Wednesday because of a…
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Lockheed Delivers Record 191 F-35s in 2025 as Production Accelerates
8 January 2026
Reuters reports, “Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it delivered 191 F-35 fighter jets in 2025 to the United States and its allies, a record for…
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Air Force Taps Boeing to Begin B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement
7 January 2026
Defense News reports, “In December the Air Force awarded Boeing Defense Systems a more than $2 billion contract to start the first…
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SpaceX Stacks Super Heavy Booster for Starship’s 12th Test Flight
7 January 2026
SPACE reports, “SpaceX recently stacked the giant Super Heavy booster that will help launch the upcoming 12th test flight of the…
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Heavy-Lift Cargo Drones Streamline Alpine Logistics at Val Gardena World Cup
6 January 2026
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “The organizers of the FIS Ski World Cup in Val Gardena recently integrated FlyingBasket heavy-lift…
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The ISS National Laboratory Seeking Research Submissions for Technical Sessions at ASCEND 2026
6 January 2026
The ISS National Lab invites abstracts for technical sessions at ASCEND 2026 (19–21 May 2026, Washington, D.C.), covering…
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Airbus Delivers Nearly 800 Jets in 2025, Topping Revised Target
5 January 2026
Aerotime reports, “Airbus is set to slightly exceed its revised 2025 aircraft delivery target, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar…
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SpaceX and China Power Record-Breaking Year for Orbital Launches
5 January 2026
Space News reports, “Orbital launch activity set another annual record in 2025, although future growth may depend on factors different from those…
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Autoland System Completes First Emergency Landing of a Civil Aircraft
2 January 2026
CBS News reports, “For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported…
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SpaceX Smashes Its Own Launch Record With 165 Orbital Flights in 2025
2 January 2026
SPACE reports, “Elon Musk’s company has now set a new mark six years in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly. The record has risen…
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FAA’s ‘Michigan Model’ Lays Groundwork for Large-Scale AAM Operations
23 December 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The FAA has taken major strides toward the safe integration of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft…
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Long March 12A Reaches Orbit in Reusable Rocket Debut, Booster Landing Falls Short
23 December 2025
Space News reports, “A first launch of the Long March 12A Chinese state-owned reusable rocket reached orbit late Monday…
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Bombardier’s Global 8000 Achieves FAA Certification as Fastest Civil Jet in Decades
22 December 2025
Reuters reports, “Bombardier’s Global 8000 business jet, the world’s fastest civilian plane since the Concorde, has received…
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Rocket Lab Closes Record-Breaking Year With Successful Electron Launch
22 December 2025
Space News reports, “Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting…
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BAE’s PHASA-35 HAPS Secures Multiyear AFRL Surveillance Contract
19 December 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The BAE Systems PHASA-35, an uncrewed, high-altitude, pseudo-satellite (HAPS), will operate monthslong airborne…
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Rocket Lab Launches STP-S30 DiskSat Mission From Wallops Island
19 December 2025
Via Satellite reports, “A Rocket Lab Electron rocket carrying the Pentagon’s Space Test Program (STP) S30 mission lifted off from the Virginia…
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Air Unveils and Delivers First Production Air One Cargo Aircraft
18 December 2025
Aviation International News reports, “Israeli start-up Air has revealed the first production model of its Air One Cargo eVTOL…
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SpaceX Pulls Off Dual-Coast Starlink Launch Doubleheader
18 December 2025
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets Wednesday, each carrying Starlink satellites, one from Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
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Wisk Completes First Gen 6 eVTOL Air Taxi Flight
17 December 2025
Aerotime reports, “Wisk Aero, a fully owned subsidiary of Boeing, has successfully completed the first flight of its Generation 6 aircraft, bringing…
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Rocket Lab Readies Electron for Space Force–NASA DiskSat Test Flight
17 December 2025
Space News reports, “A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment is set to launch later this week to test a new small-satellite architecture designed…
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Joby Aviation Predicts Its Passenger Air Taxi Service Will Take Off in 2026
16 December 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Joby Aviation believes 2026 will be the year its air taxi…