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GA-ASI opens MQ-9A leasing operations facility... NORTHROP gets Triton retrofit award... GREECE receives second FDI frigate...

Spacewalkers Install Next-to-Last Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array

U.S. startup Maxwell Aircraft has announced plans to develop the M1 Hybrid, a hybrid-electric amphibious aircraft, initially for the cargo market.

The U.S. Army plans to test prototypes of a new Long Range Precision Munition in March next year, solicitation documents show.

NASA will wrap up its second Crew Health and Performance Analog life on Mars simulation on the grounds of Johnson Space Center on Oct. 31.

The emergent drone interceptor market has shifted into overdrive in response to Russia’s increasing use of one-way attack drones in its strikes on Ukraine.

A British startup is developing a tactical ballistic missile and containerized launcher.

The Pentagon on Oct. 30 said its appropriated intelligence budget for fiscal 2026 was $30.9 billion, the highest in recent history.

The UK Department for Transport is asking the public whether it should rejoin the EGNOS satellite positioning service lost after Brexit.

Private equity firm I Squared Capital is acquiring Orizon Aerostructures, a key supplier to original equipment manufacturers and large defense primes.

The FAA recently narrowed the field of companies competing to provide a core system of the Brand New Air Traffic Control System (Bnatcs) modernization effort.

Switzerland will get its first Patriot missile defense components in 2027 as it also pursues Barak MX and SAMP/T NG talks.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that the Hongdu GJ-21 uncrewed combat aerial system (UCAS) has conducted takeoff-and-landing tests aboard CNS Sichuan.

ARIA has picked North Wales’ Snowdonia Aerospace Test Center for £70 million stratospheric platform flight trials.

Canada’s MDA Space has secured a supplier position on Europe’s flagship IRIS² autonomous, secure satellite communications program.

Malaysia has received its first KAI FA-50M light fighter, launching the CAP55 air force modernization program.

Kongsberg is scaling up Zone 5 missile production in the U.S. and abroad for 2027, while working toward profitability parity with its core business by 2029.

North Korea has publicly displayed a previously unseen tailless stealth uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) at an exhibition attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) is exploring opportunities to manufacture aerostructures for the Boeing 777X program.

Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) is awaiting a request for proposals from the U.S. Air Force that could shift fixed-wing heavy maintenance to South Korea.

Germany has committed to providing collaborative combat aircraft air-to-ground capabilities to NATO, according to the German Defense Ministry.

Spacewalking astronauts closed in on the final installation of the International Space Station’s eight solar-power-augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays on Oct. 29 with a 7-hr. excursion.

ACCENTURE gets ICBM engineering services award... SCOLESE joins Intuitive Machines board... LOCKHEED gets F-35 reprogramming lab award...

Reach Power says that in September it demonstrated a quadcopter flying for 10 hr. via wireless power beaming.