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A top priority for the Indian space agency is to complete the launch of its seven-satellite regional navigation constellation.

To avoid being marginalized, the U.S. space community needs to make key issues part of the 2016 presidential campaign.

The European launch consortium, which today lifts more than half of the world’s communications satellites, says the recent successful recovery of a Falcon 9 core stage is only the first step for SpaceX in reusing the already-low-cost rocket.

Two innovative general aviation ridesharing services have been shot down by the FAA and an appeals court, grounding “aviation’s Ubers.”

Military engine market remains a challenge, while civil engine business continues record-breaking run.

Near-to-eye display systems available to military pilots will soon be available to the civilian side in a condensed, lower-cost evolution of head-up display technology.

Broadband connectivity to and from the cockpit will unlock the door to weather situational awareness across the air traffic network.

From the commercial-aircraft ramp-up and small-UAV explosion to U.S. defense budget pressures and Europe’s response to Russian aggression, 2016 will be a dynamic year for the aerospace and defense industry.

The Office of Naval Research’s Laser Weapon System Demonstrator will be designed to protect the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51 Flight 2 destroyers from unmanned aircraft and swarming small boats.

Humans remain at the heart of the Pentagon’s evolving strategy to restore U.S. conventional deterrence, but machines will play a key and increasing role from intelligence analysis to combat operations.

Tiny ADS-B for UAVs; better materials, lighter diesels; NASA seeks clean-sheet thinking on 2035 airspace; Basque partners combine additive and subtractive

The technology generating vast quantities of data from new aircraft is well ahead of coherent plans for how to use that information.

A Lufthansa official states final documents were missing both for the engine and for the aircraft.

2016 will see several new narrowbody types enter the field, but the dominant players remain Airbus and Boeing.

A refugee crisis, the threat of terrorism and a militant Russia with anti-NATO rhetoric continue to dominate the strategic picture for European nations.

Development programs for new fighters focus on stealth, while legacy fighters struggle to keep production lines open.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon stand to benefit as worldwide demand for missile defense systems continues to grow.

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SpaceX is celebrating the first successful touchdown on land of an orbital-class booster, the first step toward a potential paradigm shift in easing human access to space.

At least some of the improvements for the T-50 that KAI is developing for the T-X program, notably the inflight-refueling module, should become lasting assets for KAI, and not just for the trainer version of the type.

Pursuit of international sales pits U.S. missile manufacturers against their European rivals, but it is not always a two-way fight—or a definite victory.

Countering UAS, beating brownout, robotic copilots, communication by laser, and building-block satellites are among advances that could make the news in 2016 and beyond.

Will it or won’t it? Odds are favorable that Congress won’t change the basic structure of the FAA with next year’s reauthorization, but privatization will eventually arrive.