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Against the backdrop of efforts to reduce aviation CO2 emissions, the impact of contrails and other non-CO2 effects is increasingly in focus.

After years of talking about collective defense, the EU wants to make 2025 the year it really advances efforts to boost the region’s military capacity.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Passengers are increasingly accepting the use of facial recognition and other biometrics at airport touchpoints.

The European Union (EU) should take a “big bang” approach to meeting defense capability needs, says Andrius Kubilius, the bloc’s Defense and Space commissioner.

The European Commission says Korean Air has sufficiently addressed competition concerns related to the carrier’s proposed takeover of Asiana Airlines.

Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.

Airlines are desperate to get their hands on hard-to-get sustainable aviation fuels. Now criminals are trying to cash in on the supply-demand imbalance.

The Air Transport Action Group and Arab Air Carriers Association are both keen to see a global book-and-claim system for sustainable aviation fuels.

The CARD report calls on members states to cooperate further.

As e-fuels shift to early production, what are the hidden barriers beyond finance?

The EU expects to explore the possibility of fostering homegrown responsive space options, though it has not settled on how it might pursue such a path.

The EU has approved funding to support member state efforts to buy more defense equipment collectively, including Diehl IRIS-T and MBDA Mistral systems.

The European Union as taken the first of two procedural steps to move forward with its proposed sovereign satellite communications constellation.

A new Eurocontrol Think Paper analyzes the feasibility of long-haul flights relying on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and decarbonizing.

From project financing to launcher and exploration initiatives, the region is devising an agenda to stay in the global space race.

Typical Level 1 applications could include flight control law optimization, sensor calibration, fuel tank quantity evaluation and icing detection.

The EU's first commissioner for defense and space wants closer alignment between the two activities, and has also signaled a willingness to shake up Europe’s approach to launchers.

Airlines for Europe members want European Commission support for decarbonization and are frustrated by the faltering of airspace reforms.

Business jets can create long-lasting contrails, but their altitude capability offers a solution.

PLD Space’s ambitious vision injects a sense of entrepreneurial spirit into Europe’s space programs as the region worries about its global competitiveness.

The Racer is currently in maintenance after its first 8 hr. of flight testing, during which it achieved speeds of 227 kt. in June after just seven flights.

The EU has been urged to consider jump-starting a new Earth observation project in the face of fresh competition in the sector from SpaceX’s Starshield program.

The EU effort to create a sovereign satellite communications network, known as IRIS², should be unaffected by the exit of Thierry Breton from the EC, program backers say.

Following the appointment of the EU's first Commissioner for Defense and Space, a European Commission official has laid out key areas that Andrius Kubilius will focus on.