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By Mark Carreau
Two pioneering commercial lunar landers, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 and Japan's ispace's Resilience, successfully launched early Jan. 15.
Operations & Safety

By Ben Goldstein
The acquisition of Ferrovial Vertiports, announced Jan. 8, came after a pivot by Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial away from the vertiport business in late 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The El Segundo, California-based company’s W-2 capsule carries a spectrometer from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
After waiting out high seas downrange of its Cape Canaveral SFS launch site, Blue Origin fueled the two-stage rocket late Jan. 12.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The overall deal revives a longstanding defense partnership with Brazil’s neighbor.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Skyryse has a partnership with Ace Aeronautics, a reseller of former military Black Hawks, to equip the helicopters with the SkyOS automated flight system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Jan. 14 announcement did not identify the vehicle, but it is likely the Kratos Erinyes hypersonic glider.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer turned Fox News host, has turned into one of the more controversial nominations by Trump ahead of next week’s inauguration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The system, developed over the past year, is designed for sub-25-kg (55.1 lb.) uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The testbed and training center will be in the Spokane-Coeur D’Alene region of Washington State.
Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Aviation sustainability investor SkiesFifty has agreed to acquire 200,000 tons of marine-based CO2 removals from Gigablue.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
German police have opened a probe related to drone sightings over the military aircraft development and test facility in Manching and Neuburg AB.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Andrew Clare has taken over as CEO from co-founder Dave Merrill.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has had to incur significant delays on some of its flights across the Indian Ocean due to the re-entry of SpaceX rocket launches in the area.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Thai government has endorsed the Royal Thai Air Force's selection of the Saab Gripen E/F to replace its aging Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The MOD is asking industry for ideas to field a low-observable vessel for Ukraine that could be used to strike targets at a range of up to 100 km (62 mi.).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) is calling for the U.S. to act with greater urgency to field uncrewed systems to make up ground lost to competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Major U.S. defense contractors are reportedly in talks with the owner of a large mine in Greenland to source critical minerals, Reuters said in a Jan. 9 report.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Starlab Space is a U.S.-based joint venture between Airbus and Voyager Space, a Denver-based space station, robotics and satellite development startup.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Members of the UK Parliamentary Defense Select Committee say the project will need to avoid the mistakes made by previous programs such as the Eurofighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The introduction of the downwash caution area (DCA) was the result of flight surveys of multiple prototype eVTOL aircraft for the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is planned for Jan. 15 at 1:11 a.m. EST.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
The leader of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force in 25 years will have some new tools.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The next generation of single-aisle airliners will depend on very high bypass propulsion systems with much larger fan diameters than those in service today.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
A key theme throughout the 22-page report is that the Air Force is increasingly vulnerable to long-range precision attack.
Budget, Policy & Operations