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By Robert Wall
The UK has opened a fraud probe into Thales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Embraer has signed agreements with Dutch companies to support the country’s acquisition of C-390 Millennium airlifters.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab will work to enhance the safety, security and reliability of a cislunar comms and navigation network.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
Work is underway on a European-funded research and development effort to help protect aircraft systems from cyberattacks.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Romania has become the latest European country to sign for the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The reveal of the Oreshnik indirectly refutes a Ukrainian government claim that the strike involved an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Both of France’s space defense demonstration programs, Yoda and Toutatis, are making progress in hardware development but a launch period is hard to predict.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK Defense Secretary John Healey says the British government is fully committed to the Global Combat Air Program despite the upcoming Strategic Defense Review.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-29 resupply capsule was on course for a Nov. 23 docking with the ISS, following a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency and its counterpart Japan Aeropace Exploration Agency are moving to strengthen ties in lunar and asteroid exploration.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency and ArianeGroup have signed an agreement for around €230 million ($242 million) in additional funding for a reusable rocket program.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel Aerospace Industries' order backlog swelled to $25 billion at the end of September, while sales showed a growing reliance on demand at home.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The five aircraft are part of a 12-aircraft deal that was made in 2021 under the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The new company, SNC AUS, will be based at Lot Fourteen, South Australia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Lockheed Martin will partner with a group led by Finish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite supplier Iceye.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Startup Inversion has raised a $44 million in a Series A round to fund development of a reentry capsule that could carry payloads on orbits around Earth.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Red Cat Holdings has won a contract to deliver thousands of small quadcopters for the U.S. Army’s Tranche 2 of the Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The incoming second presidential administration of Donald Trump may look to increase spending on nuclear efforts by expanding programs of record.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX passed on trying to bring the Super Heavy booster that launched a Starship spacecraft Nov. 19 back to its launch tower, due to a communications glitch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
In combination, the ACT and ORIENT programs are addressing underlying challenges with operating thousands of autonomous systems across all domains.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwanese manufacturers in SpaceX’s supply chain are shifting some satellite component production to Southeast Asia, driven by business and geopolitics.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Canada’s SkyAlyne consortium has ordered Grob G120TP turboprop training aircraft to support the Royal Canadian Air Force Future Aircrew Training program.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The companies developing the Praetorian self-defense suite for the Eurofighter Typhoon have begun development work for a new-generation system for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion