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By Thierry Dubois
Sonaca's takeover of Aciturri has created a third large European aerostructures firm in an industry that has been blamed for contributing to delays in commercial aircraft production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The chairman of the FCC wants to streamline the licensing process for satellite and Earth station applications to help businesses.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The Planetary Society is opposing significant proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Arrays Labs has won a contract from Office of Naval Research to study the feasibility of using its formation-flying radar satellites to conduct AMTI missions.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government now is keeping options open for making a final decision on the fate of completing a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Firefly Aerospace will pay $855 million to acquire defense technology company SciTec, the Texas-based startup said on Oct 5.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine remains committed to producing offensive ballistic missiles for sustained attacks on targets deep behind the Russian front lines, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 6.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Geopolitical tensions are intensifying the frequency of the losses of reliable GPS signal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The UK wants to demonstrate operations of a turbine-powered, fixed-wing, short takeoff and landing autonomous collaborative platform from a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea has unveiled a new variant of its Hwasong-11 short-range tactical ballistic missile, this time equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Sweden has formally placed its order for the Embraer C-390, becoming the sixth European nation to commit to the airlifter.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
As flight testing progresses to larger sizes, Sikorsky has renamed its Rotor Blown Wing family of vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft the Nomad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky expects the award for the 11th, and likely final, UH-60 Black Hawk order from the U.S. Army in late 2026 as the service reviews aviation plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has assigned five future missions to SpaceX and two missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin, foresees gigawatt data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has withdrawn its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAS from service, with missions taken over by the new MQ-9B Protector.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
India’s air force chief has expressed optimism that domestic industry will be able to deliver a new-generation indigenous combat aircraft in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is pressing to field a next-generation aerial refueling system by as soon as 2036, to justify production extension of the Boeing KC-46.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission has down-to-earth themes: "crawl, walk, run" and "know as you go."
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The UK defense ministry says it will invest in technology to detect lasers being aimed at spacecraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Taiwan is gearing up to launch the first elements of a high-resolution Earth imaging system next month as it works to burnish its homegrown technology.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government has asked its Armasuisse defense procurement agency to launch a process to field counter-uncrewed air systems following field trials this summer.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies is looking to return to the launchpad next year after the first attempt at an orbit flight failed.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Thales and Hensoldt are ramping up output of key sensor equipment to keep pace with surging demand.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), crews already operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations.
Space Exploration