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By Robert Wall
Panama has finalized its deal to start operating Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
When non-CO2 effects are taken into consideration, the maximum lifecycle reduction in emissions possible with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is less than 50%.
Emerging Technologies

By Jeremy Kariuki
Four Michigan-based FBOs have received electric aircraft charging infrastructure through a partnership between Avflight and Beta Technologies.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Robert Wall
Bird Aerosystems has secured a first batch of orders to bring a laser-based directed infrared countermeasures self-protection system to smaller aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish industry is working on two missiles very similar to the MBDA Meteor. Now it seems we may finally know part of the reason why.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government has opted to forgo key features in its Hermes 900 UAS because of repeated development delays.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France says it has ordered a counter-drone laser system as a demonstrator with an eye on potentially fielding a system around 2030.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
China has unveiled its latest nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal, featuring a new variant of the liquid-fueled DF-5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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News in brief.
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RAYTHEON gets MRIC production award... URSA MAJOR prepares for production scale-up... TRIVE CAPITAL forms advanced materials subsidiary...
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By Matthew Fulco
Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has launched an advanced materials provider, Canopy Aerospace & Defense.
Supply Chain

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Planned investments for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) include several key procurements across the domains of air mobility, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), training, air combat capability, and unmanned systems.
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By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control received its biggest contract in the segment’s history, a $9.8 billion award from the U.S. Army.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
A U.S. Senate panel heard adamant testimony Sept. 3 from several space veterans who urged Congress to ensure the U.S. does not fall behind China.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is racing to deploy a batch of National Security Space Launch missions before the end of the year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has concluded exercises with the U.S. Air Force in which it used an automated Cessna Caravan to fly thousands of miles over the Pacific and Hawaii.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The successor of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier will embark radically different aircraft, including UAS, the naval chief of staff says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
A rideshare payload launching on an upcoming rocket is due to be the first spacecraft to continuously monitor the space weather environment for solar storms.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
AeroVironment announced Sept. 3 that it has delivered two prototype counter-drone laser weapon systems to the U.S. Army.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The People’s Liberation Army unveiled two previously unseen UCAVs and two CCAs during the Sept. 3 Victory Day parade in Beijing
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China unveiled a new generation of anti-surface and long-range strike weapons at its Victory Day parade, underscoring its growing area-denial capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
In an executive order, Trump adds NASA employees—53% of which are union members—to a growing list of federal workers exempt from collective bargaining rights.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Craig Caffrey
Last week NATO released its official statistics for alliance member defense spending covering the period up to 2025, which made for interesting reading.
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