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By Vivienne Machi
The Vulcan rocket's national security space launch debut orbited the U.S. military's first on-orbit experiment for position, navigation and timing in nearly five decades.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies of Japan says it has signed five customers for its first Zero rocket launch, anticipated in 2027.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA is commissioning 30-day studies to assess using emerging commercial space technology to reboost the decaying orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Two aspiring Canadian space companies have set a schedule for a first orbital launch attempt in the third quarter of 2028 from a spaceport in Nova Scotia.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Ursa Major and BAE Systems have completed static fires of the extended-range APKWS variant.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The testing is part of the evaluation of the spacesuit's performance for the Artemis III mission, the first post-Apollo Moon landing with astronauts, currently planned for mid-2027.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
The MDA has released a solicitation for a new southern-facing radar to be operational within three years to support the Golden Dome for America missile shield.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Ariane 62 rocket placed the Metop-SG-A1 satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of around 800 km (500 mi) about 64 min after liftoff.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Poland will spend $3.8 billion to upgrade its Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet to the Block 72 configuration, government officials have declared.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis has shed further light on the company’s work to turn the Iron Beam ground-based counter-drone laser system into an airborne application.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin will offer a variant of its Blue Ring in-space platform to serve as a Mars telecommunications orbiter for NASA.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Switzerland says it is working to define a new strategic plan for local space company Beyond Gravity after parliament decided not to seek to privatize it.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Arianespace completed the second commercial Ariane 6 flight to deploy the first of Europe's next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket on Aug. 12.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX expects its Starship launcher to break the company's previous rideshare launch record of 143 spacecraft when it begins flying such missions.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Global Technical Systems unveiled the unnamed missile in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Aerial firefighting specialist Neptune Aviation Services is advancing its development plan for a next-generation air tanker based on the Airbus A319.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Belgian startup EDGX plans an orbital demonstration of an “edge AI computer for satellites” in 2026 in partnership with NVIDIA.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force faces a looming question with its plan to retire the E-3 AWACS and cancel the E-7 Wedgetail.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is finalizing plans to buy a new medium-altitude uncrewed aerial system as it phases out its older MQ-1C Gray Eagle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Even though the U.S. Army canceled the FTUAS program of record, the appetite remains to quickly field a similar system at the brigade level.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Castings and forgings have once again been fingered as the key limit on future large commercial and military aircraft build-rates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
NASA has initiated the second phase of a competition to recycle large quantities of trash during future long-duration human deep-space exploration missions.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
Latvia says Russia is interfering with global navigation satellite systems from three sites, impacting flight navigation and airport operations in the region.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The first serial production-representative AW09 single-engine light rotorcraft, codenamed S6, took to the air on Aug. 8 from Leonardo’s Vergiate manufacturing facility near Milan.
Aircraft & Propulsion