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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

By Mark Carreau
KBR Wyle will acquire support services for several human health programs managed primarily at JSC, including the Artemis lunar initiative.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Indian space data company Pixxel is leading a local consortium to develop and deploy a hyperspectral Earth observation satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Vertical lift specialist Piasecki Aircraft plans to develop a larger-capacity version of the Kargo UAV.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore says it has dropped plans to establish a permanent Boeing F-15SG detachment in Guam following a U.S. disclosure that the basing would not proceed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is poised to join SpaceX’s Falcon fleet in launching the country’s highest priority national security space missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The joint venture World Mobile Stratospheric is to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity from the stratosphere.
Connected Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
The synthetic aperture radar manufacturer plans to start selling components including spacecraft power, control, communications and deployment systems.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:35 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS carrying 24 satellites, built, owned and operated by Amazon.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Pilot training for the Indonesian Air Force’s Dassault Rafale will enter its final, hands-on phase on Aug. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion