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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.

The ministry of defense said the Rocket Force launched an ICBM carrying a dummy warhead on Sept. 25 at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time.

The threats to space systems from directed energy weapons is going to grow, the head of U.S. Space Command warns.

Chinese and Russia anti-satellite capabilities are driving Western militaries to pursue better situational awareness and countermeasures.

The Mineral Security Partnership will provide targeted financial and diplomatic support for strategic projects along the value chain, the U.S. State Department said.

The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, a Royal Air Force official says.

Zhuhai-based Vertaxi was founded in April 2021 by two members of the team that developed China’s Comac C919 narrowbody airliner.

Chinese space launcher startup Deep Blue Aerospace suffered a landing failure in the latest test of its Nebula-1 when the engine cut off prematurely.

The SATS and China-based Sinotrans Air Freight link-up will potentially see the pair set up gateway hubs for Sinoair in Belgium, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry says the unit was established Feb. 1, but its existence was not revealed until Sept. 18.

Chinese company Zhongce Beifang Science and Technology is presenting a range of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to Indonesia, including its LM-10 loitering munition.

The UK should consider acquiring U.S.-developed hypersonic weapons until it can fully resource nationally developed weapons, a think tank says.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With radio frequency interference now routine for commercial airlines, more is at stake than redundancy, a cornerstone of aviation safety built over decades.

Naval vessels rescued the pilot after he ejected.

The oil and refining industry should prepare for when China imposes policies on sustainable aviation and signs up for CORSIA, Shell Aviation's president says.

The Pentagon has awarded $4.2 million to a Nebraska-based company to develop the domestic supply chain of terbium.

Boeing plans to launch its Q4S satellite in 2026 to demonstrate quantum entanglement swapping.

The company has also detailed a three-step product strategy.

The facility is located in Sumter, South Carolina, and operated by Ara’s portfolio company e-VAC (VAC).

It was the spacecraft’s third successful mission, clocking a total of about 545 days.

Korean Air is adding more routes and frequencies to China and Japan, another sign that demand is improving in these two key markets.

China’s AeroHT, a subsidiary of electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, has publicly debuted its Land Aircraft Carrier, but slipped first deliveries of the combination ground-air vehicle into 2026.

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced in mid-August that it would implement curbs on the export of antimony.