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SpaceX’s 7th Starship Test Launch Prompts FAA Investigation
21 January 2025
Via Satellite reports, “SpaceX’s dramatic Starship test on Thursday afternoon has triggered a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mishap investigation after debris…
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Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast: AIAA’s SciTech Forum Teases Hydrogen Cycles And Gulled Wings
17 January 2025
In a recent podcast, “Aviation Week editors Graham Warwick and Guy Norris discuss some of the breakthrough technologies and advanced concepts to emerge at this year’s AIAA SciTech Forum in Florida.
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Boeing Resumes 777X Test Flights
17 January 2025
Reuters reports, “Boeing resumed testing for its long-delayed 777X widebody jet on Thursday, with the first flight since…
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SpaceX Starship Rocket Is Lost During 7th Test Launch, Causing Debris to Fall
17 January 2025
The New York Times reports, “The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket failed on Thursday as…
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AIAA Statement on Blue Origin New Glenn Test Flight
16 January 2025
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Clay Mowry: “Congratulations to the Blue Origin team! Today’s New Glenn test flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station marks…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Launches on its Inaugural Flight
16 January 2025
Scientific American reports, “A few minutes after 2:00 A.M. EST, a hulking, 320-foot-tall rocket slipped its tethers at the Cape Canaveral…
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Volatus Aerospace Launches “Surveillance as a Service” UAV Solution
16 January 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Volatus Aerospace Inc. has launched its new ‘Surveillance as a Service’ solution, aiming to deliver…
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AIAA Announces 2025 Premier Award Winners
16 January 2025
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the AIAA Premier Awards, recognizing the most influential and inspiring individuals in aerospace whose outstanding contributions merit the highest accolades.
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Saab Providing Drone Swarming Capability for Sweden’s Armed Forces
15 January 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Sweden’s armed forces have revealed a secret drone swarming program using software…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Private Moon Landers at Once
15 January 2025
The New York Times reports, “A space twofer took place early Wednesday morning — two lunar missions for the price of one rocket…
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FAA Introduces Downwash Caution Area for Vertiports
14 January 2025
Aviation Week reports “When the FAA released draft updated engineering guidelines for vertiports in September 2024, it introduced the requirement…
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SpaceX Launches Another 21 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral
14 January 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX kicked off a busy launch week that features flights from all four of its launch pads between California, Florida and Texas.
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The ‘Golden Age’ of AI and Autonomy
13 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – In the future artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems will transform how people and assets are tracked, whether on Earth or in space, noted speakers on an AIAA SciTech Forum plenary on AI and Autonomy last Thursday, 9 January.
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Latest Boom Supersonic Test Paves Way for 1st Mach 1 Flight
13 January 2025
Aerotime reports Boom Supersonic is “determining whether a 12th test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator is needed before its first attempt at breaking the speed…
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Blue Origin Scrubs Debut Launch of its New Glenn Rocket
13 January 2025
The New York Times reports, “There’s a new rocket that’s never flown waiting on a launchpad in Florida. It’s called New Glenn and it’s going…
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Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Advanced Propulsion Tech Will Help Industry Achieve Net Zero Goals by 2050
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – An expert panel composed of three top aviation original equipment manufacturers (OEM), NASA, and the U.S. Department of Energy tackled how propulsion technology will drive the industry to achieve…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Launch Delayed Until 12 January
10 January 2025
The Guardian reports Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch is delayed until at least 12 January due to conditions in the Atlantic, where the booster is slated to land.
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Celebrating Diverse Voices in Aerospace at AIAA SciTech Forum
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – On the final evening of the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, female aerospace leaders, students, and allies gathered for an engaging discussion on the unique experience of women in aerospace…
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Airline Industry Revenue to Reach $1 Trillion in 2025 Per Avolon Report
10 January 2025
Aerotime reports, “Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon has published a new market outlook report, predicting that the global airline industry will reach US$1 trillion in revenue…
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Aerospace America: U.S. Air Force Electrified Aircraft Program Gets Help From Congress on Tech Transition Goal
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, “The director of the division that runs the U.S. Air Force program to research emerging electric aircraft, AFWERX Agility Prime, is eager to see one or more…
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Aerospace America: Bringing Home a Piece of Space History
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, “Authors of a technical paper at the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum describe how Vanguard 1, the second U.S. satellite, could be…
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Lockheed Martin Delivers 110 F-35s in 2024
9 January 2025
Reuters reports, “Lockheed Martin delivered a total of 110 F-35 fighter jets to the United States and its allies in 2024, the Bethesda…
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Space Force’s Secretive X-37B Space Plane Surpasses 1 Year in Orbit
9 January 2025
SPACE reports, “In case you forgot it was still up there. That U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has silently slipped past one-year…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 21 More Starlink Satellites from Kennedy Space Center
9 January 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX sent its latest batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Monday late afternoon. Among the 21 V2 Mini satellites…
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ORNL: Troubleshooting Turbulence – the Next ‘Killer App’ for Exascale Supercomputing?
9 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – The aerospace community got a rare look at the capabilities and processing might of the world’s first exascale supercomputer during a plenary session at 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum.
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The Next Generation of Spacesuits Being Designed Digitally
9 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – During her astronaut career flying on five Space Shuttle missions, Professor Bonnie J. Dunbar recalls the challenges of ill-fitting EVA “modular, mix-and-match” spacesuits. Ironically, it was during training…
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Vertical Performs Piloted Thrustborne eVTOL Flight Test
8 January 2025
Aerotime reports, “UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become…
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NASA Underscores Role of Moon as Testbed for Future Human Mars Missions
8 January 2025
Space News reports, “NASA engineers working on the agency’s architecture for human Mars missions said during a panel at the AIAA SciTech Forum … that they were skeptical crewed missions…
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USAF Science & Technology Chief: New Urgency to Embrace Digital Transformation to Strengthen the Force’s Resiliency and Ability to Compete Against Near-Peer Rivals
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – The ability to field critical capabilities in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has never been more urgent, a senior Air Force official told AIAA SciTech…
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NASA Calls for Continuous American ‘Heartbeat’ in LEO
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – When NASA retires the International Space Station by the end of 2031, the space agency intends for the United States to not just have capability in microgravity, but to have a continuous “heartbeat” in low Earth orbit…
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AFRL Digital Transformation Champion Urges People to Embrace, Not Fear AI
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – If Alexis Bonnell had her way, every person would embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) fearlessly as a tool that gives them back “minutes for their mission” and enables them to “tackle the toil” of mundane work tasks.
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Aerospace America: Advanced Air Mobility Founders Show Trust in their Technology
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, “The ultimate vote of confidence in the design of an electrified aircraft could be when the founder climbs aboard the craft and goes airborne. The leaders of developers of two such…
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Kratos to Develop Hypersonic Testing Capabilities for Pentagon
7 January 2025
Space News reports, “Defense contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $1.45 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop testing capabilities for hypersonic weapons…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches on First Dedicated Starlink Mission of 2025
7 January 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX completed its first Starlink mission of the year on the first Monday of 2025.
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Hypersonics Chief Details Journey of Building the World’s Most Speed-Defying Aircraft
7 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla.– Kevin Bowcutt has spent over four decades advancing the field of hypersonic flight, notable for achieving speeds greater than five times the speed of sound, or faster than Mach 5. As this year’s recipient of the AIAA Durand Lectureship…
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Tackling the Big Questions
7 January 2025
‘We must continue to do the really hard things,’ said JPL’s Director in the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum’s opening plenary session By Anne Wainscott-Sargent, AIAA Communications Team ORLANDO, Fla.– The 10th and only female director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) opened the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum Monday, highlighting the hard questions that JPL answers in its unique
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U.S. Marine Corps Still Targeting 2030 to Replace Aging F/A-18 Hornets
6 January 2025
Defense One reports, “While Marines wait for new F-35s, officials say recent delivery delays haven’t altered their goal to fully switch to the fifth-generation stealth fighter…
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U.S. Rocket Launchpads Expecting Record Demand
6 January 2025
The Wall Street Journal reports, “SpaceX and other rocket companies are planning to increase flights in the years ahead as they ferry their own satellites or payloads for other customers…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Record-Breaking Approach to the Sun, Sends Back 1st Detailed Update
3 January 2025
SPACE reports, “NASA’s Parker Solar Probe sent home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
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FAA’s Enhanced Oversight of Boeing to Continue “Indefinitely”
3 January 2025
Reuters reports, “The Federal Aviation Administration’s tougher oversight of Boeing will continue indefinitely, the agency’s outgoing head…
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Florida’s Space Coast Breaks Launch Year Record with 93 Launches
2 January 2025
Space News reports, “Florida’s Space Coast capped off a record-breaking year with 93 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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China Unveils New Advanced Combat Aircraft
2 January 2025
Aviation Week reports, “New Chinese combat aircraft broke cover in a flood of social media photos and videos on Dec. 26 showing them in flight…
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Post-Strike, Boeing Focusing on Production Output
20 December 2024
Aviation Week reports, “New fuselages moving into the first Boeing 737 MAX final assembly line positions Dec. 6 signaled day-to-day work on the company’s most important product was back…
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Rocket Lab to Launch a Private Earth-imaging Satellite This Morning
20 December 2024
SPACE reports, “Rocket Lab plans to launch an Earth-observing radar satellite this morning (Dec. 20).
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NASA Postpones Return of Boeing Starliner Crew Until March
19 December 2024
The Washington Post reports, “The two Boeing Starliner astronauts kept unexpectedly on the International Space Station since June have had their stay extended…
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Airbus A321XLR GTF Engine Receives FAA Certification
19 December 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “Pratt & Whitney has received FAA certification for the GTF engine that will power the Airbus A321XLR. According to a Monday news release…
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Joby Aviation Completes FAA Aerostructure Tests
18 December 2024
Aerotime reports, “Joby Aviation has completed a series of major aerostructure tests to gain certification approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In a press release published on December 17, 2024, the company announced it has completed static load tests on the tail structure of its electric air taxi. These are the first major aerostructure tests done
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SpaceX Conducts Third Falcon 9 Launch in Less Than 24 Hours
18 December 2024
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 launch in less than 24 hours with a launch for one of its…
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Stratolaunch TA-2 Set to Make First Reusable Test Flight
17 December 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Stratolaunch is recycling for another attempt at the first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed after aborting a mission off California…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Expedited GPS Mission for U.S. Space Force
17 December 2024
Spaceflight Now reports, “The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Space Operations Command (SpOC) shifted the GPS 3…