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U.S. Pauses Sale of CFM Aircraft Engine to China
2 June 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The U.S. Commerce Department has paused the sale of some American-made aviation equipment to China, including CFM International’s LEAP 1-C engine, which Chinese…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 27 Starlink Satellites from West Coast
2 June 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX closed out May with its 16th Falcon 9 launch of the month. The Saturday afternoon launch from the company’s West Coast launch pad carried 27…
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Trailblazing STEM Educator Amy Medina Jorge Completes Spaceflight on Blue Origin’s NS-32 Mission
31 May 2025
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Clay Mowry: “Congratulations to Amy Medina Jorge on her journey beyond the Kármán line!
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Advanced Air Mobility, AI Crucial Topics Planned for 2025 AIAA AVIATION Forum
30 May 2025
The AIAA AVIATION Forum is the venue to tackle both longstanding challenges from detect-and-avoid – to emerging trends like how…
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FBO Market Expected to Grow to $41.4B by 2031
30 May 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The market for FBOs—the companies that handle services at airports like fueling, hangaring, and aircraft maintenance—is set to grow…
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SpaceX Targeting Record-Breaking 170 Orbital Launches in 2025
30 May 2025
SPACE reports, “SpaceX will end up launching an orbital mission nearly every other day in 2025, if all goes according to plan. “We’re targeting 170 launches by the end of…
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AIAA, CSF, SFA, and SGAC Collaborate to Expand ASCEND 2026 in Washington, D.C.
29 May 2025
AIAA, the Commercial Space Federation (CSF), the Space Force Association (SFA), and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)announced today they are joining forces on an integrated space event, ASCEND 2026, spanning…
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U.S. Suspends Exports of Jet Engine and Semiconductor Technology to China
29 May 2025
The New York Times reports, “The Trump administration has suspended some sales to China of critical U.S. technologies, including those related to jet engines…
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Space Ops: Blue Origin Prepares to Leapfrog SpaceX to the Moon
29 May 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin plans to attempt a lunar landing this year. If successful, the MK1, which is 26 ft. tall and 10 ft. in diameter, would become the largest…
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Hermeus Quarterhorse Demonstrator Makes First Flight
28 May 2025
Aviation Week reports, “High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has successfully flown its remotely piloted Quarterhorse Mk. 1 demonstrator…
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Physicists Record Rocket Launches for Acoustic Insights
28 May 2025
The New York Times reports that physicists who record rocket launches and landings are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.
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Beta Technologies’ CX300 Kicks Off European Tour After Completing Flights Across U.S.
27 May 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “In February and March, Beta Technologies flew its all-electric CX300 production aircraft on a six-week, 25-state, 8,000 nm barnstorm across the U.S…
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SpaceX Says Engine Hardware Failure Caused Starship Flight 8 Mishap
27 May 2025
Space News reports, “The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure…
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Japan’s Skymark Airlines to Purchase Six 737 Max 8s
23 May 2025
Flight Global reports, “Skymark Airlines is to acquire six Boeing 737 Max 8s, in an orderbook top-up for fleet renewal purposes.
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Blue Origin Announces Passengers for 12th Space Tourism Launch
23 May 2025
SPACE reports that Blue Origin has revealed the identities of the six passengers who will fly on the company’s 12th human spaceflight…
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Boeing Increases 737 MAX Production Rate
22 May 2025
Reuters reports, “Boeing expects to stabilize 737 MAX production at 38 airplanes a month over the next couple of months, its Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Quality…
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Scientists Discover New Microbe on China’s Tiangong Space Station
22 May 2025
SPACE reports, “Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China’s Tiangong space station. The new microbe strain…
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Boeing Resumes KC-46 Deliveries to U.S. Air Force After Fixing Cracks
21 May 2025
Air & Space Forces Magazine reports, “Deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force have restarted following a roughly three-month pause imposed after cracks…
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Brand-New SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites to Orbit
21 May 2025
SPACE reports that SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites late Tuesday night (May 20), atop a Falcon 9 rocket that was flying for the first time. Launch took place…
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Air Force Provides First Look at YFQ-42 ‘Fighter Drone’
21 May 2025
The War Zone reports, “We now have our first actual look at General Atomics’ YFQ-42A ‘fighter drone’ prototype. The YFQ-42A, as well as Anduril’s YFQ-44A, are being…
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James Webb Space Telescope Detects Alien Planetary System’s Icy Edge
20 May 2025
SPACE reports, “At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by the James Webb Space Telescope…
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Joby Achieves Testing Milestone with Simultaneous Flight of Two eVTOL Aircraft
20 May 2025
CompositesWorld reports, “Joby Aviation Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif., U.S.) has successfully flown two of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft simultaneously for the first time…
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Venus Aerospace Conducts Landmark 1st Launch with Potentially Revolutionary Rocket Engine
19 May 2025
SPACE reports, “Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace has completed the first-ever test flight of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) in the United States. The launch took…
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Citation CJ4 Gen3 Program Progresses toward Certification with P1 Flight
19 May 2025
Aviation International News reports, “Textron Aviation has completed the first flight of a second Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 test aircraft, marking a key milestone…
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Rocket Lab Electron Rocket Launches Private Japanese Earth-observing Satellite
19 May 2025
SPACE reports, “Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS early Saturday morning…
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Horizon Aircraft Achieves Milestone with X7 eVTOL Forward Flight
16 May 2025
Aerotime reports, “Canadian-based Horizon Aircraft, an advanced aerospace engineering company which is currently developing what will become one…
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Virgin Galactic on Track for Production of New Spaceplanes
16 May 2025
Space News reports, “Virgin Galactic says production of its new suborbital spaceplanes remains on track to allow commercial flights to begin in the middle of next year as…
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AIAA Announces 2025 Regional Student Conference Winners
15 May 2025
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of six of the 2025 Regional Student Conferences. The first-place university student winners in each of the…
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Draft Documents Indicate Pentagon Considering Big Changes to ICBM, Drone Wingmen programs in FY25
15 May 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “Following the passage of a year-long continuing resolution (CR) in March, the Pentagon has considered big changes for marquee Air Force programs…
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SpaceX Tests Raptor Engines That Will Power Next Starship Rocket
15 May 2025
Ars Technica reports, “SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company’s next Starship rocket Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month…
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Air Force Says F-47 to Have 70% Better Combat Radius than F-22
14 May 2025
Defense One reports, “The Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet will fly some 70 percent farther without refueling than today’s F-22s, allowing tankers to stay farther from the fray—a key advantage in a potential Pacific conflict…
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DIU Expands Vendor Pool for ‘Hybrid Space Architecture’ Program
14 May 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added 13 more companies to its pool of contractors developing an ambitious multi-agency effort to create a multi-orbit, public-private satellite…
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Vertical Aerospace Announces Development of Long-Range Hybrid Air-Taxi Variant of its VX4
13 May 2025
Reuters reports, “Vertical Aerospace said on Monday it is developing a long-range hybrid-electric variant of its air-taxi VX4, aiming to expand into commercial markets including defense and logistics. U.S.-listed shares…
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SpaceX Launches Another 26 Starlink Satellites to Orbit
13 May 2025
SPACE reports SpaceX launched its 250th dedicated Starlink mission on Sunday night (April 27), sending 23 of the broadband satellites to low Earth orbit. Liftoff took place “from Florida’s Cape…
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Aurora Flight Sciences Extends sUAS Range with New Upgrades
12 May 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Aurora Flight Sciences has begun production of the latest version of its SKIRON-XGroup 2 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), incorporating upgrades aimed at improving flight performance and operationa…
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Soviet Venus Lander Kosmos 482 Crashes Into Sea After 53 Years in Orbit
12 May 2025
SPACE reports, “A failed Soviet Venus lander’s long space odyssey has come to an end. The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at 2:24 a.m. ET…
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US DOT’s New ATC Plan Aims to Modernize Thousands of Sites
9 May 2025
Aerotime reports, “US Department of Transport (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy has announced a plan to modernize the old US air traffic control system, which includes…
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Sierra Space Marks Third Testing Milestone on Resilient GPS (R-GPS) Technology for USSF
9 May 2025
Inside GNSS reports, “Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime announced today another successful demonstration of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology…
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KC-46 Deliveries on Track to Resume Next Week
8 May 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “Following a suspension of deliveries in late February, the US Air Force is ready to accept new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers…
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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Water Vapor in Distant Planet’s Atmosphere
8 May 2025
SPACE reports, “NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new study…
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Whisper Aero Unveils ‘Collaborative Logistics Aircraft’ Family
7 May 2025
Aviation International News reports, “Whisper Aero, a U.S. start-up developing quiet electric propulsion systems, revealed a family…
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SpaceX Receives FAA Approval to Increase Rate of Starship Launches from Texas
7 May 2025
Reuters reports, “SpaceX received key U.S. regulatory approval on Tuesday to increase the annual rate of Starship rocket launches…
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USMC Receives Extended Range MQ-9A RPAS from General Atomics
6 May 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has delivered an MQ-9A Reaper® Block 5 Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The aircraft was…
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Stratolaunch Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle Exceeds Mach 5 in Two Test Flights
6 May 2025
Space News reports, “The U.S. is re-entering the era of reusable hypersonic flight testing for the first time in more than half a century, using an autonomous drone developed by Stratolaunch. The hypersonic vehicle named Talon A2 exceeded Mach 5…
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V-22 Official Anticipates Return of Normal Osprey Ops by End of 2026
5 May 2025
Defense Daily reports, “The V-22 Joint Program Office manager expects the Ospreys to finally move back to unrestricted flight operations by the end of 2026 once several component changes…
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DARPA Asking Private Industry for Lunar Orbiter Capable of Searching for Water
5 May 2025
SPACE reports, “DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking for a private company to build spacecraft to orbit the moon and search for water. A program…
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Amazon Prime Air Plans First Drone Delivery Service in a Major U.S. City
2 May 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “Less than one month after resuming drone delivery following a voluntary two-month operational hiatus, Amazon’s Prime Air is eyeing its first…
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NASA Astronauts Perform 5th All-Female Spacewalk Outside International Space Station
2 May 2025
AP News reports, “An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on…
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FAA Signals It Will Release Beyond Visual Line of Sight Proposal Soon
1 May 2025
Aviation International News reports, “While continuing a transition with changeover in leadership and new U.S. administration, the FAA is prioritizing activities surrounding advanced air…
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NASA Asking Private Industry for Ideas for Astronaut Rescue Services for Potential Launch or Landing Emergencies
1 May 2025
SPACE reports, “NASA is asking private industry and academia for ideas for new rescue services for its astronauts on Earth…