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Mississippi State University Testing Aurora’s Tactical eVTOL Drone to Aid First Responders
29 September 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Researchers at Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory are flying…
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Blue Origin to Grow New Shepard Fleet
29 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin is developing three new suborbital New Shepard launch systems and mulling expanding flight services beyond…
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B-21 Flight Test Pace Speeds Up as USAF, Northrop Plan to Increase Production
26 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The second B-21 flight test aircraft has already flown a second time since its delivery sortie from Northrop Grumman…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Constellation Reaches 129 Satellites with ULA Launch
26 September 2025
Via Satellite reports, “Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation reaches 129 satellites after United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched another batch on…
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Belgian Air Force’s First MQ-9B Performs Debut Flight
26 September 2025
Defense Daily reports, “The first of four General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones ordered by the Belgian Air Force arrived at Florennes Air Base…
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Boeing Delivers First of Two 777 Jets to China’s Suparna Airlines
25 September 2025
Reuters reports, “Boeing delivered on Wednesday the first of two 777 freighters ordered by China’s Suparna Airlines, the U.S. plane…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 28 Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral
25 September 2025
Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 10-15 mission came a day after SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft to study the effects of…
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Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Achieves 7,000-foot Milestone
24 September 2025
Military Aerospace reports, “Archer Aviation Inc. in Salinas, Calif., announced that its Midnight aircraft completed its highest altitude…
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SpaceX Performs Starship Static Fire Test Ahead of 11th Test Flight
24 September 2025
SPACE reports SpaceX performed a full-duration static fire test with its latest Starship spacecraft recently to help gear up…
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US Air Force Chief Says F-47 is Being Built and Will Make First Flight in 2028
23 September 2025
Defense News reports, “The Air Force’s first F-47 fighter is now being built by Boeing, and the advanced jet is expected to…
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Firefly Aerospace Anticipates Resumption of Alpha Launches Soon
23 September 2025
Space News reports, “Firefly Aerospace expects to resume Alpha launches in the ‘coming weeks,’ with two flights planned before the end of the year. The company shared details of its return-to-flight…
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works Unveils Vectis Stealth Drone
22 September 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works advanced development arm has unveiled a new project…
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Blue Origin to Land NASA’s Ice-hunting VIPER Rover on Moon in 2027
22 September 2025
SPACE reports, “VIPER has officially come back from the dead. The NASA moon robot, whose name is short for ‘Volatiles Investigating Polar…
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NASA Invites Students to Submit Proposals to Fix Aviation Maintenance
22 September 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “U.S. college students have the opportunity to score NASA internships by sharing ideas for aviation maintenance technologies.
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Uber Partners with Flytrex On Food Delivery by Drone
19 September 2025
CBS News reports, “Your next Uber Eats order could get delivered to you via drone. Uber Technologies announced Thursday it is partnering with Flytrex…
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Cargo Capsule Arrives at ISS a Day Late After Engine Issue
19 September 2025
AP News reports, “A supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after a day’s delay due to a premature engine…
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DoD Validates Kraus Hamdani Aerospace’s K1000ULE UAS for Defense and Commercial Use
18 September 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Kraus Hamdani Aerospace’s fully electric, long-endurance K1000ULE UAS has been added to…
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Northrop Grumman Delays Supply Delivery to ISS Due to Engine Trouble
18 September 2025
AP News reports, “A newly launched supply ship has run into engine trouble that is preventing it from reaching the International Space Station.
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NASA’s X-59 Demonstrator Gearing Up for Flight-Test Phase
17 September 2025
Aerotime reports, “NASA says the futuristic-looking X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is closing in on its first…
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Former Shuttle Commander Pam Melroy Joins Venus Aerospace After Groundbreaking RDRE Flight
17 September 2025
SPACE reports former NASA deputy chief and shuttle commander Pam Melroy has joined Venus Aerospace’s board after its groundbreaking RDRE…
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GA-ASI and Aerovironment Validate Large UAS as Motherships with Switchblade 600 Test
16 September 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports GA-ASI and AeroVironment completed a milestone test by launching a Switchblade 600 from…
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Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Rocket Cleared to Fly Again
16 September 2025
SPACE reports, “The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Firefly Aerospace to resume launches of its Alpha…
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First Jetson One Delivered to Tech Founder, Achieving Milestone for Personal Aviation
15 September 2025
Aerotime reports, “The Jetson One, a single-seat electric quadcopter, has been delivered to Oculus and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey in…
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SpaceX Launches Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL on its First Mission
15 September 2025
SPACE reports, “SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman’s new “Cygnus XL” cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station…
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Beta’s All-electric Alia Aircraft Performs Intercity Test Flight in Norway for First Time
12 September 2025
Aerospace Testing International reports, “Beta’s Alia electric aircraft flew a route between Stavanger and Bergen in Norway for the first time…
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Study Suggests Solar Flares Are Far Hotter Than Thought
12 September 2025
SPACE reports new research shows that solar flares are “six times hotter than earlier estimates” and calls for updated sun models that…
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Second B-21 Flies for First Time as Air Force Looks to Expand Testing
12 September 2025
Defense News reports the service hopes having two B-21s at Edwards Air Force Base will allow it to begin testing the bomber’s “weapons integration…
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Parallel Flight Technologies to Develop Maritime-Capable Firefly Heavy-Lift UAS for Office of Naval Research
11 September 2025
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Parallel Flight Technologies has received a $3.74 million ONR Sequential Phase II SBIR contract to adapt…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Space Development Agency’s First Operational Satellites
11 September 2025
Defense News reports, “The Space Development Agency launched its initial batch of operational satellites on Wednesday, kicking off a 10-month campaign to deliver…
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Air Taxis at Major Airports a Step Closer to Reality
10 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “The prospect of flying premium passengers direct to airport terminals in clean, quiet electric air taxis has moved a step closer…
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SpaceX Aims to Launch NASA’s IMAP Mission to Map Boundaries of Our Solar System on Sept. 23
10 September 2025
SPACE reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on Sept. 23 will send three spacecraft a million miles from Earth to map the heliosphere and expand…
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First US Navy E-130J Phoenix II Command Aircraft Rolls Out
9 September 2025
FlightGlobal reports the first airframe for the US Navy’s new E-130J Phoenix II strategic airborne command post “has rolled off the production line…
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Juno Spacecraft Discovers Auroral ‘Footprints’ of Jupiter’s Moon Callisto
9 September 2025
SPACE reports, “In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly detected…
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Boeing and Royal Australian Air Force Prove “Operational Viability” of MQ-28
8 September 2025
Defense Daily reports, “Boeing [BA] last Friday said it and the Royal Australian Air Force have proven the ‘operational viability’ of the MQ-28…
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SpaceX Marks 2,000 Starlink Satellites Deployed in 2025
8 September 2025
Spaceflight Now reports the Starlink 17-9 mission added another 24 broadband satellites to its low Earth orbit constellation…
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US Air Force’s New ‘Doomsday Plane’ Begins Flight Tests
5 September 2025
Defense News reports, “The Air Force and aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp. have started flight tests on the service’s next-generation ‘doomsday…
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Cargo Dragon Completes First “Boost Kit” Maneuver to Help Maintain Space Station’s Altitude
5 September 2025
Aviation Week reports, “NASA’s 33rd SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS has completed its first “boost kit” propulsion maneuver…
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Joby Conducts Successful Demonstration of its Superpilot Autonomous Flight Technology
4 September 2025
Military Aerospace reports Joby Aviation Inc. “announced a first-of-its-kind demonstration of its autonomous flight…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 28 More Starlink Satellites into Orbit from Cape Canaveral
4 September 2025
SPACE reports a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday morning, Sep. 3…
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US Army Apache Helicopters Show Counter-UAS Capabilities
3 September 2025
Aerotime reports the US Army demonstrated the AH-64E Apache’s ability to detect, track, and defeat drone…
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Space Command Headquarters to Move from Colorado to Alabama
3 September 2025
CBS News reports, “President Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Space Command headquarters is moving…
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Electric Air Taxis Expected to Reach Operational Scale by 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
2 September 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The FAA’s Innovate28 blueprint forecasts 2028 as the year electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis reach operational scale…
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SpaceX Launches 1,900th Starlink Satellite to Orbit in 2025
2 September 2025
Spaceflight Now reports SpaceX continued its blistering pace of orbital launches with its ninth and final Starlink launch of August. Liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket “from Space Launch…
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Aviation Week Shares Rendering of New Boeing F/A-XX That Has Similarities to F-47
29 August 2025
Aviation Week reports, “A new rendering of Boeing’s proposed F/A-XX design provided to Aviation Week indicates the company…
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Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 3 Opens in Virginia
29 August 2025
Via Satellite reports, “Rocket Lab hosted the opening of its Launch Complex 3 in Virginia on Thursday. The site at the Mid-Atlantic…
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General Atomics’ YFQ-42A Performs First Flight Test
28 August 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Flight testing for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) began Aug. 27, with the General…
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SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight After Previous Launch Setbacks
28 August 2025
The New York Times reports, “After several disappointing failures, SpaceX’s Starship — the mammoth rocket that Elon Musk hopes…
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RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Awarded Contract for Production of F135 Engines
27 August 2025
Reuters reports, “Pratt & Whitney unit has been awarded a $2.8 billion modified contract for the production…
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SpaceX Launches NAOS and 7 Other Rideshare Satellites from Vandenberg
27 August 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched its 37th Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space…
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Korean Air Announces Largest-ever Boeing Jet Order
26 August 2025
Reuters reports, “Korean Air announced a $50 billion order on Monday for 103 Boeing airplanes and GE Aerospace engines and servicing coinciding with the visit of South Korean…