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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…
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SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Launch Because of Lousy Weather
26 August 2025
The New York Times reports, “SpaceX scrubbed the 10th test flight of Starship, the mammoth rocket that Elon Musk hopes to use to take people to Mars, for the second night…
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Archer Performs Longest Piloted Flight of its Midnight Aircraft
25 August 2025
Electrive reports, “Archer Aviation, the California-based electric aircraft company, has just announced the longest piloted flight of its…
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SpaceX Delays Starship Flight 10 Test Launch, Now Targets Monday Evening
25 August 2025
SPACE reports SpaceX scrubbed the planned 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket today (Aug. 24), citing “an issue with…
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SiFly Q12 Sets New Drone Endurance Record
22 August 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “As the FAA nears a final rule on beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations that could unlock more…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Space Force’s X-37B Spaceplane
22 August 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered off launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
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Regent Co-Founders Begin Seaglider Hydrofoil Trials
21 August 2025
Aviation Week reports, “For Billy Thalheimer, co-founder and CEO of electric seaglider startup Regent, Aug. 6 was a surreal day.
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ULA Undertaking New Efforts on Vulcan Reusability
21 August 2025
Space News reports, “United Launch Alliance is leaning more into reusability as it advances work on recovering the engine section of the Vulcan…
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Boeing 777-9 to Begin Takeoff Performance Tests at Edwards AFB
20 August 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Boeing 777-9 certification tests reached a key stage on Aug. 14 with the return of WH001, the first 777X…
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Can AI Solve the Space Debris Crisis?
20 August 2025
In this IEEE Spectrum piece, Mark Thompson examines whether AI can solve the space traffic jam. Discover how CREAM is automating…
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Aviation Week Podcast: How Drones Are Shaping Aircraft Inspections
19 August 2025
Aviation Week reports “editors James Pozzi and Lindsay Bjerregaard are joined by Dejan Borota, CEO and co-founder…
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SpaceX Concludes Investigation into Starship Failure Clearing Way for Flight 10
19 August 2025
SPACE reports, “The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed its investigation into SpaceX’s Starship…
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Joby Performs First eVTOL Flight Between Two U.S. Airports
18 August 2025
Aerotime reports, “Joby Aviation, the US-based company developing all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis for…
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Executive Order Aims to Advance Space Industry by Reducing Environmental Regulation
18 August 2025
Defense One reports, “The U.S. government must reduce environmental and other regulations to make it easier for commercial space…
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Swiss Pilot Breaks Altitude Record for Solar-powered Plane, Team Says
15 August 2025
CBS News reports, “Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 28 More Starlink Satellites into Orbit from Florida
15 August 2025
SPACE reports a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband…