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Firefly Alpha Selected to Launch Earth Science SmallSat Mission for NASA
5 March 2025
Space News reports, “NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science smallsats that will study the formation of storms. The agency said March 4 that…
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NASA Photo Captures Boom’s XB-1 Breaking Sound Barrier
4 March 2025
CBS News reports, “A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of the aircraft’s historic test flights over the Mojave Desert. The image released…
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Firefly Becomes First Commercial Company to Make a Successful Lunar Landing
4 March 2025
Ars Technica reports, “Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain…
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Ireland Plans to Buy First Fighter Jets in 50 Years
3 March 2025
Aerotime reports, “Ireland’s planned purchase of combat jets and the development of a long-overdue national radar system mark a historic turning point in…
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Roscomos’ Progress MS-30 Cargo Spacecraft Docks at ISS
3 March 2025
SPACE reports, “A new delivery of food, fuel and supplies has arrived at the International Space Station by way of a Russian supply ship. Roscomsos’ Progress MS-30…
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USAF’s Autonomy Effort Focusing on Air-Launched Swarms
28 February 2025
Aviation Week reports, “U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is looking to go big with a new autonomy effort, moving from solely focusing on…
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Space News Podcast: The New Case for Mars – with Robert Zubrin
28 February 2025
Space News reports, “In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Robert Zubrin, president of the Mars Society, sits down with host David Ariosto. With the debate heating up over exploration priorities, Zubrin lays out how — and why…
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India’s MRO Growth Expected to Double by 2026
27 February 2025
Aviation Week reports, “India’s MRO industry is rapidly evolving to meet new and increasing demands, as domestic airlines will continue to add new aircraft…
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NASA to Launch Dual Missions on SpaceX Falcon 9 from California This Weekend
27 February 2025
SPACE reports, “Sunday (March 2) is shaping up to be a delightful day for space explorers, as not one but two major NASA missions…
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South Korea Unveils Loyal Wingman Air Combat Drone
26 February 2025
Yahoo News reports, “South Korea today unveiled a new stealthy loyal wingman-type drone, the Low Observable Unmanned Wingman System, or LOWUS, which…
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Blue Origin Successfully Launches New Shepard on NS-30 Mission
26 February 2025
Space News reports, “Blue Origin conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 25, carrying six…
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Japan’s ANA Orders Company-Record 77 Jets from Boeing, Airabus, and Embraer
25 February 2025
Reuters reports, “Japan’s ANA Holdings said on Tuesday it planned to place a company-record order for up to 77 aircraft to replenish its fleet and take advantage of…
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Blue Origin Scheduled to Launch 10th Space Tourism Flight Today
25 February 2025
SPACE reports, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, “plans to launch its 10th space tourism mission this morning (Feb. 25), and you can watch the action…
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First Asteroid Mining Prospector to Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Wednesday
24 February 2025
The New York Times reports, “A private company is aiming to heave a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this week…
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US, India to Collaborate on Autonomous Systems
24 February 2025
Defense One reports, “The U.S. and India are launching a new alliance for autonomous systems, which builds on bipartisan groundwork..
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X-37B Has Become Critical Tool for U.S. Space Force
21 February 2025
Aviation Week reports, “As the Pentagon explores how to fight future wars in space, it is leaning on a mysterious platform that has logged a record-setting number of years…
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Aviation Organizations Favor ATC Enhancements Over Privatization
21 February 2025
Aviation International News reports, “Nearly three dozen organizations across the aviation industry sent a letter yesterday to Capitol Hill leaders calling for investments that enhance safety…
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Space News Podcast: Building a Construction Firm for Space
21 February 2025
Space News reports, “In this week’s episode of Space Minds meet Lee Rosen who reflects on his SpaceX tenure, co-founding ThinkOrbital and where the industry…
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General Atomics Preparing for Massive MQ-9B Sale to Saudi Arabia
20 February 2025
Defense News reports, “General Atomics is preparing to offer a package deal to Saudi Arabia to acquire a number of MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones, company executives said in an interview…
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Blue Origin to Launch 10th Crewed New Shepard Private Astronaut Mission
20 February 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Blue Origin has announced plans for a 10th crewed New Shepard suborbital rocket mission with six private astronauts. A date for the launch…
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FAA Certification Frees Archer Aviation to Assemble eVTOL Pilot Team
19 February 2025
Aerotime reports, “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Archer Aviation the green light to begin assembling a team of pilots to fly its future fleet…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches BlackSky Gen-3 Satellite
19 February 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “Update 7:16 p.m. EST (0016 UTC): Rocket Lab confirms a successful payload deployment. Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) completed its second Electron rocket…
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General Atomics to Reveal New ‘Super Wide Area’ Sensor for ‘Iron Dome for America’
18 February 2025
Breaking Defense reports, “General Atomics is ready to step in the ring to compete for contracts to build President Donald Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ with a new technology…
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lander Now in Lunar Orbit
18 February 2025
Spaceflight Now reports, “A robotic lander from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is now in orbit around the Moon and going through its final preparations…
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Piper Aircraft Deliveries Increase 20 Percent in 2024
14 February 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “Piper Aircraft deliveries rose 20 percent in 2024 compared with the previous year, with 291 aircraft, the manufacturer said…
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Japan’s Resilience Lander Set for Lunar Flyby
14 February 2025
SPACE reports, “The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace is ready for a flyby of the moon as part of its elongated moon landing journey. ispace’s Resilience lander…
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Final Gulfstream G650 Rolls Off Production Line Marking End of Era
13 February 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The last Gulfstream G650 has rolled off the production line, marking the end of a “legendary era,” the company said Wednesday. The news marks…
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Second Launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Planned for Late Spring
13 February 2025
Space News reports, “Blue Origin expects to attempt its second New Glenn launch in late spring after correcting problems that prevented the booster…
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U.S. Air Force Begins Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation of MH-139 Grey Wolf
12 February 2025
Flying Magazine reports, “The U.S. Air Force recently launched initial operational testing and evaluation (IOT&E) of the MH-139…
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Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast: Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis
12 February 2025
In Aviation Week’s most recent Check 6 Podcast, “Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis,” Aviation Week Managing Editor Ben Goldstein is joined by…
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ULA Awaits Space Force’s Certification of its New Vulcan Rocket
12 February 2025
Ars Technica reports, “Last October, United Launch Alliance started stacking its third Vulcan rocket on a mobile launch platform in Florida in preparation for a mission…
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NASA Successfully Tests Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy, Enabling Spacecraft Swarms
11 February 2025
AZOROBOTICS reports, “Through the Starling mission and a virtual lunar orbit scalability study, researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of fully autonomous spacecraft…
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How Boom’s XB-1 Went Supersonic Without the Noise
11 February 2025
Aerotime reports, “During the demonstration flight on January 28, 2025, the XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times, but not one of those occasions caused an audible sonic…
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Aviation Week Article: Airbus Delays Hydrogen But Expands Engine Test Plan
10 February 2025
Guy Norris at Aviation Week reports, “Airbus is slowing ambitions to develop a hydrogen-fueled airliner by the mid-2030s but is expanding nearer-term plans to flight test…
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Marines Corps Aviation Plan Highlights Importance of New Osprey Gearbox Sensors
10 February 2025
Defense Daily reports, “The Marine Corps’ newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts…
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Tech Briefs Reports on 7 Space Sustainability Startups
10 February 2025
Tech Briefs reports, “Approximately 8,000 metric tons of space junk now in orbit includes nearly one million individual pieces of debris that are potentially lethal to…
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NASA to Announce New Plan for Return of Wilmore and Williams
7 February 2025
Ars Technica reports, “NASA should soon announce a new plan for the return of two of its astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams…
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Jaunt Air Mobility Unveils Plans for Hybrid Cargo Drone
7 February 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Jaunt Air Mobility has revealed plans to go to the market with an uncrewed, hybrid version of its…
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NASA Plans to Launch PUNCH Mission February 27
6 February 2025
SPACE reports, “On Feb. 27, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA plans to launch the sun-studying PUNCH mission to low Earth orbit. It will ride alongside…
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Important Testing on Latest F-35s to Begin in 2026
6 February 2025
Defense News reports, “An important series of tests for the latest upgrades to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighterwill likely not begin until two years after these jets started hitting the field — and at least…
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Blue Origin Successfully Launches New Shepard on NS-29 Mission
5 February 2025
AP News reports that yesterday “Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas. The company later confirmed…
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Marines Plan to Buy More Carrier-based F-35Cs While Scaling Back VTOL Variant
5 February 2025
Defense One reports, “The Marine Corps plans to double its buy of the carrier-borne F-35C variant and scale back its buy of the short-takeoff-vertical-landing F-35B, according to…
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India to Launch European Proba-3 Satellites on Dec. 5 to Create Artificial Eclipses in Space
4 February 2025
SPACE reports, “A European mission that will use two satellites to create artificial eclipses in Earth orbit will launch early Thursday morning (Dec. 5)…
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FAA is Getting Closer to Certifying ZeroAvia’s Electric Propulsion System
4 February 2025
Aerospace Global News reports, “ZeroAvia has moved one step closer to certification of its first commercial product, having received Certification Basis for its 600kW electric…
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Blue Origin Set to Launch New Shepard Moon-Gravity Mission
4 February 2025
SPACE reports, “Blue Origin is targeting Feb. 4 for the 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, which was postponed from Jan. 28 due to weather and a technical…
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Composites World Article: Expanding Your Horizons at New Industry Events
4 February 2025
Composites World Editor-in-Chief Scott Frances reports, “Manufacturing in general offers a multitude of trade shows — and the composites sector in particular…
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Pipistrel Flight-Tests NUUVA V300 Hybrid-Electric VTOL
3 February 2025
Aerotime reports, “Pipistrel, a division of Textron eAviation, announced that its new NUUVA V300 hybrid-electric unmanned VTOL aircraft successfully completed its first flight on January 31, 2025, in Gorizia…
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Japan’s H3 Rocket Launches Michibiki 6 Navigation Satellite
3 February 2025
Space News reports, “Japan’s flagship H3 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday, enhancing the country’s regional GPS…
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Supply Chain and Labor Challenges Continue in High-Demand Commercial Market Forecast
31 January 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Demand is surging across commercial aviation even as an imbalance persists between supply and demand, according to the…
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SpaceX and Vast Issue RFP for Science Experiments on Crew Dragon and Haven-1 Space Station
31 January 2025
SPACE reports, “Vast Space is scheduled to launch the Haven-1 space station to orbit this August. The single-module station will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…