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Aviation Week Article: Pratt & Whitney Unveils Details Of Hydrogen-Steam Hybrid Engine Cycle
24 January 2025
Guy Norris at Aviation Week reports, “Hydrogen fuel may offer attractive pathways toward the goal of zero carbon emissions, but turning that vision into…
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Boom Prepares XB-1 Demonstrator for Maiden Supersonic Flight
24 January 2025
Aviation24.be reports, “The world is on the verge of witnessing a historic moment in aviation. Boom Supersonic, the company pioneering the return of commercial…
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Mishap Causes SpaceX to Reexamine Starship’s Upper Stage
23 January 2025
Aviation Week reports SpaceX’s “effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer…
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Lockheed Martin to Upgrade USAF F-22 Raptor Infrared Sensors
23 January 2025
Aerotime reports, “Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $270 million contract by the US Air Force to integrate next-generation infrared defensive sensors on the F-22…
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Rolls-Royce Confirms Completion of Trent 1000 Durability Enhancement Testing
22 January 2025
Aviation Week reports, “Rolls-Royce says it has competed certification testing of a major upgrade to the Trent 1000 to address durability problems and is now…
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Rocket Lab’s Next Electron Launch Window Opens February 4
22 January 2025
Yahoo Finance reports, “Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (‘Rocket Lab’ or the ‘Company’) (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch provider and space systems company, today announced
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First-Quarter Outlook for United Beats Estimates After Profits Climb to End 2024
22 January 2025
CNBC reports, “United forecast first-quarter earnings that surpassed analysts’ estimates as the carrier seeks to grow earnings again in 2025 thanks to strong travel…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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Boom XB-1 Technology Demonstrator Getting Closer to Supersonic Milestone
16 December 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 technology demonstrator probed deeper into the transonic speed regime during its ninth test flight from Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Dec. 13, paving the way…
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FAA Working to Streamline Key Commercial Space Launch and Reentry Hurdle
16 December 2024
Reuters reports, “The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was moving to streamline a key commercial space launch and reentry license hurdle, declaring some…
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Sikorsky to Demo its Autonomous UH-60 Black Hawk for US Marine Corps
13 December 2024
Flight Global reports, “Sikorsky will fly its Optionally Piloted Vehicle variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk for the US Marine Corps throughout 2025…
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Silent Barker Spacecraft Expected to Begin Operation in 2025
13 December 2024
Aviation Week reports, “The first spacecraft from a joint U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) program to conduct space…
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Kratos Completes First Flight of Thanatos UCAV
12 December 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Kratos Defense and Security recently completed the first flight of its Thanatos stealthy uncrewed combat air vehicle, proving out the aircraft’s basic…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to Make Epic Flyby of the Sun on Christmas Eve
12 December 2024
SPACE reports, on Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will break its own records for speed and closest approach to the sun as it moves “within 3.8 million…
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Proba-3 Mission Set to Create ‘Solar Eclipses on Demand’
11 December 2024
The Washington Post reports, “A space-exploration organization solved a technological feat more than a decade in the making — launching a pair…
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Boeing Secures $450.5M for Japan F-15 Super Interceptor
11 December 2024
Aerotime reports Boeing has been awarded $450.5M by the USAF to modernize Japan’s F-15J fleet, incorporating advanced radars, electronic…
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US Naval Air Systems Command Grounds V-22 Ospreys After New Incident
10 December 2024
Aerotime reports, “The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has issued an operational pause for all Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft flights across the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force as of December 6…
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Rocket Lab Moves Forward with Suborbital Hypersonic Technology Initiative
10 December 2024
Seeking Alpha reports, “Rocket Lab USA announced late on Tuesday that it successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology for the Department …