Aerotime reports, “Airbus is celebrating delivery of the 500th Airbus A220 aircraft, a day after publishing March results that show a decisive ramp up in operations. On April 10, 2026, Airbus confirmed that 60 commercial aircraft had been delivered during March 2026, after delivering only 54 across January and February this year.”
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Watch: SpaceX Launches Cygnus XL Cargo Ship to Resupply ISS Crew
SPACE reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into a blue sky over Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:41 a.m. EDT (1141 GMT) on Saturday, sending Northrop Grumman’s ‘Cygnus XL’ resupply freighter toward the International Space Station (ISS).”
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SpaceX launches Cygnus XL cargo ship to ISS from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday at 7:41 a.m. EDT (Launch at the 00:12 mark)
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NATO Ally Taps Red Cat’s Black Widow Drones for Next-Gen Defense
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “The Black Widow small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) from Red Cat Holdings has been selected by a NATO ally following a competitive tender process.”
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Artemis II Reentry Streams Tonight
SPACE reports, “A Virtual Telescope Project livestream will track NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft as it races back toward Earth. Here’s how to watch it live.”
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VTP’s official WebTV
DoD Seeks Expanded Investment in Counter-UAS Capabilities
Defense Daily reports, “The Defense Department’s office focused on speeding the development and delivery of systems and technologies to counter threats from small drones is requesting more than $580 million in research, development, test and evaluation funds in fiscal year 2027 and an unknown amount of procurement funding, according to Pentagon budget documents.”
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Orion Heat Shield Faces Critical Test as Artemis II Nears Reentry
Scientific American reports, “Before NASA’s moon mission launched, experts sounded the alarm over the Orion capsule’s heat shield and reentry. Now splashdown is just one day away.”
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From Kitty Hawk to Space, America Showcases Milestones in Aviation Innovation
MSN/Wall Street Journal report, “The Wright brothers made history when they flew a gasoline-powered plane into the air for 12 seconds one morning in 1903. Little did they know that more than a century later, American scientists would operate robotic vehicles on Mars.”
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Artemis Era Could Help Solve Longstanding Questions About the Moon
Scientific American reports, “If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several long-standing questions about the inner solar system.”
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GA-ASI YFQ-42A CCA Prototype Crashes During California Test Flight
Aerotime reports, “A General Atomics YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype crashed shortly after takeoff in the California desert on April 6, 2026, dealing the US Air Force’s flagship drone-wingman program its first known flight mishap. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) said the incident occurred at approximately 13:00 Pacific time at a company-owned airport. No one was injured. The company has temporarily paused flight test operations while it investigates the root cause.”
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YFQ-42A CCA Flight Testing | Credit: General Atomics; YouTube
Artemis II Sets New Human Distance Record During Lunar Flyby
SPACE reports, “NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission just etched its name in the record books. The four Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 crew on April 15, 1970.”
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