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EPAWS 2.0 breaks cover (sort of) aviationweek.com/defense/sens... via @thedewline.bsky.social

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New: The OA-1K has been officially named the Skyraider II, an ode to the Douglas A-1 Skyraider tail dragger. AFSOC announces the name today as it prepares to receive its first aircraft next month aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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Poland gets a jump on Apache fielding aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @rotorfocus.bsky.social

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AFSOC's focus for AC-130, MC-130 fleets turns to upgrades and long-term viability aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @beverstine.bsky.social

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'...the OA-1K would have missions it could take on from the Southwest border to Africa to the South China Sea...' says AFSOC director of plans aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @beverstine.bsky.social

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So long Little Bird: aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @rotorfocus.bsky.social

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Diehl is in talks with potential buyers for its new Cicada counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS), which it aims to put into series production next year. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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Viasat, in an ongoing bid protest against the Space Development Agency, has agreed to proposed plans to resolicit one recent contract award, while allowing the second awardee to continue work, a newly filed court order says. aviationweek.com/space/budget... @vivienne-machi.bsky.social

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South Korea's Agency of Defense Development (ADD) and Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) on Feb. 25 unveiled the country’s first collaborative combat aircraft prototype which they plan to develop at a fast pace. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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SpaceX, ahead of another launch attempt, says it has made design changes to the Starship system after a mishap in its most recent test which it believes was caused by a harmonic response that stressed the onboard hardware leading to a fire and loss of the vehicle aviationweek.com/space/launch...

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The Airbus A400M military airlifter is entering another critical phase in its life that will determine whether its history evokes that of the company’s A380 super jumbo or turn into a genuine success. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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In this Check 6 podcast - X-37B: the little spaceplane that could aviationweek.com/podcasts/che...

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Airbus says exercise of going through troubled space program is now behind it after another earnings charge aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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Could Europe get an MBDA-like company for satellites? aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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No near-term plans for FCAS/GCAP merger, Airbus CEO says, though, he adds, there may be ways to bring programs closer together

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New podded F-16 EW system nears aviationweek.com/defense/sens...

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BAE looks to play Ball on Iron Dome for America: aviationweek.com/defense/miss... via @rotorfocus.bsky.social

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Lancet at IDEX

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U.S. President Donald Trump revived a long-dormant proposal to sell Lockheed Martin F-35s to India during a joint press conference on Feb. 13 with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. aviationweek.com/defense/airc... @thedewline.bsky.social

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The risk of financial losses on a classified aeronautics program is “pretty well contained” after a fourth-quarter charge, says Lockheed Martin Chief Financial Officer Jay Malave aviationweek.com/defense/budg... @thedewline.bsky.social

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Navy statement: The Truman was involved in a collision in the Med

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Does Europe need a space-based missile warning system? Its Commissioner for Defese and Space thinks so: aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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German electric aircraft startup Lilium has suspended operations and may be forced to file for insolvency again shortly, several sources familiar with the situation tell Aviation Week. aviationweek.com/aerospace/ad... via @airflottau.bsky.social

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European artificial intelligence company Helsing says it will supply 6,000 of its new HX-2 attack uncrewed air systems (UAS) to Ukraine. aviationweek.com/defense/miss...

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A full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft is undergoing ground testing at Mojave Air & Space Port in California. aviationweek.com/aerospace/ad... via @theworacle.bsky.social

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Sierra Space’s ambitions to develop an alternative upper stage capability for the U.S. Defense Department have taken another step forward with the award of a $16 million AFRL contract for maturation work on the company’s VR35K-A high-performance rocket engine. aviationweek.com/space/launch...

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When Harrison Schmitt took off his helmet, he whiffed the same scent that all other Apollo astronauts to have walked on the Moon smelled. “All of the astronauts agreed it smelled like gunpowder,” Schmidt, the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, tells Aviation Week. aviationweek.com/space/space-...

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If Boeing hopes to meet its recently reconfirmed 777X first delivery target in 2026, the company urgently needs to ramp up the pace of the aircraft’s long-delayed flight test and certification program. aviationweek.com/air-transpor...

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Not quite a Black Swan event, but increasingly rare: a GEO satelite order aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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Astronomers plan to use the James Webb space-based telescope starting next month to get more information on the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which has jumped to the top of the risk list of near-Earth objects.aviationweek.com/space/space-...

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As Airbus wins UK Oberon SAR satellite program, UK also released Tyche EO images aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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Lockheed Martin has agreed to pay $29.7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower over allegations of illegal pricing on F-35 production and sustainment contracts. aviationweek.com/defense/budg... via @thedewline.bsky.social

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Is aerial gunnery on the brink of making it into the 21st century through development and production of hypersonic ammunition? aviationweek.com/defense/miss... via @theworacle.bsky.social

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Airbus has secured the the £127 million Oberon program to build two SAR systems, with a launch expected in 2027 aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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Here's the latest twist in the saga of Butch and Suni. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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Honeywell says it will still consider M&A and aerospace investment as it works on teh split aviationweek.com/aerospace/ma...

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The first Dassault Mirage 2000 combat aircraft France had pledged to donate to Ukraine have arrived in the embattled country, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu says. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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Honeywell announces split into Aerospace, Augomation and Advanced Materials business. Aerospace split due in H2 2026

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U.S. startup Pivotal announced plans to develop a larger, longer-range version of its Helix electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle to become an uncrewed or optionally-piloted aircraft for defense missions.aviationweek.com/aerospace/ad...

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Perforation damage to the Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 indicates that external objects penetrated the fuselage, according to a preliminary investigative report published by Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry on Feb. 4.aviationweek.com/air-transpor...

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The European Space Agency says the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid crashing into Earth has gone up since an initial assessment it made late last month.aviationweek.com/space/operat...

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Amid growing interest in technology for high-speed systems for defense and commercial applications, a joint effort between Lockheed Martin Australia and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is underway to develop a hypersonic flight testbed. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...

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USMC this morning releases its new Aviation Plan, which was originally expected in December. www.marines.mil/News/Press-R...

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Triumph Group agrees to takeover by Warburg Pincus and Berkshire for around $3bn in cash

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Brilliant Pebbles, Brillian Eyes - how 'Iron Dome for America' evokes SDI aviationweek.com/podcasts/che...

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More turmoil in the satellite broadcast market as Indra eyes Hispasat deal aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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