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October 15, 2025
MICROSAT BLITZ
ESA taps NanoAvionics to build large cubesat for EU IOD IOV mission



Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
ESA, acting through ESTEC, has chosen Lithuania-based Kongsberg NanoAvionics to deliver a large cubesat platform for the European Union's in-orbit demonstration and validation program. Under the IHE1-5 Cubesat project, the company will provide a 12-16U spacecraft to host multiple European payloads for flight testing. NanoAvionics will handle end-to-end delivery, including spacecraft design, assembly, integration, testing, ground segment, and mission operations. The platform is intended to accelera ... read more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Space Ocean and Enduralock to unify orbital docking standards for in-space fluid and power transfer
Brownsville TX (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
Space Ocean Corp has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Enduralock to integrate the company's OneLink system as a standardized docking interface for in-orbit fluid, power, and data transfer. The c ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
K2 Space Corp, SpaceX ink Falcon 9 rocket deal for 2027 mission
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 14, 2025
Aerospace startup company K2 Space will team up with SpaceX to deploy a small number of K2 satellites into multiple levels of Earth's orbit. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
PLD Space fast-tracks MIURA 5 and sharpens Europe leadership in space access
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
PLD Space says it has advanced its reusable MIURA 5 orbital launcher from concept to near-validation in just two years, crediting vertical integration, MIURA 1 heritage, and in-house manufacturing. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab begins 21-mission campaign for Synspective with successful Electron launch
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Rocket Lab has launched the first of 21 planned Electron missions for Japanese radar imaging company Synspective, successfully deploying the StriX-3 satellite to low Earth orbit on October 14. The m ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Snapdragon Mission Tactical Radio gains Iridium data for global L band connectivity
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Iridium Communications and Qualcomm Technologies have integrated Iridium data services into the Snapdragon Mission Tactical Radio, aiming to deliver resilient, secure L band satellite links for U.S. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's Starlink
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Europe cannot let US, China be 'technological leaders': Nobel laureate Aghion
Stockholm Oct 13, 2025
One of the winners of this year's Nobel economics prize, France's Philippe Aghion, on Monday warned Europe that it must not let the United States and China dominate technological innovation. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Death of 'sweet king': AI chatbots linked to teen tragedy
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old "sweet king" and pleaded with him to "come home" in passionate exchanges that would be the teen's last communications before he took his own life. ... more

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Physics informed AI forecasts safer tokamak rampdowns for future fusion plants
Cambridge MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
MIT researchers have unveiled a prediction method that blends a physics-based plasma model with machine learning to manage tokamak rampdowns more safely and reliably. The approach targets disruption ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab widens iQPS partnership with three more dedicated Electron launches starting 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Rocket Lab has signed a new multi-launch agreement with Japan's Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), adding three dedicated Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand beginning ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
University of Mississippi Law School launches first fully online Air and Space Law master's degree
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
The University of Mississippi School of Law has introduced the nation's first fully online Master of Science in Air and Space Law, designed to equip professionals for leadership roles in the fast-gr ... more
GPS NEWS
Navigating through interference at Jammertest
Paris (ESA) Oct 07, 2025
is essential to everything from tracking your morning jog to landing air ambulances. But as reliance on satellite navigation grows, so do the risks associated with its interruption, natural or inten ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Shield or Spark? The U.S. Golden Dome and the New Missile Arms Race
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
The launch of the US 'Golden Dome' missile defence initiative has already set in motion ripple effects across the globe. Rival nations are considering their own layered missile defence architectures ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Ukraine officials in US meet Tomahawk missile makers
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
Senior Ukrainian officials visiting the United States said Wednesday that they met with representatives of US weapon manufacturers, including Raytheon, which produces Tomahawk missiles that Washington could provide to Kyiv. ... more
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Australia must deploy 'unconventional' means to deter China, Russia: APSI
Sydney (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
Australia must learn from past guerrilla insurgencies and adopt an "unconventional deterrence" policy in facing down threats from China, Russia and elsewhere, one of the country's leading think tanks said Wednesday. ... more
UAV NEWS
At secluded German airport, researchers tackle tricky drone defence
Cochstedt, Germany (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Once holidaymakers took off from here, but today an ex-Soviet airfield is a testing ground for ways to take down the drones increasingly buzzing through German skies. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches Starship megarocket on successful test flight
South Padre Island, United States (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time. ... more
AEROSPACE
Denmark to buy 16 more US-made F-35 fighters after drone flights
Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Denmark will buy another 16 F-35 fighter jets from the United States, its defence minister said Friday, two weeks after unidentified drones intruded into the Scandinavian country's airspace. ... more
UAV NEWS
Airbus consolidates tactical drone lineup under Helicopters division
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Airbus has unified its small and medium tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) under a single portfolio managed by Airbus Helicopters, integrating Survey Copter, Aliaca, and Capa-X. The restructurin ... more
UAV NEWS
Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown drones
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2025
Federal authorities in Germany were granted permission to shoot down drones following a series of recent sightings of unknown drones spotted near Munich. ... more
AEROSPACE
Washington mulls barring US-bound Chinese airlines from flying over Russia
Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
The United States has proposed prohibiting Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace while flying to or from American airports, a US document has shown, as the rival superpowers try to thrash out a trade deal. ... more
UAV NEWS
German police to get power to shoot down drones: minister
Berlin (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
German federal police will soon be allowed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday, after a spate of drone sightings believed to be Russian efforts to spy and intimidate. ... more
ROBO SPACE
SoftBank buys $5.4 bn robotics firm to advance 'physical AI'
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Iran dismissees Israel's missile concern as 'made-up threat'
Tehran (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
Iran on Tuesday dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warnings over its missile programme as fabricated, after he alleged the Islamic republic was developing rockets capable of reaching US cities. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Trump says may warn Putin Ukraine could get Tomahawks
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he may warn Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ukraine could get Tomahawk cruise missiles if Moscow does not end its invasion. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP. ... more
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Belgium says foiled jihadist plot for drone attack on politicians
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 9, 2025
Belgian authorities said Thursday they had arrested three young adults for plotting a jihadist-inspired attack using drone-mounted explosives, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever reported to be among several politicians targeted. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Lebanon, Syria commit to new path for strong partnership
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025
Lebanon and Syria announced Friday the opening of a new chapter in their relations nearly 10 months after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad. ... more
AEROSPACE
Qatari Emiri Air Force facility planned for Idaho, Pete Hegseth says
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025
The Qatari Emiri Air Force will base several F-15 fighters and their pilots at a base in Idaho, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
DLR's ATHEAt Flight Experiment Achieves Hypersonic Milestone Over Norway
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully launched its ATHEAt flight experiment from Andoya, Norway, marking a major advance in reusable space transportation technology. The sounding rocket ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Raytheon and Anduril achieve breakthrough test in advanced rocket propulsion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Anduril Industries have completed a successful static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor under contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Munition ... more
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