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• Korean Air (KE
The state-owned Korea Development Bank has not decided whether to sell its holding as Korean Air prepares to absorb Asiana Airlines on Dec. 17, 2026. The potential sale would involve a 10.6% stake in Hanjin KAL, Korean Air’s parent company.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: NASA, which has been addressing a heat-shield problem that became evident during Artemis I, will now prepare for its mission.
Bloomberg
• Gerry Doyle
By Bloomberg: In the face of Russian missile and drone attacks, Ukraine needs more than weapons to protect itself. Satellites provide a crucial early warning that a projectile has been launched, as well as information on how to intercept it.
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: A "low-altitude investment subsidiary" of Sichuan Airlines Group has signed a purchase agreement with China's Volant for fifty VE25-100 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft, including 30 options.
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: China Express Airlines (G5, Chongqing) controlling shareholder China Express Airlines Holdings pledged 24,390,247 shares to Huaneng Guicheng Trust on October 13, 2026, to finance equity investments.
The Air Current
• Brian Garrett-Glaser, Jon Ostrower
By The Air Current: Repeated Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh International Airport are exacerbating a key vulnerability for global aviation as growing instability across Europe and the Middle East forces hundreds of daily transcontinental flights into one acutely vulnerable sliver of airspace just 85 nautical miles wide.
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Commercial Aviation News, Operator & Airport Data.
FlightGlobal
• Brooke Ingemi
By FlightGlobal: NASA’s new Boeing 777 is nearing completion of its conversion from a commercial passenger aircraft into a flying laboratory ahead of its first scientific research mission in January 2027.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Vertical Mag
• Terrence D. Eissfeldt
DefenseNews.com
• Hope Hodge Seck
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
DefenseNews.com
• Daniel Terrill
Military Times
• Cristina Stassis
Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Wall Street Journal
• Juliet Chung
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Space.com
• Leonard David
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
