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Wall Street Journal • Georgi Kantchev, Stephen Kalin, Summer Said

Houthi attacks target Saudi air links, adding pressure to the kingdom’s economy

Iran-backed Houthi militants are targeting Saudi Arabia’s air connections, rattling travelers and threatening a sector that links the kingdom to the rest of the world. The attacks add pressure to an economy already facing threats to its crucial oil industry, according to the report.

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2026-10-09T20:05:21.038690-07:00

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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations

By Ars Technica: We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit.".

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2026-10-09T15:05:24.960981-07:00

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Breaking Defense • Breaking Defense

Drones and autonomous warfare: ‘One-way attack’ and reshaping ISR

By Breaking Defense: AEVEX explains how autonomous air and maritime systems, drones and ISR capabilities are reshaping multi-domain warfare through coordinated operations, greater resilience and improved battlefield awareness.

Also: UK Defence Journal

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2026-10-09T13:04:42.627721-07:00

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politico.eu • Tommaso Lecca

Ryanair lashes out at Air France and Lufthansa over ownership probe

By politico.eu: The low-cost airline is facing allegations that it violates EU requirements for operating in the bloc.

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2026-10-09T19:54:36.311659-07:00

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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Terrorist Flydubai Pilot Was Radicalized in Australia and Pursued Career in Aviation to Carry Out 9/11-Style Attack, Prosecutors Allege

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: In a major new update, the Attorney General for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has revealed that Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani First Officer of Flydubai flight FZ-1073, who attacked his Captain with a crash axe and attempted to take control of the packed airliner, was radicalized while living in Australia.

Reuters

UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight

New York Times

FlyDubai Pilot Recalls Cockpit Stabbing

Also: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Aviation A2Z, koreatimes.co.kr, ANI News Agency, ms.now, tass.com and 10 more

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2026-10-09T11:15:58.986805-07:00

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Universe Today • Brian Koberlein

The Most Distant FRB Tells The Story Of Its Origin

By Universe Today: Astronomers use the Webb to study a distant fast radio burst and reveal clues as to the origin of these mysterious events.

Space.com

Mysterious 10-minute X-ray burst from a distant galaxy may have come from 2 dead stars colliding

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2026-10-09T10:35:31.401502-07:00

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Flying Magazine • Meg Godlewski

NTSB: Misfueling Led to Cessna 421 Crash

By Flying Magazine: Lessons can be learned from rushed preflight and misfueling, which caused double engine power loss.

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2026-10-09T09:04:53.889190-07:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

ESA governments to meet in December to assess cost of launching their own astronauts; no financing expected

By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The European Space Agency (ESA)’s success in persuading its member governments’ to attend a one-day meeting Rome on Dec. 15 to discuss investment in a program to carry European astronauts to orbit and back using European hardware is by itself a success for ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher.

Also: ESA and innovationnewsnetwork.com

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2026-10-09T13:04:24.168505-07:00

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