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aviation SAF Sustainability & Climate Initiatives

AINonline • Curt Epstein

Circularity Fuels raises funding for process to turn cow manure into jet fuel

Circularity Fuels has closed its latest funding round to advance a process that converts cow manure into sustainable aviation fuel meeting ASTM D7566 Annex A1 specifications. The announcement highlights continued investment in pathways that could turn abundant waste feedstocks into aviation fuel.

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2026-11-09T12:05:01.545721-08:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

A Perseverance Experiment Could Help Astronauts Prepare for Dust Storms on Mars

By Universe Today: Researchers at Washington University examined how dust interacts with the spacesuit swatches on the Perseverance Rover. Future missions to Mars require that planners account for the effects of dust exposure on humans and materials.

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2026-11-09T12:06:04.008987-08:00

defense UAV Development & Drone Programs Defense Industry & Major Contractors

Breaking Defense • Mike Yeo

Korean Air Aerospace pushes forward with Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans

By Breaking Defense: "We delivered our CCA platform last year and will having flight tests at the end of this year," Director of International Business for KE-ASD Haneul Kim confirmed.

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2026-11-09T11:50:40.329261-08:00

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ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Canada's WestJet to open hangar near Winnipeg Int'l

By ch-aviation: WestJet (WS, Calgary) plans to develop a 6,782-square-metre (73,000-square-foot) aircraft maintenance hangar at the new AirLink Business Park, located on the western side of Winnipeg International, becoming the development's first anchor tenant.

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2026-11-09T12:06:03.510850-08:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

AST SpaceMobile Forms Joint Venture With Rakuten in Japan for J-LEO Project

By Via Satellite: AST SpaceMobile and Rakuten have formed a new joint venture to provide direct-to-device (D2D) services in Japan. This comes as the Japanese government.

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2026-11-09T12:34:54.764709-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Klaas-Jan van Woerkom

Bomb threats plague European aviation: ‘New element of hybrid warfare’

By FlightGlobal: Security expert sees no remedy after four days of false bomb threats disrupted more than 30 flights across Europe. European airlines have faced multiple days of false bomb threats disrupting dozens of flights.

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2026-11-09T13:05:13.497798-08:00

aviation Air Cargo & Freight Logistics Europe Asia-Pacific (APAC) Lufthansa

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Lufthansa, ANA explore closer Europe-Japan cargo ties

By ch-aviation: Lufthansa Cargo (LH, Frankfurt International), Swiss WorldCargo, ANA - All Nippon Airways, and NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore closer cooperation on Japan-Europe cargo routes.

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2026-11-09T13:05:14.428859-08:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

Satellite builder GomSpace: We'll post 30% annual revenue increase through 2030, with 20% EBITDA margin by then

By Space Intel Report: BALI, Indonesia — Small satellite manufacturer GomSpace of Sweden and Denmark told investors to expect a 30% average annual growth in revenue between now and 2030 with an EBITDA margin of more than 20%.

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2026-11-09T13:15:09.951078-08:00

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