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aviation GA Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

Murphy Aircraft reportedly insolvent; assets auctioned in October

Canadian kit aircraft manufacturer Murphy Aircraft has reportedly become insolvent, and its assets were auctioned in October. The development marks a shutdown for the company, though the available reporting does not specify the auction outcome or what will happen to its aircraft programs and customer support.

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2026-11-02T11:04:36.818991-08:00

space Europe ESA Space Exploration & Science Missions Human Spaceflight & Space Stations

SpaceNews.com • Andrew Parsonson

Europe looks beyond the ISS

By SpaceNews.com: European Space Agency member states will meet in Rome Dec. 15 to decide the future of Europe’s human and robotic exploration program.

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2026-11-02T11:16:10.524379-08:00

defense UAV Development & Drone Programs Europe Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact

DefenseNews.com • Katie Livingstone

Russia is giving its drones bigger antennas to beat Ukrainian jamming

By DefenseNews.com: Kyiv now needs roughly twice as many jammers to stop each upgraded Shahed, intel officials and experts said.

Kyiv Independent

Russia adapts decoy drone for one-way attacks at ranges of up to 1,200 kilometers, HUR says

militarnyi.com

SSU’s Alpha Group Eliminates Over 2,000 Russian Soldiers With Drones in One Week

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2026-11-02T10:04:33.049775-08:00

aviation North America Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Policy & Regulation Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

US DOT seeks EAS bids for Hibbing, MN

By ch-aviation: The US Department of Transportation is requesting proposals from air carriers interested in providing Essential Air Service (EAS) at Hibbing, Minnesota, for a new subsidised or unsubsidised contract term beginning June 1, 2027.

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2026-11-02T10:55:05.603711-08:00

space Commercial Space

CNBC • Jessica Dickler, Kate Dore

Trump Account holders to receive SpaceX stock from Gwynne Shotwell in December

By CNBC: Eligible Trump Account holders will begin receiving donated shares of SpaceX stock in December, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said in a post on X.

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2026-11-02T11:04:34.408120-08:00

aviation BizAv

AINonline • Chad Trautvetter

Gulfstream Aerospace, Jet Aviation Continue To Soar in Q3

By AINonline: Business jet sales remain robust despite Iran war and interest rate worries.

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2026-11-02T11:04:47.275556-08:00

space Mars Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Computer and gyro problems likely caused loss of MAVEN

By SpaceNews.com: A computer glitch and a faulty gyro likely caused the loss of a NASA Mars orbiter nearly a year ago, an agency investigation concluded.

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2026-11-02T09:30:40.395007-08:00

space Space Exploration & Science Missions

Universe Today • Evan Gough

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

By Universe Today: Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction.

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2026-11-02T10:15:30.535672-08:00

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