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• Ricardo Meier
Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific remotely controlled a Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker at a Boeing facility more than 2,100 miles (3,380 km) away, using a satellite network. The test demonstrates long-range command connectivity for the Navy’s carrier-based refueling drone.
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Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific remotely controlled a Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker at a Boeing facility more than 2,100 miles (3,380 km) away, using a satellite network. The test demonstrates long-range command connectivity for the Navy’s carrier-based refueling drone.
Startup ASI raised $325 million in a funding round led by Spark, valuing the company at $3 billion. The financing will support expansion of its artificial intelligence system, which helps military users, airlines and air-traffic controllers manage assets.
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The Longueuil, Quebec-based company unveiled Borealis, a medium-lift launcher it aims to fly for the first time in 2031. Reaction Dynamics plans to raise C$350 million and add nearly 300 employees over five years, as it pursues a Canadian-built route to sovereign access to space.
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Built with Microsoft, Dataliner combines fragmented airline maintenance and operational data with Boeing’s aircraft and engineering expertise to help operators assess fleet condition and inform maintenance planning and operational decisions. The announcement describes fleet-wide insights, but the available reports provide few details on the platform’s capabilities or deployment.
Amazon says the investment will expand its German cloud computing, data center, AI, satellite internet and media operations. The satellite spending is part of Amazon Leo, its planned alternative to Starlink; the company’s announcement puts the program alongside major infrastructure and AI investment in one of Europe’s largest markets.
Web Manuals has introduced a compliance assistant for its Amelia AI Documents platform, alongside integration of FAA Data Collection Tools. The announcement links AI-enabled aviation documentation with FAA data, but the available information does not specify the assistant’s capabilities or the scope of the integration.
WingX flight data and JetNet records are now available through ChatGPT and Claude, bringing aviation datasets into widely used AI assistants. The announcement does not specify the data’s scope, access terms or safeguards, but marks a new interface for querying flight activity and industry records.
A Lockheed Martin F-22 has demonstrated the ability to take airborne control of an Anduril YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft, showing a crewed fighter directing a CCA in flight. The test highlights the operational concept of pairing the USAF’s top fighter with an uncrewed aircraft for missions under fighter control.
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