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Anduril's YFQ-44 Fury completes maiden flight as both USAF CCA prototypes are now airborne

Anduril's YFQ-44 Fury completed its maiden flight, making it the second Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to fly and signalling the USAF's CCA program has entered an active flight-test phase. The milestone follows General Atomics' earlier YFQ-42A Gambit sortie and sharpens focus on propulsion, autonomy and integration work.

2025-10-31T10:37:07.593624-07:00

eVTOL Insights

Joby named NVIDIA’s aviation launch partner for IGX Thor to speed autonomous eVTOL flight

2025-10-29T01:56:11.056070-07:00

time.com

AI deepfakes are undermining trust in satellite imagery

2025-10-29T07:13:38.059736-07:00

Vertical Mag

SKYTRAC secures exclusive, perpetual license to manufacture and support Honeywell Sky Connect LEO satcom for helicopters

2025-10-29T05:50:42.794714-07:00

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Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Bandwagon Falcon 9 to Launch Commercial Space‑Station Demo and Data‑Center Precursor (Nov. 1, 2025) SpaceX will launch Bandwagon on Nov. 1, 2025, carrying 18 payloads—including a commercial space‑station demo and an orbital data‑center precursor—into a mid‑inclination orbit. Falcon 9 lifts from Cape Canaveral SFS Pad 40 at 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509 UTC); payloads deploy over five minutes starting roughly an hour after launch.

2025-11-01T14:45:03.648100-07:00

SpaceX Bandwagon Falcon 9 to Launch Commercial Space‑Station Demo and Data‑Center Precursor (Nov. 1, 2025)

DefenseNews.com

ST Engineering targets Europe with localized manufacturing, MRO scale-up and synthetic training ST Engineering is accelerating defence localisation in Europe through manufacturing partnerships, expanded MRO capacity and new synthetic training solutions, aiming to speed fielding and sustainment for modern militaries while aligning with procurement-localisation and digital-transformation priorities across regional partners.

2025-10-31T11:17:10.870120-07:00

ST Engineering targets Europe with localized manufacturing, MRO scale-up and synthetic training

The War Zone

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Anduril's YFQ-44 Fury completes maiden flight as both USAF CCA prototypes are now airborne Anduril's YFQ-44 Fury completed its maiden flight, making it the second Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to fly and signalling the USAF's CCA program has entered an active flight-test phase. The milestone follows General Atomics' earlier YFQ-42A Gambit sortie and sharpens focus on propulsion, autonomy and integration work.

2025-10-31T10:37:07.593624-07:00

Anduril's YFQ-44 Fury completes maiden flight as both USAF CCA prototypes are now airborne

Skift

Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International uses AI and biometrics to turn transit into tourism Abu Dhabi Airports CEO Elena Sorlini outlines how Zayed International is embedding AI, biometric digital identity and ecosystem collaboration across terminal operations to accelerate growth, reduce friction and create a next‑generation passenger experience that converts transfer passengers into visitors and revenue.

2025-10-31T07:53:51.301400-07:00

Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International uses AI and biometrics to turn transit into tourism

Skift

Etihad unveils premium-first growth plan, rejects Premium Economy and bets on AI to sustain c.90% load factors Etihad CEO Antonoaldo Neves set out a disciplined, profit‑first growth plan that prioritises premium cabins, rules out Premium Economy, and leans on AI‑driven revenue and network optimisation to support rapid route expansion — targeting sustained c.90% load factors across the carrier's growing global footprint.

2025-10-31T07:53:51.297601-07:00

Etihad unveils premium-first growth plan, rejects Premium Economy and bets on AI to sustain c.90% load factors

Lockheed Martin

Soldier becomes first to plan and execute autonomous Black Hawk missions using Sikorsky's MATRIX at Northern Strike 25-2 A U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant First Class, trained in under an hour, became the first non‑aviator to independently plan, command and execute optional‑pilot (OPV) UH‑60 Black Hawk missions using Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy system and a handheld tablet during Northern Strike 25‑2.

2025-10-30T07:01:20.509266-07:00

Soldier becomes first to plan and execute autonomous Black Hawk missions using Sikorsky's MATRIX at Northern Strike 25-2

time.com

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AI deepfakes are undermining trust in satellite imagery Rapid advances in generative AI make it significantly easier to fabricate or alter satellite images, eroding the long-standing role of spaceborne imagery as an indisputable source of truth for intelligence, environmental monitoring and commercial analysis. The trend creates urgent verification and governance challenges for users of geospatial data.

2025-10-29T07:13:38.059736-07:00

AI deepfakes are undermining trust in satellite imagery

Vertical Mag

SKYTRAC secures exclusive, perpetual license to manufacture and support Honeywell Sky Connect LEO satcom for helicopters SKYTRAC has acquired an exclusive, perpetual license to manufacture, sell and support Honeywell’s Sky Connect avionics line, taking control of the LEO satcom terminals used on helicopters. The move preserves continuity of supply and enables autonomous tracking, two‑way messaging and telephony tailored to firefighting and emergency missions.

2025-10-29T05:50:42.794714-07:00

SKYTRAC secures exclusive, perpetual license to manufacture and support Honeywell Sky Connect LEO satcom for helicopters

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