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Spaceflight Now • William Harwood

Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing

Spaceflight Now reports: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025111-New-Glenn-beach.jpg) Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the red planet’s once thick atmosphere.

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Vertical Mag

Lodd's Hili completes maiden Abu Dhabi flight, demonstrates in‑flight recharging and multi‑stop heavy‑lift capability

2025-11-14T11:59:28.211992-08:00

Aviation Week

Abu Dhabi’s Lodd begins flight trials of Hili hybrid heavy‑cargo eVTOL for hub‑to‑distribution logistics

2025-11-13T04:22:16.382255-08:00

Breaking Defense

Anduril and EDGE form joint venture to market Omen Group 3 drone; UAE named first customer

2025-11-12T21:05:21.186192-08:00

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Flying Magazine

DARPA Solicits Drone Designs Capable of Carrying Four Times Their Own Weight

2025-11-15T06:55:53.144562-08:00

Vertical Mag

Lodd's Hili completes maiden Abu Dhabi flight, demonstrates in‑flight recharging and multi‑stop heavy‑lift capability Lodd Autonomous's Hili, the UAE's first hybrid heavy‑cargo eVTOL, completed its maiden flight in Abu Dhabi during early flight trials and demonstrated in‑flight recharging and multi‑stop operations. The autonomous platform is optimised for hub‑to‑distribution middle‑mile missions, enabling quick turnarounds and high‑frequency cargo rotations.

2025-11-14T11:59:28.211992-08:00

Lodd's Hili completes maiden Abu Dhabi flight, demonstrates in‑flight recharging and multi‑stop heavy‑lift capability

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Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing

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Aviation Today

Anduril YFQ-44A 'Fury' Completes First Flight; Weapons Shot Planned for Next Year

2025-11-13T09:52:25.623832-08:00

Anduril YFQ-44A 'Fury' Complet

Aviation Week

Abu Dhabi’s Lodd begins flight trials of Hili hybrid heavy‑cargo eVTOL for hub‑to‑distribution logistics Lodd Autonomous has completed the first flight of Hili, the UAE’s first hybrid heavy‑cargo UAV, and begun flight trials in Abu Dhabi. Hili is designed as an autonomous middle‑mile eVTOL to replace trucks and short‑haul aircraft linking logistics hubs with distribution centres.

2025-11-13T04:22:16.382255-08:00

Abu Dhabi’s Lodd begins flight trials of Hili hybrid heavy‑cargo eVTOL for hub‑to‑distribution logistics

Breaking Defense

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Anduril and EDGE form joint venture to market Omen Group 3 drone; UAE named first customer Anduril and UAE defence group EDGE have formed a joint venture to market Omen, a Group 3 unmanned system. The partners have named the UAE as the JV’s first customer, marking an initial international fielding for the Omen drone under the new commercial tie-up.

2025-11-12T21:05:21.186192-08:00

Anduril and EDGE form joint venture to market Omen Group 3 drone; UAE named first customer

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SkySafe Unveils Forensics as a Service, Completing the Industry’s First End-to-End Drone Detection and Airspace Intelligence Platform

2025-11-12T12:37:18.465337-08:00

SkySafe Unveils Forensics as a

Seeking Alpha

XTI Aerospace buys Drone Nerds for ~$40M and secures $25M to push into unmanned systems XTI Aerospace on Nov. 10, 2025 completed a roughly $40 million acquisition of Drone Nerds and secured a $25 million strategic investment from Unusual Machines to accelerate its expansion into unmanned systems, pairing M&A with fresh capital to broaden drone capabilities and market reach.

2025-11-12T06:22:54.654685-08:00

XTI Aerospace buys Drone Nerds for ~$40M and secures $25M to push into unmanned systems

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