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Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back

Questions are growing over SpaceX's ability to field a Human Landing System (HLS) Starship after acting NASA administrator suggested reopening the contract to other firms. Elon Musk has launched a media offensive as SpaceX outlines a Block 3/HLS pathway to restore confidence in its lunar plans.

2025-11-01T14:45:07.512710-07:00

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SpaceX proposes simplified Starship HLS to speed Artemis III crewed lunar landing after NASA criticism

2025-10-30T12:11:20.136814-07:00

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Iran acquires ex‑Western 737s and A320s routed through Malawi, registered in Comoros; possible sanctions evasion

2025-10-29T22:07:10.773810-07:00

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F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk from USS Nimitz crash in South China Sea; all crew rescued

2025-10-26T15:59:52.474675-07:00

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Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back Questions are growing over SpaceX's ability to field a Human Landing System (HLS) Starship after acting NASA administrator suggested reopening the contract to other firms. Elon Musk has launched a media offensive as SpaceX outlines a Block 3/HLS pathway to restore confidence in its lunar plans.

2025-11-01T14:45:07.512710-07:00

Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back

Air Data News

Morocco advances talks with US for 32 Lockheed Martin F‑35 fighters Morocco is advancing government‑to‑government talks with the United States to acquire 32 Lockheed Martin F‑35 fighters, continuing negotiations that began in 2020. Discussions remain active and unfinalized. Neither government has confirmed a sale.

2025-11-01T04:14:58.169068-07:00

Morocco advances talks with US for 32 Lockheed Martin F‑35 fighters

SpaceNews.com

Kyivstar to expand Starlink Direct-to-Cell tests across most of Ukraine, excluding front-line and occupied areas Kyivstar said Oct. 31 it will expand tests of SpaceX's Starlink Direct-to-Cell service across most of Ukraine, excluding border regions, active combat zones and Russian-occupied territories. The wide-area trial aims to extend satellite-to-mobile connectivity for civilians and resilience communications while avoiding frontline areas.

2025-10-31T13:16:46.660490-07:00

Kyivstar to expand Starlink Direct-to-Cell tests across most of Ukraine, excluding front-line and occupied areas

SpaceNews.com

Lessons from the Air Domain for Shaping Military Space As space rapidly becomes a contested warfighting domain, armed forces should apply hard‑won lessons from the air domain—dispersed basing, integrated training, layered defenses, and streamlined acquisition—to shape doctrine, force structure and resilience in orbit. The air domain offers practical templates for C2, sustainment and operational resilience.

2025-10-31T12:19:26.789195-07:00

Lessons from the Air Domain for Shaping Military Space

Associated Press

Trump declines to clarify if US will resume underground nuclear tests after reported Pentagon instruction On board Air Force One, President Donald Trump declined Friday to say whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests — despite earlier reports he instructed the Department of War to restart testing, a move that has drawn concern from Moscow, Beijing and arms‑control bodies.

2025-10-31T11:17:22.149136-07:00

Trump declines to clarify if US will resume underground nuclear tests after reported Pentagon instruction

Via Satellite

Watchdog urges FCC to block SpaceX’s EchoStar spectrum purchase, probe Musk’s China ties Frequency Forward has urged the FCC to deny SpaceX’s planned purchase of EchoStar spectrum and to investigate Elon Musk’s business ties to the Chinese government, arguing the transaction raises national-security and regulatory concerns that merit blocking or further review before approval.

2025-10-31T11:15:45.243970-07:00

Watchdog urges FCC to block SpaceX’s EchoStar spectrum purchase, probe Musk’s China ties

SpaceNews.com

How resources, nuclear reactors and geopolitics will shape the new lunar race Access to lunar subsurface resources, the deployment of high‑capacity nuclear surface power, and intensifying geopolitical rivalry will determine which nations and commercial actors can sustain long‑term operations, extract value and set cislunar governance. Technology, regulatory and industrial constraints will shape who leads the next phase of lunar activity.

2025-10-31T06:18:08.384415-07:00

How resources, nuclear reactors and geopolitics will shape the new lunar race

AeroTime

Ukraine accuses Russia of using 9M729 missile — the system that ended the INF Treaty Ukraine has accused Russian forces of employing the 9M729 ground‑launched cruise missile — the weapon that precipitated the INF Treaty's collapse — as Washington signals plans to resume nuclear testing amid rising East‑West tensions, raising escalation and arms‑control concerns across Europe.

2025-10-31T03:55:29.660496-07:00

Ukraine accuses Russia of using 9M729 missile — the system that ended the INF Treaty

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