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• Sandra Erwin
A Space Force-sponsored study warns that shortages of engineers and skilled manufacturing workers could hinder U.S. efforts to restore military space capabilities after heavy wartime losses. It recommends treating industrial workforce capacity as a defense readiness issue and developing greater surge capacity across the sector.
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A Space Force-sponsored study warns that shortages of engineers and skilled manufacturing workers could hinder U.S. efforts to restore military space capabilities after heavy wartime losses. It recommends treating industrial workforce capacity as a defense readiness issue and developing greater surge capacity across the sector.
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All Nippon Airways and Airbus have signed a comprehensive agreement to train the next generation of pilots for ANA Group and partner airlines. The program expands a strategic relationship spanning nearly four decades, while Airbus Asia Training Centre is adding an ALSIM Airliner simulator to support related training programs.
President Donald Trump has ordered a study into establishing a U.S. Space Academy, potentially creating a new service-academy institution alongside the existing military academies. The initiative could shape how the nation develops future space-focused officers and supports the U.S. Space Force.
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Airbus will add an A220 full-flight simulator at its Singapore training center in 2027, supporting operators including Qantas, Korean Air and Air Niugini. The facility is being established as more than 170 A220s await delivery in Asia-Pacific, including 150 aircraft ordered by AirAsia from 2028.
Boeing and the union representing engineers and technical workers in Washington and other states will resume contract negotiations on Sept. 8, the union said. The talks will be closely watched for their potential implications for labor costs, workforce stability and engineering support across Boeing’s operations.
President Donald Trump honored the Artemis II astronauts—the first humans to travel beyond the Moon in more than 50 years—with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signed an executive order directing NASA to establish the nation’s first U.S. Space Academy at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Washington’s proposed Space Academy has yet to receive funding and would exclude international partners, according to an opinion analysis. The move comes eight weeks after Europe’s International Space University liquidation, leaving the region without a clear response to its space-sector talent challenge.
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President Donald Trump has begun establishing a U.S. Space Academy to address workforce needs across the space sector. The proposed federal institution would train engineers, scientists, operators, astronauts and other professionals for NASA, the Space Force and America’s expanding commercial space industry.
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