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October 13, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches Starship megarocket on successful test flight



South Padre Island, United States (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time. In its 11th test voyage, the enormous rocket took off Monday from Space X's south Texas launch facilities just after 6:25pm local time (2325 GMT), according to a live video feed which also featured resounding applause from engineering teams. Its rocket booster known w ... read more

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ENERGY TECH
Physics informed AI forecasts safer tokamak rampdowns for future fusion plants
Cambridge MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
MIT researchers have unveiled a prediction method that blends a physics-based plasma model with machine learning to manage tokamak rampdowns more safely and reliably. The approach targets disruption ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Blue Origin sends six passengers to the edge of space on NS-36 suborbital flight
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Blue Origin successfully launched six passengers on its NS-36 mission from West Texas Wednesday morning, marking the company's 15th crewed New Shepard flight and its 36th overall suborbital mission. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab widens iQPS partnership with three more dedicated Electron launches starting 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Rocket Lab has signed a new multi-launch agreement with Japan's Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), adding three dedicated Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand beginning ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
University of Mississippi Law School launches first fully online Air and Space Law master's degree
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
The University of Mississippi School of Law has introduced the nation's first fully online Master of Science in Air and Space Law, designed to equip professionals for leadership roles in the fast-gr ... more
GPS NEWS
Navigating through interference at Jammertest
Paris (ESA) Oct 07, 2025
is essential to everything from tracking your morning jog to landing air ambulances. But as reliance on satellite navigation grows, so do the risks associated with its interruption, natural or inten ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Shield or Spark? The U.S. Golden Dome and the New Missile Arms Race
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
The launch of the US 'Golden Dome' missile defence initiative has already set in motion ripple effects across the globe. Rival nations are considering their own layered missile defence architectures ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Chinese astronauts complete fourth spacewalk of Shenzhou XX mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Crew members aboard the Shenzhou XX spacecraft carried out their fourth extravehicular activity, completing critical tasks outside the Tiangong space station, the China Manned Space Agency reported. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 set to deploy Copernicus Sentinel 1D on November 4
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
On November 4, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. local time in French Guiana (9:03 p.m. UTC, 10:03 p.m. CET), Arianespace plans to launch the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite aboard Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport ... more

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EU eyes building 'drone wall': question is, what is it?
Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
European Union leaders are discussing setting up a "drone wall" of defences after high-profile air incursions by Russia. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Trump says may warn Putin Ukraine could get Tomahawks
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he may warn Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ukraine could get Tomahawk cruise missiles if Moscow does not end its invasion. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP. ... more
UAV NEWS
Belgium says foiled jihadist plot for drone attack on politicians
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 9, 2025
Belgian authorities said Thursday they had arrested three young adults for plotting a jihadist-inspired attack using drone-mounted explosives, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever reported to be among several politicians targeted. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Lebanon, Syria commit to new path for strong partnership
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025
Lebanon and Syria announced Friday the opening of a new chapter in their relations nearly 10 months after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad. ... more
AEROSPACE
Qatari Emiri Air Force facility planned for Idaho, Pete Hegseth says
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025
The Qatari Emiri Air Force will base several F-15 fighters and their pilots at a base in Idaho, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. ... more
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UAV NEWS
Lightweight UAV detector achieves real time accuracy with reparameterized convolutions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
Remote sensing object detection is becoming increasingly important for UAV operations in disaster response, urban planning, and environmental monitoring. However, developing models that are both acc ... more
UAV NEWS
Breakthrough in UAV swarm intelligence as SRI redefines topology mapping
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
Unmanned swarm systems are revolutionizing fields from disaster relief to military reconnaissance, yet two obstacles have long hindered their reliability: precise trajectory prediction and transpare ... more
ROBO SPACE
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with DARPA and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics, has cleared a major space-readiness hurdle for satellite servicing. On Sept. 5, the team completed ... more
GPS NEWS
TERN raises seed funding extension to scale satellite free navigation for vehicles fleets and defense
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
TERN has closed a $7.5 million Seed Extension to accelerate deployment of its Independently Derived Positioning System (IDPS), an AI-driven, satellite-free navigation technology for commercial and d ... more
ROBO SPACE
SoftBank buys $5.4 bn robotics firm to advance 'physical AI'
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm. ... more
UAV NEWS
German police to get power to shoot down drones: minister
Berlin (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
German federal police will soon be allowed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday, after a spate of drone sightings believed to be Russian efforts to spy and intimidate. ... more
UAV NEWS
Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown drones
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2025
Federal authorities in Germany were granted permission to shoot down drones following a series of recent sightings of unknown drones spotted near Munich. ... more
UAV NEWS
Lithuania builds shelters as drones prowl border skies
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
Recent drone sorties over Lithuania and its neighbours have sparked fears of a full-scale Russian attack, prompting the small Baltic country to encourage the building of bomb shelters. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Iran dismissees Israel's missile concern as 'made-up threat'
Tehran (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
Iran on Tuesday dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warnings over its missile programme as fabricated, after he alleged the Islamic republic was developing rockets capable of reaching US cities. ... more
AEROSPACE
Denmark to buy 16 more US-made F-35 fighters after drone flights
Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Denmark will buy another 16 F-35 fighter jets from the United States, its defence minister said Friday, two weeks after unidentified drones intruded into the Scandinavian country's airspace. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
DLR's ATHEAt Flight Experiment Achieves Hypersonic Milestone Over Norway
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully launched its ATHEAt flight experiment from Andoya, Norway, marking a major advance in reusable space transportation technology. The sounding rocket ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Raytheon and Anduril achieve breakthrough test in advanced rocket propulsion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Anduril Industries have completed a successful static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor under contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Munition ... more
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Space Force awards launch missions to SpaceX, ULA
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
The U.S. Space Force announced winning bids for missions, and SpaceX is the clear favorite. Space Systems Command awarded seven National Security Space Launch contracts last week. Five of the ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
NATO drone competition highlightes use of autonomous technology in disaster relief
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
This summer, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted the SAPIENCE Drone Competition, an international Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) event s ... more
UAV NEWS
Next generation interceptor from Raytheon takes aim at drone warfare
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Raytheon, an RTX business, has revealed a prototype for its Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI), a system designed to replace the combat-proven Stinger missile and meet the growing threa ... more
ROBO SPACE
Death of 'sweet king': AI chatbots linked to teen tragedy
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old "sweet king" and pleaded with him to "come home" in passionate exchanges that would be the teen's last communications before he took his own life. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Turkish military ready to take part in any Gaza mission: defence ministry source
Istanbul (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Turkey's military will take part in any mission to maintain peace in Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, a defence ministry source said on Friday. ... more
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