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Aéronautique
A350F : Airbus vise un premier vol
dès septembre, malgré un calendrier sous tension
Airbus espère faire
décoller pour la première fois son A350F dès la
troisième semaine de septembre. Cette échéance,
encore susceptible de glisser vers le début octobre, ouvrirait
une campagne d'essais particulièrement resserrée
av...
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Airbus Helicopters vend douze H145M
supplémentaires à l'US Army.
Le contrat s’élève
à 99 millions d’euros. Le constructeur européen
va fournir douze UH-72B Lakota, la version américanisée
du best-seller H145M, à l’US Army. Des
hélicoptères biturbines qui viendront compléter
ce...
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Terma, Airbus Explore Helicopter-Related MRO
Partnership
Danish defense technology provider Terma
says it has signed an agreement with Airbus targeting potential
helicopter-related maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work with
an eye on future business opportunities in the country.A cornerstone
of the agreement is the focus on localized MRO capabilitie...
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Airbus To Boost A220 Production To 13
Monthly Jets With Extended Wing Facility In Belfast
Airbus has initiated the construction of
a significant extension to its A220 wing facility in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. This expansion aims to nearly double the production
rate of the A220, the company's smallest commercial aircraft.
Spanning 6,221 square meters (67,000 square feet), the project
is...
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Compétition MTA : l'appel d'offres
pour les futurs avions de transport tactique de l'Indian Air Force
est lancé
Le ministère indien de la
Défense a lancé le 12 août un appel
d’offres pour l’acquisition de 60 avions de transport
multirôles destinés à l'Indian Air Force (IAF),
dans le cadre du programme MTA (Medium Transport Aircraft).
Évalu&eacu...
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Thales et Systematic s'allient pour proposer
une solution de commandement et de contrôle à la
défense aérienne danoise
Étant donné qu'elle repose
sur différents types de systèmes antiaériens et
de radars, une défense aérienne multicouche
nécessite une architecture de commandement et de
contrôle solide pour être efficace. Cela souligne
l'importance d...
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Airbus A320, A330, A350 : la grève en
Espagne menace la production de l'avionneur, "si elle dure, il y
aura un impact évident", prévient la CGT
En Espagne, Airbus fait face à une
grève massive. Après une mobilisation durant le mois de juillet
2026, le mouvement pourrait reprendre fin août. L'avionneur
européen basé à Toulouse dément toute conséquence sur la
production, mais si les grèves se poursuivent, cela pourrait
fortement imp...
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Espace
Chinese rocket successfully lands on its
second flight.
China achieved a significant milestone
in spaceflight with the successful landing of the first stage of the
Zhuque-3 rocket by the Beijing startup LandSpace on August 18. This
event marks the first time a private Chinese company has accomplished
such a landing during an orbital launch. It is only th...
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Hypersonic Missile Defence: Situation
Report
North Korea and Iran have recently
announced their possession of hypersonic weapons, joining Russia and
China in this development. The growing number of countries with
hypersonic capabilities raises concerns about global security and
defense strategies. This report provides an overview of the
curren...
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Rocket Lab joins U.S. Space Force's Space
Data Network Consortium
August 18, 2026 - Rocket Lab Corporation
today announced its onboarding into the U.S. Space Force's Space Data
Network (SDN) Consortium, expanding vendor diversity for the Space
Data Network Backbone (SDN-B), a key initiative to develop a secure,
high-speed global satellite communications network fo...
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Intuitive Machines Secures $600 Million
Commercial GEO Satellite Award as Backlog Expands to $1.8
Billion
The company has secured a 30-month
contract to manufacture and deliver three spacecraft platforms for an
undisclosed commercial operator. This agreement confirms the
company's acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, previously known as
Maxar Space Systems, in January 2026. The $800 million
acquisitio...
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UAE wants 3,240 ‘Deep Thought'
satellites
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has
submitted a formal request to the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) for the deployment of 3,240 non-geostationary satellites,
referred to as the 'Deep Thought' constellation. The submission was
made by Al Yah Satellite Communications, which operates the ...
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Satellite launch vehicle self-destructs
after test anomaly: NCSIST
Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) A satellite launch
vehicle being tested for the first time self-destructed after
experiencing an anomaly shortly after liftoff, Taiwan's top weapons
development institute said Wednesday, but no injuries or property
damage were reported.
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Infinite Electronics to Debut Anti-Jam GNSS
Antennas at Commercial UAV Expo
The new
Pasternack multi-constellation antenna line targets UAV operators
facing increasingly congested RF environments, and will be shown for
the first time at the Las Vegas show Sept. 1-3.Infinite Electronics,
a global platform of connectivity manufacturing companie...
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World's most powerful superconducting
magnetic actuator is space flight ready
A Los Angeles-based company has achieved
a key milestone as its powerful magnetic actuator is flight-ready.
Called Supertorquer, the device is expected to become the most
powerful magnetic actuator ever flown. Developed by Zenno
Astronautics, the Supertorquer is integrated aboard Portal Space
S...
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Drones et nouveaux usages
Terma wins Danish nationwide counter-drone
contract, linking military and civilian sensors into sovereign
AI-enabled defence network
Denmark has selected Terma to deliver a
nationwide counter-drone command-and-control system that will connect
military, civilian and critical-infrastructure sensors into a shared
operational picture. The sovereign system will use AI-supported
processing to help the Danish Armed Forces and other auth...
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U.S. Air Force tests portable control system
for ‘fighter drones'
The U.S. Department of the Air Force has
finalized evaluations of a prototype for a portable
command-and-control system intended for managing Collaborative Combat
Aircraft in the field, according to the Air Force Life Cycle
Management Center. This system, referred to as C2E, aims to provide
operator...
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Elroy Air awarded $46M U.S. Army contract
for VTOL UAS, Chaparral
August 18, 2026 - Elroy Air,
Inc., a U.S.-based technology developer of autonomous heavy-cargo
drones for defense, rapid response and commercial logistics,
announced today that it has been awarded a $46 million, multi-year
contract with the U.S. Army for the development of an autonomous
h...
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Germany Opens Drone Research Center Amid
Infrastructure Threats
Germany has opened a research center
dedicated to the development and assessment of technologies aimed at
safeguarding airports, public events, and critical infrastructure
from unauthorized drone activities, according to Euronews. Situated
in Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany, the center will focus o...
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ThinKom Awarded OTA with U.S. Army to
Deliver Alecto™ High-Power Microwave System for Maneuver
C-UAS
The U.S. Army, through Portfolio
Acquisition Executive Fires' Program Manager for Advanced
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Effects (PM ACE), awarded ThinKom
Solutions Inc. an Other Transaction prototype project to deliver and
evaluate mobile high-power microwave counter-unmanned aerial system
capab...
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SkyDrive signs Australia's first eVTOL
agreement with Gold Coast Helitours
SkyDrive
Inc., a leading compact eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan,
announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Gold Coast
Helitours, a premier helicopter operator based in the Gold Coast,
Australia.This milestone agreement represents SkyDrive&rsqu...
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DRAGON FLIGHT marks Osan's first Group 3 UAS
defense exercise
U.S. Airmen, U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Marines
and Republic of Korea Air Force personnel came together for EXERCISE
DRAGON FLIGHT, an inaugural readiness event designed to locate,
detect and track a Group 3 unmanned aircraft system in Osan airspace
at Osan Air Base, ROK, Aug. 2-6, 2026.
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Amazon expanding lightweight drone delivery
to 500 US cities with potential 30-minute wait times for
packages
Millions more people may be able to get
smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end
of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand
the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S.
cities.Customers could receive the drone deliveries in as fast as
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Propulsion et Energie
Embarquée
Princeton's nuclear fusion reactor spinout
scales flat superconducting magnets for commercial plants
Thea Energy has completed an extension
of its Series B financing round to support the engineering and
manufacturing of its nuclear fusion systems. The expanded round adds
backing from Brevan Howard Macro Venture, Aloniq, ALJ Investments,
Beyond Earth Ventures, and other global institutional
particip...
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Structures, Matériaux et
Procédés
New method converts difficult-to-recycle
aircraft composite waste into aerogel insulation
The
National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a method to turn
difficult-to-recycle carbon fiber and epoxy composite waste into
multifunctional aerogels. The team created a lightweight,
non-toxic porous material by mechanically grinding the entire
comp...
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