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The Backcountry Aviation Foundation is raffling three Piper J-3 Cub aircraft. Ticket proceeds will fund work to preserve remote airstrips and create public flying destinations around the US.
NASA's Anil Menon and CSA's Joshua Kutryk conducted a spacewalk to fit the seventh of eight ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays, part of an ongoing effort to boost the space station's power supply.
Italian small satellite maker Argotec has raised €50 million to expand its production. NUO Space, the space arm of a Milan private equity firm, led the funding round.
Nominations are open for the 2027 General Aviation Awards, which recognize flight instructors, maintenance technicians and safety advocates nationally. Submissions are accepted until late November.
Airbus has disclosed that output at the former Spirit AeroSystems A350 work package dropped from almost 10 shipsets a month to under four, meaning production must roughly triple to meet the planemaker's 2028 rate goal.
During the Canada-EU Summit, Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty and EU Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will tour Montréal defence manufacturer Galvion to showcase Canada's defence industrial base and transatlantic cooperation.
Andrew Broom of the National Business Aviation Association has been named to the Air Care Alliance board, a move intended to deepen cooperation between the business aviation sector and volunteer pilot organizations flying humanitarian missions across the US.
Japan will begin assembling AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles as part of a multibillion-dollar U.S.-Japan effort to expand missile output, which also aims to speed up production of the SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptor.
During a spacewalk, NASA's Anil Menon and CSA's Joshua Kutryk installed and deployed the seventh of eight upgraded solar arrays meant to keep the International Space Station powered until its planned 2030 retirement.
NASA highlights how International Space Station crews have marked Halloween over the years, dressing up in costumes individually or as a group while continuing their work in orbit.
A look back at Oct. 29, 1991, when NASA's Galileo probe, en route to Jupiter, passed asteroid Gaspra at about 18,000 mph and returned the first close-up images ever taken of an asteroid.
The California Science Center and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are opening a new space gallery in Los Angeles in late 2026. It will feature historic planetary rovers, lunar probes and hands-on robotics exhibits.
Blue Origin is targeting a possible return to flight before the end of 2026 and is positioning itself to be selected for NASA's Artemis IV lunar mission.
Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years, has retired from active astronaut duty and been appointed deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Breaking Defense highlights three congressional races in which lawmakers with major sway over US defense policy and spending face tough reelection fights. The results could change who shapes military budgets and programs.
At its annual Las Vegas convention, the National Business Aviation Association presented its Ueltschi Award to leaders fighting human trafficking. They were honored for joint industry training programs and resources developed with survivors.
A map used in fall 1990 to pick strategic targets in Iraq while planning the Operation Desert Storm air campaign will go on display in November at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum as part of a new exhibit.
US and South Korean officials still disagree over when wartime operational control of US forces on the Korean Peninsula should pass to Seoul's commanders. The handover would have no modern precedent and raises questions about the future US military role there.
NASA's X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft has started a cross-country ferry flight to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making an en-route stop in Texas.
NASA has given Vancouver-based EarthDaily Analytics a task order worth about US$3 million to assess whether imagery from its new satellite constellation is accurate enough to be used alongside Landsat Earth-observation data.
Tobago's ANR Robinson International Airport opened its new east terminal on October 13, 2026. The article takes a look inside the newly completed facility.
Canada has published its first national security strategy in over two decades, a release that coincides with strained trade talks between Ottawa and the United States.
NASA's Anil Menon and the Canadian Space Agency's Joshua Kutryk installed a new solar array during a seven-hour spacewalk outside the ISS, marking the 100th US spacewalk conducted by station crew members.
The first M-346 jet trainer built for the Italian Air Force's Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team has made its first flight, only days after leaving the factory.
FedEx reported a positive third quarter, helped by higher shipment volumes, firmer pricing, demand for premium logistics services and fuel surcharge revenue. The express and air cargo carrier expects a strong peak season.
An Italian Army CH-47F Chinook crashed near Brčko, Bosnia, while supporting the EUFOR Althea mission. At least four people were killed and eleven injured.
Bell Textron says a continuing resolution could delay the US Army's first low-rate production contract for the MV-75 tiltrotor. Executives warn the delay could raise the program's expected financial charge to as much as $150 million.
Vickers has unveiled the FAST4, a four-seat carbon-fibre aircraft with folding wings. The company is targeting a 235-knot cruise speed, about 1,300 nautical miles of range and a 1,520-pound useful load.
Ilulissat Airport in Greenland has opened a new 2,200-metre runway, replacing its 845-metre strip. Air Greenland's A330-800 arrived on 29 October as the first widebody to serve the airport, improving access to North Greenland.
Radiant has launched an updated portable carbon monoxide detector for pilots. It adds a color display, a 90-minute exposure history graph and individual factory calibration to help crews spot CO hazards in the cockpit.