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November 13, 2025
UAV NEWS
How drones are altering contemporary warfare



Cambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into Estonian airspace in September, they were intercepted and no attempt was made to shoot them down - although the incident did make headlines and led to a Russia ... read more

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AEROSPACE
Light powered micromotors achieve flight in open air
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Researchers at Concordia University have built the first micromotors able to move freely through the air using only light as their source of power. This advance marks a major shift for the field of ... more
SPACEWAR
Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Europe finds itself in the midst of a new space race, one defined less by exploration and more by the imperative to safeguard critical orbital infrastructure from the mounting threats of Russian and ... more
UAV NEWS
Amentum secures up to 995M dollar US Air Force contract for MQ9 modernization
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Amentum announced it has received the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Maintenance Support IDIQ contract from the US Air Force Air Combat Command, valued at up to 995 million dollars over five years. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Caracas (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own "massive" deployment. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
AI-developed controller directs satellite in pioneering in-orbit maneuver
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2025


A team at Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (JMU) has achieved a significant milestone on the road to space autonomy by successfully testing an artificial intelligence-based attitude control ... more

NUKEWARS
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
Moscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
Russia on Tuesday offered to discuss with the United States allegations from Washington that it had carried out secret underground nuclear tests, in a bid to ease tensions between the world's top two nuclear superpowers. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Colorado Boulder advances research and education in space law and policy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
University of Colorado Boulder researchers are expanding their work into space law following decades of experience in space exploration. The need for policy expertise has grown as countries co ... more
TECH SPACE
Filtronic wins contract for RF payload assemblies in LEO satellite program
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Filtronic has confirmed a contract exceeding euro 7 million to supply high-frequency radio frequency assemblies for a leading European aerospace manufacturer engaged in the expansion of a Low Earth ... more

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SPACEMART
China moves forward with orbital internet network expansion
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
A Long March 12 rocket placed the latest batch of low Earth orbit satellites into space on November 10, 2025, launching from the Hainan commercial spacecraft site in southern China. China Aerospace ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
US-China tensions weigh on Lisbon's Web Summit
Paris (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
Global tech leaders packed Lisbon's annual Web Summit Tuesday to talk artificial intelligence, robots and startups - all under the shadow of global tensions over cutting-edge hardware and software and the resources needed to build them. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace prepares reusable ZQ 3 rocket for first launch after major tests in China
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
LandSpace, a private Beijing-based rocket manufacturer, is moving toward the debut flight of its ZQ 3, also known as Rosefinch 3, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi ... more
GPS NEWS
Centimeter-level RTK positioning now available for IoT deployments
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Quectel Wireless Solutions has announced a collaboration with Swift Navigation to provide real-time kinematic (RTK) correction solutions that deliver centimeter-level accuracy for a diverse range of ... more
TECH SPACE
York Space demonstrates successful payload commissioning for BARD mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
York Space Systems completed the initial commissioning of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload on the BARD mission, validating the mission's operations concept and advancing wideband ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Colombia military says airstrikes kill 19 guerrillas
Bogota (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
Top Colombian military officers on Tuesday revealed a deadly offensive against a drug-running guerrilla group, saying airstrikes had killed 19 fighters in the country's Amazon region. ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


ROCKET SCIENCE
China's Galactic Energy fails Ceres-1 rocket satellite mission launch
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 10, 2025
A rocket by a private Chinese company saw its second failure on its planned orbital mission. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX Starlink launch breaks record for Florida spaceport
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 10, 2025
The SpaceX launch of 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station broke an annual launch record for Florida's spaceport. ... more
WAR REPORT
Colombia halts intelligence sharing with U.S. over boat strikes
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 12, 2025
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the South American nation's security authorities to cease sharing intelligence with the United States over the Trump administration's continued attacks on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. ... more
TECH SPACE
Mission control center supports HummingSat launches with digital twin and electric orbit-raising
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
SWISSto12 has detailed the mission control operations for its geostationary satellite, HummingSat. The company's Command-and-Control Center in Athens, Georgia, facilitates launch, orbit raising, and ... more
FLOATING STEEL
U.S. carrier strike force positioned in waters near Venezuela
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 11, 2025
A carrier strike group has arrived at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Southern Command's control amid tensions with Venezuela and drug cartels. ... more
TECH SPACE
Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved, in space
Urbana, IL (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur in The Grainger College of Engineerin ... more
WAR REPORT
Thailand suspends truce with Cambodia after 4 soldiers hurt by landmine
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 11, 2025
Thailand on Tuesday suspended the U.S. President Donald Trump-brokered truce with Cambodia after four soldiers patrolling near their shared border were wounded by landmines. ... more
GPS NEWS
Nanometer precision ranging demonstrated across 113 kilometers sets new benchmark for space measurement
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2025
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, led by professors Jian-Wei Pan, Hai-Feng Jiang, and Qiang Zhang, have achieved nanometer-level absolute distance measurement over ... more
ROBO SPACE
Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A team at the University of Oxford has introduced a new class of soft robots which operate solely on air pressure, eliminating the need for electronics, motors or computers. As published on November ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump II could be moment to break US tech power: author
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
America's lashing out at trade partners under the second presidency of Donald Trump could prove the moment to break its tech firms' power beyond US borders, activist Cory Doctorow told AFP Tuesday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Preparations begin for return of Shenzhou mission crew after debris incident
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency has initiated emergency plans to bring home the Shenzhou XX crew after a space debris impact prompted a delay in their scheduled return. Mission planners and engineers ... more
TECH SPACE
Quantum timing and sensing partnership set to reshape space infrastructure
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Voyager Technologies and Infleqtion have formed a strategic partnership to deploy dual-use quantum technology in low-Earth orbit and beyond. The initiative aims to transfer quantum utility from labo ... more
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TECH SPACE
Sentinel-1D extends global radar imaging as new Copernicus satellite enters orbit
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1D satellite, equipped with Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), has successfully launched, joining Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1C in orbit. This addition ensur ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX launches 29 satellites after fireball spotted in the sky
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2025
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Sunday, a day after a fireball was spotted in the sky off the coast of Florida. ... more
AEROSPACE
Turkish military plane with 20 on board crashes in Georgia
Istanbul (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
A Turkish military cargo plane carrying 20 passengers and crew crashed in Georgia on its way home from Azerbaijan, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump says 'we've had a lot of problems' with France
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
President Donald Trump took a sudden swipe at France on Monday during an interview with US broadcaster Fox News, saying "we've had a lot of problems with the French." ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia says foiled Ukrainian-UK plot to hijack missile-carrying jet
Moscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
Russia said Tuesday it had foiled an Anglo-Ukrainian plot to hijack a military jet carrying a hypersonic missile which they planned to take to Romania in a "large-scale provocation". ... more
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