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The company that invented the unmanned hunter-killer mission unveils a concept for the legendary MQ-9’s replacement.
 
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Ask the Editors: The problem with electric taxi motors is the ratio of benefit to cost in commercial operations.
 
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Lockheed Martin F-35 deliveries postponed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the supply chain will not fully recover by the end of 2021, a company executive told Aviation Week.
 
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A British-led research effort has caught a possible low probability hint of biological activity in the high altitude cloud layers of neighboring Venus.
 
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France’s fledgling Space Command launches major effort in Earth-orbit surveillance and satellite defense.
 
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