Russia’s Rassvet Loses One Satellite as Two More Drift Toward Reentry
One spacecraft in Russia’s planned Rassvet broadband network has already reentered the atmosphere, and two more remain in low, decaying…
Boeing Adds $280 Million Air Force One Loss as Overruns Top $3 Billion
Boeing is spending more money to keep its revised Air Force One replacement schedule from slipping again. The company recorded…
NHTSA Expands GM Brake-Assist Probe to 1.16 Million Vehicles After 745 Incidents
Federal regulators have expanded an investigation of General Motors’ electronic brake-assist system to an estimated 1,164,820 vehicles after counting 745…
Tesla Sets September 3 Cybercab Launch, but Paid Rides Remain Unscheduled
Tesla will hold a Cybercab launch event in Austin on September 3, advancing a robotaxi program built around a two-seat…
Generational Finds Hidden Battery-Cell Imbalances in One of 85 Used EVs
About one in 85 used electric vehicles in a UK dealer dataset had battery-cell voltage divergence above Generational’s 50-millivolt threshold,…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Reportedly Leave 74% of Lukoil’s Perm Refininery Capacity Offline
Seventy-four percent is the combined share of stated refining capacity represented by two primary crude-processing units reportedly offline at Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez…
James Webb Telescope Finds Possible Solar-System-Size Star Powered by Black Hole
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected star-like light from an object roughly the size of the solar system, but…
Army Awards Neros $500 Million Drone Ceiling, Not Guaranteed Spending
A three-year-old Southern California startup now holds a U.S. Army contract framework with a ceiling of $500 million for Archer…
U.S. Patriot and THAAD Missile Supplies Reportedly Below 1,250; Rebuild Takes Years
The immediate problem is a mismatch between two clocks: advanced air-defense interceptors can be consumed in minutes, but replacing them…
Ukraine Replaces Independence Day Parade With Robots for Dangerous Military Jobs
Instead of columns of troops, tanks and missile systems, Ukraine filled its 2026 Independence Day display with machines intended for…
SpaceX Proposes $100 Billion Louisiana Starship Hub With 10 Launch Pads
Ten launch pads anchor SpaceX’s proposed $100 billion Starbase Louisiana complex, an industrial-scale bet that the company can move Starship…
Seven Officials Referred Over Jeju Air Localizer Safety Claims After 179 Deaths
South Korean police referred seven transport ministry officials to prosecutors on Aug. 25 over allegations that they knowingly omitted collision-safety…
Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Pressures Russian Crude Flows to 3.46 Million Barrels Daily
Russia’s oil system faces a basic capacity conflict: disrupted refineries leave more crude available for export, but pressure on Black…
Coalition Seeks Pause as Million-Satellite Plans Strain Split Federal Review
The central engineering-policy problem with orbital data centers is not confined to any single satellite. It is deciding where one…
Chinese Turbojets Reportedly Make Shahed Drones Three Times Faster, Straining Ukraine’s Defenses
The defining difference between older Shahed-type attack drones and reported newer variants is no longer a modest electronics update. Ukrainian…
Air Force Flies C-17 With Robot-Formed Panel After Tooling Shortage
The difficult part of replacing one damaged C-17 nose panel was not forming the metal. It was justifying the dedicated…
Rivian Plans 10 Megawatt-Hours of Factory Storage From 100-Plus Used Batteries
Before more than 100 Rivian vehicle batteries can help power an automotive factory, they must become one coordinated stationary system….
FCC Satellite Uplink Proposal Opens Part 15 Access With Interference Limits
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a significant expansion of unlicensed-spectrum use, but not an unrestricted one. Its new proposal…