Iran has rolled out its new indigenous fighter, conducting test flights Sept. 20 of two aircraft that the Islamic Republic News Agency said would join the Iranian Air Force on Saturday. The Associated Press news service reports that Tehran has begun production of the new fighters, which reportedly were derived from re-engineered US aircraft. (AP article via the International Herald Tribune.)
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.