NASA test pilot Mike Lippert flew the X-59 for the first time on October 21, reaching Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet during an hour-long sortie from Edwards, California. NASA reported the flight on October 22 as the experimental aircraft returned to testing after scheduled maintenance. The milestone concerns the pilot’s first flight in the aircraft, rather than the X-59’s first-ever flight.
Virginia energy planners are set to use NASA solar, meteorological and future weather-risk data under a Space Act Agreement announced October 23. The partnership links NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton with the Virginia Department of Energy to study power demand, generation and system resilience.
U.S. civilian federal agencies face an October 26 remediation due date for an exploited vulnerability in on-premises Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator after CISA added CVE-2026-114625 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 23. Arista says fixed releases are available and that hosted versions, including dedicated deployments, have already been patched.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging organizations to patch two critical PHP vulnerabilities and prioritize systems exposed to the internet. Its October 21 alert identifies CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, which can allow remote code execution without authentication. AWS has separately detailed platform updates and actions for customers running affected PHP versions.
Apple opened U.S. preorders for HomeView on October 13, 2026, pricing its new 7-inch home display at US$299 and announcing availability from November 13. The company says the device combines household controls, entertainment and personalized Siri features, with several functions dependent on compatible Apple devices and software.
NASA researchers in Virginia have tested small solid-state battery prototypes that operated with reduced performance at minus 80 degrees Celsius, the agency reported on October 14, 2026. The SPEARS project is aimed at future lunar equipment, but the reported laboratory results do not establish that a flight-ready battery can operate throughout the Moon’s coldest night.
NVIDIA’s 28 September announcement combines OpenShell runtime controls and Sentry monitoring. Company claims are distinguished from independent reporting.
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