China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Vice Minister Xin Guobin said the 15th Five-Year Plan period will prioritize growth by deepening integration of technological and industrial innovation and developing new productive forces. MIIT will adopt an industry-sets-problems, technology-provides-solutions approach, strengthen public technology service and pilot-scale platforms to accelerate original technologies into pilot trials and scaled application, and cultivate new scenarios, f

SpaceX plans to build a $100 bln Starship launch base on Pecan Island on Louisiana’s southern coast, its third Starship launch site. The site would cover about 125,000 acres and include five launch complexes, 10 pads, on‑site propellant production, power generation, vehicle processing and employee housing. SpaceX says the base will raise Starship launch cadence and support plans to deploy up to 1 million data‑center satellites; Starship will also launch upgraded Starlink satellites, with an orbital data‑center mission as early as 2027 and a NASA crewed lunar mission as early as 2028.

VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry) says U.S. tariffs on Canada are a concern for the German auto industry.