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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 23, 2024

VOL. 290 NO. 58 December 23, 2024
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Programs

halcon ii space eurofighter
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Spain Orders 25 More Eurofighters

Dec 20, 2024
Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.
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Northrop Unveils New Rocket Motor After Static Tests

Dec 20, 2024
Northrop Grumman started developing the new motor in response to a U.S. Navy request for an upper-stage rocket for an “extended-range, hypersonic capability.”
hurjet
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Spain Selects Hurjet For Advanced Jet Training Role

Dec 20, 2024
Spain has provisionally selected Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TAI) Hurjet to replace its aging fleet of Northrop SF-5 lead-in fighter trainers.
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Stratolaunch Succeeds With Second Talon Launch

Dec 20, 2024
The launch and recovery of TA-2, if confirmed, marks a major milestone for Stratolaunch’s plan to develop the Talon into a reusable hypersonic test system.
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Spain Takes Delivery Of Latest Standard NH90s

Dec 20, 2024
In the country’s second batch of NH90s, the Spanish armed forces are set to receive 23 NH90s.
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Germany Orders DIRCM Upgrade For A350 VIP Protection, C-130Js

Dec 19, 2024
The program will be the first integration of such an infrared countermeasure system on an A350, Lufthansa Technik said.
hypersat
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Poland Acquires Military Earth-Observation Satellites

Dec 20, 2024
Poland is buying four microsatellites as it looks to build out its space-based reconnaissance capabilities, with the constellation set to be deployed in 2027.
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Beta Secures New Zealand Aeromedical Sale For eVTOL Alia

Dec 20, 2024
NZAAS operates from six bases providing service across the North and South Island and in the South Pacific.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Transport Minister Anthony Loke
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Malaysia To Restart MH370 Search In 2025

Dec 20, 2024
Malaysia has committed to restarting the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in 2025, over 10 years after the Boeing 777-200ER disappeared.

Operations

v-22
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V-22s To Return To Flight, With New Gearbox Limitations

Dec 20, 2024
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its V-22 fleet to flight and to operations with a better understanding of parts failures in the tiltrotor’s gearbox.
ispace lunar lander
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Ispace Eyes Mid-Year Lunar Landing Attempt

Dec 18, 2024
Ispace says it is targeting another attempt to touch down a lunar lander on the Moon’s surface around four to five months after launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
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Cosmonauts Conduct Space Station Science, Maintenance Spacewalk

Dec 19, 2024
Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagnerts began the spacewalk with the installation of the All Sky Monitor.

Funding & Policy

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Kendall Urges Next Administration To Boost Space Force Funding

Dec 19, 2024
Donald Trump is reentering the White House as the U.S. faces an expanded threat environment in the space domain.

Business

CAE
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Activist Investor Looks To Help Choose New CAE CEO

Dec 20, 2024
Activist investor Browning West has taken a 4.3% stake in Canadian training and simulation leader CAE as the latter is searching for a new CEO in 2025.

Fleet Snapshot

Brazilian Navy Super Lynx 300 (Mk-21A) with USN guided-missile destroyer USS Cole
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Fleet Snapshot: Latin American Military Maritime Helicopter Fleets + Deliveries 2025-2034

Dec 20, 2024
Latin American Military Maritime Helicopter Fleets + Deliveries 2025-2034

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