Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 17, 2025 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 17, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 12 January 17, 2025
Download PDF

Daily Briefs

article

Daily Briefs

Jan 17, 2025
BOEING gets F/A-18 flap repair order... VOYAGER SPACE rebranded... GD appoints new chief of ordnance/tactical systems...

In Brief

article

In Brief: Saab Scales Up Sirius Compact EW Sensor Production

Jan 17, 2025
News in brief.

Funding & Policy

article

Trump To Nominate Troy Meink As Air Force Secretary

Jan 16, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to nominate Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the NRO, to be the next secretary of the Air Force, Aviation Week has learned.
Space Development Agency DerekTournear (right)
article

SDA Director On Administrative Leave Pending Investigation

Jan 17, 2025
Derek Tournear, the director of the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA), has been placed on administrative leave, “pending the results of an investigation.”
article

Rocket Factory Augsburg Secures UK’s First Launch License

Jan 16, 2025
The rocket company plans to fly its launcher from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland.
drone
article

Defense Innovation Board Calls For Fielding More Uncrewed Systems ‘Now’

Jan 14, 2025
The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) is calling for the U.S. to act with greater urgency to field uncrewed systems to make up ground lost to competitors.

Operations

New Glenn first launch
article

Blue Origin Reaches Orbit In New Glenn Inaugural Mission

Jan 16, 2025
Blue Origin has achieved its goal of becoming an orbital launch player, even as it failed to recover its first-stage booster in the ambitious inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket.
SpaceX Starship 7
article

SpaceX Starship Test Catches Booster But Loses Upper Stage

Jan 17, 2025
SpaceX’s Starship program saw mixed results on Jan. 16: tthe second recovery of the booster.but the loss of the first upgraded Block 2 upper-stage variant.
ISRI Spadex satellites
article

India Completes In-Space Docking Of Two Spacecraft

Jan 16, 2025
India has achieved another first in its efforts to build its space capabilities, with the country’s first in-orbit docking of two spacecraft.
article

NASA Preparing To Resume Space Station Spacewalks

Jan 10, 2025
The first of two upcoming 6- to 7-hr. spacewalks has been assigned to NASA astronauts Nick Hague, his fourth career excursion; and Sunita “Suni” Williams.

Programs

Anduril Arsenal building concept
article

Anduril Selects Ohio For Planned Arsenal Factory

Jan 16, 2025
Anduril plans to start delivering munitions and drones in mid-2026 from a new “Arsenal” mass production plant near Columbus, Ohio.
jassm-er
article

U.S. Approves Japan JASSM-ER Sale

Jan 16, 2025
Washington has cleared the way for Japan to acquire more extended-range Lockheed Martin AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM-ER).
uncrewed ship in water
article

UK Seeks Ship-Launched Land-Attack Strike System For Ukraine

Jan 14, 2025
The MOD is asking industry for ideas to field a low-observable vessel for Ukraine that could be used to strike targets at a range of up to 100 km (62 mi.).

Aviation Week Forecasts

article

Aviation Week Forecasts: Morocco May Land First Arab F-35 Deal as Trump Returns to Office

Jan 16, 2025
With the potential revival of an F-35 sale to Morocco, the Lockheed Martin program could be in for an exciting 24 months.