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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 20, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 13 January 20, 2025
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Programs

U.S. Air Force F-15E
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Boeing, BAE Deliver First F-15E Outfitted With New EW Kit

Jan 17, 2025
Boeing and BAE Systems delivered the first F-15E Strike Eagle outfitted with the new Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System upgrade
Windracers Mk.2
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Windracers Rolls Out More Capable Version Of Ultra Logistics UAS

Jan 17, 2025
Windracers, the developer of the Ultra uncrewed aircraft system, has a new version it hopes will transform the logistics business.
Iron Dome launch
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Israel Signs Deal With Rafael For More Iron Dome Interceptors

Jan 17, 2025
Israel has signed an agreement with state-owned Rafael for additional Iron Dome interceptors, drawing on $8.7 billion in extra funding from the U.S.
Saab drone swarm
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Saab Eyeing More Autonomous Systems After Swedish Drone Project

Jan 17, 2025
Saab says it plans to offer autonomous vehicles in all domains after its rapid development of drone capability for the Swedish armed forces.
Starmer and Zelenskyy
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Ukrainian Air Defense To Be Bolstered By Gravehawk System

Jan 17, 2025
The UK government has been working with Denmark on a new ground-based air defense system for Ukraine called Gravehawk.
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ESA Outlines Saturn Mission With Enceladus Landing

Jan 15, 2025
So far codenamed L4, the undertaking will include flybys and culminate with a landing on the icy moon Enceladus.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

U.S.-China Space
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U.S.-China Space Competition Set To Intensify, Reports Say

Jan 17, 2025
The rivalry between the U.S. and China in space is set to intensify in 2025 as they increase rocket launches and satellite constellation construction.
article

FAA Underlines eVTOL Downwash Challenge For Vertiport Design

Jan 13, 2025
The introduction of the downwash caution area (DCA) was the result of flight surveys of multiple prototype eVTOL aircraft for the FAA.

Operations

SpaceX Starship
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SpaceX Starship Debris Re-Entry Triggers FAA Mishap Investigation

Jan 17, 2025
Several commercial airline flights in the northern Caribbean briefly entered holding patterns due to debris from the test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket.
Ispace lunar lander
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Moon Landers Off And Running, Post-Launch

Jan 17, 2025
Ispace of Japan’s commercial “Resilience” lunar lander has completed its initial orbital maneuver, setting it on a course toward the Moon.
Starship
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SpaceX Eyes Leak In Starship Upper-Stage Loss, Plans Next Test Soon

Jan 17, 2025
SpaceX is pressing ahead with plans for another Starship test flight as it investigates the loss of the upper stage during the most recent development mission.

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