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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 22, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 14 January 22, 2025
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Funding & Policy

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White House Details Temporary DOD Leaders Ahead Of Nomination Votes

Jan 21, 2025
Shortly after the inauguration, the White House released a list of officials who will serve in key roles ahead of Senate confirmations.
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Trump Invokes Mars Mission In Inaugural Address

Jan 21, 2025
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to bring astronauts to the moon and "plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."
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Trump Names KSC’s Janet Petro As Acting NASA Administrator

Jan 21, 2025
Petro could fill the role until Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator, billionaire Jarad Isaacman, achieves U.S. Senate confirmation.
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Polish-UK Program Office Will Support Air Defense Programs

Jan 20, 2025
Warsaw and London are opening a joint program office in support of Polish air defense programs being supplied by the UK.
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French Space Agency CNES Braces For Impact Of Trump’s Goals

Jan 21, 2025
If NASA puts all its resources into sending a U.S. person planting the U.S. flag on Mars, the game changes for the European, CNES President Lionel Suchet says.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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China Unveils Supersonic Yunxing Aircraft Family

Jan 21, 2025
China’s Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology on Jan. 20 unveiled its Yunxing family of supersonic aircraft, alongside the Jindou-400 supersonic engine.
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UK Must Buy More Eurofighters, Workers Union Says

Jan 20, 2025
A UK workers' union is urging the government to acquire more Eurofighter Typhoons to ensure industrial skills around aircraft assembly are maintained.
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ESA Gears Up For 2026 Launch Of Earth Twin Hunter Mission

Jan 15, 2025
ESA is prepping for launch of the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars (Plato) mission, with the telescope to lift off on an Ariane 62 late next year.

Operations

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Leonardo Falco UAV To Monitor For Wildfires In Canary Islands

Jan 21, 2025
Data from payloads fitted to the aircraft, including electro-optical cameras and radar imagery, will be sent from the UAS to a Geo-Information Center.
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Ukraine Using Windracers Ultra UAS In Elint-Gathering Role

Jan 17, 2025
Ukraine is flying Windracers Ultra drones on electronic intelligence (elint) missions, the founder of the uncrewed aircraft system manufacturer has revealed.

Business

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Redwire Gets Into Military Drones With Edge Autonomy Acquisition

Jan 21, 2025
The acquisition is being driven by the U.S. Defense Department Joint All-Domain Command and Control (known as JADC2) strategy.

Technology

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Thales Alenia Space Works On Quantum Key Payload With Hispasat

Jan 21, 2025
Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat have linked up to develop a payload that can enable more secure ways to pass data using quantum key distribution.

Contracts