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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 5, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 24 February 05, 2025
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Funding & Policy

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China Imposes Export Controls On Five Minerals Important For Defense

Feb 04, 2025
Licenses will now be required by Chinese manufacturers that wish to export 20 products that use tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, indium and molybdenum.
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NASA Halts Science Advisory Panel Meetings To Assess Trump Orders

Feb 03, 2025
The groups conduct community-wide, interdisciplinary planning and assessments for lunar, Mars, Mercury, Venus, small bodies, outer planets and other planetary research.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Airbus’ Maritime Patrol A321 Bests Dassault Falcon Proposals

Feb 04, 2025
France’s defense materiel agency DGA has contracted Airbus in partnership with Thales for a further two-year risk-assessment study on the A321MPA.
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U.S. Air Force Solicits Small, Long-Range UAS For Rescues

Feb 04, 2025
The service on Feb. 4 released a solicitation to identify small UAS that can identify isolated personnel in areas where combat aircraft are denied.
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Saab Builds C-UAS Radars Absent Orders To Quickly Meet Demand

Feb 04, 2025
Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.
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L3Harris Starts Flight Testing Viper Shield For F-16s

Feb 04, 2025
The first flight milestone, announced Feb. 4, keeps the program on track to deliver the first systems near the end of this year.

Operations

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Suborbital New Shepard Launch Provides Lunar Gravity Simulation

Feb 04, 2025
The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.
Aalto's Zephyr gets airborne
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Aalto’s Zephyr Returns After Stratospheric Flight Over Kenya

Feb 03, 2025
Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya.

Business

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Palantir Shares Skyrocket On Brisk Q4 Sales, AI Elation

Feb 04, 2025
The Denver-based company’s sales rose 36% annually to $828 million in the fourth quarter while adjusted earnings per share reached $0.14.
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TransDigm Bullish On M&A Pipeline, Including Larger Assets

Feb 04, 2025
The December quarter was notable by TransDigm’s standards for not including any new M&A deals.

The Debrief

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Can AI Automate Away Drudgery From Aerospace Engineering?

Feb 05, 2025
Engineers spend only about 50% of their time on engineering work in aerospace and defense, according to a study.