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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 21, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 35 February 21, 2025
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Programs

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VC-25B Pressure Building On Boeing As Trump Floats Alternatives

Feb 20, 2025
Boeing is set to deliver to the U.S. Air Force a new schedule for the long-delayed two-aircraft fleet, with projections now placing delivery as late as 2029.
Air Force personnel work on an F119 engine
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Pratt & Whitney Gets $1.5B F119 Sustainment Contract, Plans Upgrades

Feb 20, 2025
Pratt has secured another contract worth up to $1.5 billion to sustain the F119 engine over the next three years and keep the F-22 flying.
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Raytheon To Offer Short-Term Options For Achieving U.S. Iron Dome

Feb 20, 2025
Raytheon and other companies attended an industry day in Huntsville, Alabama, on Feb. 18.
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Pratt Completes Design For Digital XA103 Prototype

Feb 20, 2025
The move keeps the XA103 on track to move into ground testing of a physical prototype by the end of the decade.
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NASA Requests Space Weather Spacecraft Concept Proposals

Feb 20, 2025
The RFI for Space Weather Geostationary Series (SW GEO) Spacecraft was issued on Feb. 18.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Airbus Eyes MBDA-Like Company To Fix Europe’s Satellite Problem

Feb 20, 2025
The Airbus CEO says talks with Leonardo and Thales to fix an overcapacity problem in European satellite development and production could lead to creating a combined entity modeled on missile-maker MBDA.
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Loss Of PCC Fastener Plant In Fire Seen As Significant, Manageable

Feb 20, 2025
The fire at SPS Technologies remained active with “hot spots” but was contained as of 9:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 20.
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Leonardo Nears Aerostructures Deal

Feb 20, 2025
The Italian aerospace and defense company has suffered financially from low production rates on the Boeing 787.
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Ball Aerospace Acquisition Positions BAE For U.S. Iron Dome Work

Feb 19, 2025
BAE Systems’ acquisition of Ball Aerospace will help position the company for a potential role on the proposed Iron Dome for America missile defense project.

The Debrief

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Debrief: A Year Of Uncertainty For Defense Unfolds—As Expected

Feb 20, 2025
The past month has shattered a decade-long era of relative fiscal and strategic certainty inside the Pentagon.

Operations

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UAE Air Taxi Service Could Slip Into 2027, Official Says

Feb 18, 2025
Both Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation are racing to launch air taxi service in the United Arab Emirates.
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Blue Origin Prepares For 10th New Shepard Private Astronaut Launch

Feb 19, 2025
A date for the launch of the reusable New Shepard with its crew capsule from the company’s West Texas launch site will be announced soon.
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Intuitive Machines Poised For Second Mission To Moon

Feb 20, 2025
IM’s first Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched down near the lunar south pole’s Malapert A crater on Feb. 22, 2024.

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