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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 6, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 44 March 06, 2025
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Programs

airforceone
article

Boeing, USAF Lower Security Requirements For New Air Force One

Mar 05, 2025
Until recently, almost all workers on the program needed a Yankee White security clearance.
kc46A10
article

Transcom Chief Pumps Up New Tanker Proposal

Mar 05, 2025
When Boeing delivers the last KC-46 ordered under the KC-X program in 2029, the average age of the remaining KC-135s will be 67 years old.
Hermeus
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Hermeus Completes Prep For First Flight Of Quarterhorse

Mar 04, 2025
Hermeus delivered the vehicle to Edwards AFB on Nov. 16 following the completion of low-speed taxi tests at its Atlanta facility in mid-2024.
Pilatus
article

France Becomes Second Customer For Pilatus Training Aircraft

Mar 05, 2025
The Mentor 2 program aims to modernize and rationalize the elementary flight training phase.
starlab
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Starlab Space Achieves Commercial Space Station Milestone

Mar 03, 2025
NASA, which leads the 15-nation ISS’s operations, plans to retire the orbital lab in 2030.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

chips
article

Trump Calls For Repeal Of $52.7 Billion CHIPS Act

Mar 05, 2025
Trump said that “the CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” characterized by companies “that take our money and they don’t spend it.”
macron
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Macron To Discuss Sharing French Nuclear Deterrent With Europeans

Mar 05, 2025
Macron said he wants to “open the strategic debate on protection by our deterrent of our allies from the European continent.”

Business

dassault ceo eric trappier
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Dassault Plans Rafale Delivery Hike

Mar 05, 2025
Dassault plans to deliver 25 Rafales in 2025, a 19% increase from the year prior when the aircraft-maker handed over 21 of the combat aircraft.
aa
article

Kratos, Rafael Announce Missile Component JV In Indiana

Feb 27, 2025
The Prometheus joint venture plans to complete a $175 million, 500-acre complex near a U.S. Army and Navy facility in Crane, Indiana, in 2027.

Operations

PAF fa-50
article

Philippines Grounds FA-50 Fleet After Fatal Crash

Mar 05, 2025
The Philippine Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of KAI FA-50 fighters after one was lost during a night mission, killing two crew onboard.
southcom
article

Space Force Leveraging Tactical SRT Program In Southern Hemisphere

Mar 04, 2025
The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) initiative was launched in 2024.
spacestation
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NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams Embrace Long Mission

Mar 04, 2025
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams spoke favorably about their greatly extended mission.

The Debrief

keir starmer speaking at podium
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Budget Brief: The Reality Of Britain’s 2.5% GDP Defense Spending Pledge

Mar 03, 2025
The news of additional defense spending will undoubtedly be welcomed within the UK Defense Ministry, but in truth, it probably does not go far enough.

Technology

RDE rendering from Pratt
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Pratt & Whitney Accelerates Rotating Detonation Engine Development

Mar 04, 2025
Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.