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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 14, 2025

VOL. 291 NO. 50 March 14, 2025
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Programs

U.S. Air Force C-32. Credit: U.S. Air Force
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USAF Eyes Executive Fleet Updates, First Military MAX Slows

Mar 13, 2025
The service’s long-term goal is to replace both the C-32A and C-40B/C executive transports with a single platform.
angry kitten pod being installed on fighter jet
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Angry Kitten Appeal Spreads To C-130, Large Refuelers

Mar 13, 2025
The USAF wants to evaluate how the ALQ-167 Angry Kitten pod can support larger Fairchild Republic A-10s and mobility aircraft, including the Lockheed C-130.
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Firefighting Rotorcraft Shortfall Prompts Bell’s 214ST Reboot

Mar 13, 2025
Australia’s McDermott Aviation owns the type certificate to the twin-engine, 8-metric-ton helicopter.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Leonardo Secures First Order For Algerian Rotorcraft Assembly Line

Mar 11, 2025
Leonardo Helicopters is preparing to spin-up local assembly of rotorcraft in Algeria after securing orders from the country’s military.
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Spire Plans $40M Capital Raise

Mar 13, 2025
Spire Global is moving to shore up its financial position with a planned private placement to generate $40 million in extra capital.
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Daily Memo: Supplier Ownership May Be Shifting Away From Europe, UK Lobby Warns

Mar 12, 2025
European aerospace players are worrying about the gradual transfer of the supply chain's ownership to non-European actors.
Bombardier employees represented by Unifor ended a strike in July 2024.
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On-Again, Off-Again U.S. Tariffs Agitate Aerospace Workers

Mar 12, 2025
President Trump’s tariff actions are roiling an aerospace labor force that only recently achieved a measure of stability following successive strikes.
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Shield AI Names Gary Steele As New CEO

Mar 12, 2025
Gary Steele is currently an executive at Cisco.
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Saudi Rotorcraft Operators Entering Leasing Business

Mar 12, 2025
Rotortrade, the helicopter distributor business owned by Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) is entering the rotorcraft leasing business.
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EHang’s Deliveries Climb To 78 In Q4; More Than 200 In 2024

Mar 12, 2025
The Guangzhou-based company delivered 78 EH216-S autonomous multicopters in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The Debrief

An airship landing at a remote site.
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Debrief: Could Climate Change Bring Back The Airship?

Mar 13, 2025
With would-be operator Straightline Aviation placing a $50 million firm order for the first hybrid cargo airship, to be produced by AT² Aerospace based on a Lockheed Martin Skunk Works design, are we about to enter a new age of airships?

Funding & Policy

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European Interest In Starlink Alternative Kymeta Surges

Mar 10, 2025
Kymeta of Redmond, Washington, makes multiple types of electronically steered array flat panel antennas.

Operations

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Space RCO Sensors Surveying Chinese Observation Sats

Mar 05, 2025
Those payloads are collecting “all kinds of very interesting data” on Beijing’s network of space surveillance satellites, Space RCO Director Kelly Hammett said.

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