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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 16, 2025

VOL. 292 NO. 12 April 16, 2025
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Apr 15, 2025
MERCURY SYSTEMS transitions Swiss facility to CICOR GROUP... FAA, ASSURE conducting UAS detection tests in New Jersey... CPI delivers ALMDS pod structure for Korean helicopter program...

Programs

Kratos
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Kratos Reveals Landing Gear-Equipped Valkyrie Version

Apr 15, 2025
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.
saab global eye
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Sweden Eyes GlobalEye Sale To Denmark, Gripens For Peru

Apr 15, 2025
The Swedish government has asked its parliament for approval to further pursue export sales of GlobalEye AEW aircraft to Denmark and Saab JAS 39E/Fs to Peru.
people signing poland and hanwha deal
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Hanwha To Produce Chunmoo Rockets In Poland

Apr 15, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to produce the rockets for the K239 Chunmoo system in Poland after already agreeing to produce the launcher in the country.
london seen from a satellite
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UK Seeks Ways To Track Assets, Representatives When GPS Is Down

Apr 15, 2025
The UK has launched a tech challenge to identify ways to track “government assets or representatives” if global navigation satellite systems are disrupted.
DARPA
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Northrop Grumman Tapped To Advance DARPA Laser Project

Apr 14, 2025
Northrop Grumman will advance to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) program.

Technology

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 within the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is the launch site for HASTE.
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Rocket Lab To Support UK Hypersonics Development Effort

Apr 15, 2025
U.S. satellite launch firm Rocket Lab has joined a growing number of foreign companies to help advance hypersonic weapon capabilities for the UK.

Funding & Policy

A military lunar lander may be needed to watch over valuable minerals on the Moon Credit: ispace-US
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Debrief: A Military Lunar Lander?

Apr 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has laid claim to Canada and Greenland, but when will he lay claim to the Moon?
air traffic control tower at Reagan Airport
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Lawmakers Seeking DCA Counter-Drone Incident Details

Apr 15, 2025
Lawmakers are pressing the Secret Service to explain its role in a series of anti-collision alerts reported by aircraft near Reagan National Airport March 1.
NASA Earth Science Data Sharing
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Bill Seeks Sustained Commercial Earth Science Data Acquisition

Apr 11, 2025
The Ascend Act seeks to codify NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program to permanently provide shared access to commercial small-satellite data.

Business

typhoon in assembly
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Airbus Studying Possible Defense Ramp-Up Needs

Apr 15, 2025
Airbus is discussing internally the level of required investment to address growing defense demand, CEO Guillaume Faury says.
Image caption: Taiwanese defense startup Tron Future Tech’s folding wing radar Image credit: Matthew Fulco
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Taiwanese Defense Startup Tron Future Tech Targets Global Market

Apr 15, 2025
Taiwan's Tron Future Tech sees burgeoning global demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems.

Air Forces In Focus

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Air Forces In Focus: U.S. Army Aviation Fleet Overhaul Programs Firing On All Cylinders

Apr 15, 2025
The U.S. Army is overhauling most of its major aircraft fleets, including rotary-wing, C4ISR and uncrewed platforms.