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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 6, 2025

VOL. 292 NO. 26 May 06, 2025

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Operations

Pic: credit Stratolaunch Caption: Talon TA-2 glides in for an autonomous first landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Dec 20.

Stratolaunch Confirms Repeat Hypersonic Test Milestones

May 05, 2025

High-speed test company Stratolaunch has officially confirmed that its air-launched Talon TA-2 vehicle successfully exceeded Mach 5.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Points To More Watery Martian Past

Apr 17, 2025

NASA’s Curiosity rover has provided new evidence for the at least intermittent presence of large quantities of surface water on Mars about 4 billion years ago.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

The Debrief

Polish Ministry of Defense; Caption: Poland is scaling up drone operations it sees as critical to its security.

Debrief: Drone Focus Shifts From Procurement To Practice

May 05, 2025

Western militaries have watched with a sense of amazement the uncrewed aircraft systems developments on the Ukrainian battlefield.

Business

Spire Global Clears Debt With Maritime Sale Completion

Apr 28, 2025

Spire Global says it has paid off all its debt after completing the delayed sale of its maritime business as it tries to recover from financial tumult.