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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 23, 2025

VOL. 292 NO. 59 June 23, 2025
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Operations

Royal Air Force
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Protesters Vandalize RAF Voyager Tankers In Palestine Protest

Jun 20, 2025
Protesters broke into the UK Royal Air Force’s main air transport base and sprayed red paint on two of the service’s Airbus A330 Voyager tankers.
starship
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COPV Eyed In Starship Test Stand Explosion

Jun 20, 2025
Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.
Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)
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NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Probe Overcomes Propulsion Issue

Jun 20, 2025
NASA’s Psyche mission spacecraft has resumed solar electric propulsion operations after being successfully switched to a backup fuel line.
The Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left to right: ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. Axiom Space
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Axiom Space 4 Private Astronaut Mission Faces Further Delay

Jun 20, 2025
NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX are standing down from their targeted June 22 launch of the Axiom 4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB),
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Saab Picks Anduril Rocket For Ground-Launched SDB

Jun 20, 2025
Anduril plans to qualify and start building a solid rocket motor next year to power the Swedish-American Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb.
GCAP rendering
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GCAP Industrial Joint Venture Named Edgewing

Jun 20, 2025
The industrial joint venture company that will build the tri-national combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program has been christened Edgewing.
airbus racer helicopter at paris air show
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Airbus' Racer Breaks Speed Target, Moves Toward Eco Mode Tests

Jun 19, 2025
Airbus Helicopters has achieved its speed target with its Racer compound rotorcraft with the experimental aircraft flying at 240 kt. in April.
Aalto, Airbus’
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Pseudo-Sat Spinoff To Aid French With Stratospheric Warfighting

Jun 18, 2025
Aalto, Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff, will support French military efforts to better understand the stratosphere as a warfighting domain.
eura signing
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European Industrial Team Eyes Helicopter Engine Demonstrator In 2030s

Jun 18, 2025
EURA—made up of MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines and Avio Aero—is planning tests of a demonstrator power and propulsion system in the early 2030s.
f-35
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Honeywell Preparing Derivative, Clean-Sheet Designs For F-35 Upgrade

Jun 18, 2025
Honeywell could offer a modified or an all-new power and thermal management unit to replace the company’s Integrated Power Package on the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Akinci
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Baykar, Leonardo Finalize UAS Joint Venture, Outline Production Plans

Jun 16, 2025
Baykar’s Akinci uncrewed air system will be assembled in Italy by Piaggio as part of the Turkish company’s new joint venture with Leonardo.

Business

eutelsat logo on corporate office
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Eutelsat Backed By French Government In Capital Raise

Jun 20, 2025
Eutelsat, whose OneWeb system competes with SpaceX’s Starlink, is raising $1.6 billion with backing from the French government.
eaton
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Aerospace Parts Provider Eaton To Buy Ultra PCS For $1.6 Billion

Jun 16, 2025
Multi-industrial provider Eaton, a key middle-market provider of aerospace parts to airframers, announced June 16 that it will buy Ultra PCS.
dielh defense iris-t sl systems
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Diehl Defense Boss Sees More M&A To Underpin Production Growth

Jun 19, 2025
Diehl may make more acquisitions to support its rise in air and missile defenses output, says Helmut Rauch, the boss of the German company’s defense business.
Fury
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Anduril, Rheinmetall Partner On European Versions Of Fury, Barracuda

Jun 18, 2025
Anduril has teamed up with Rheinmetall to co-develop and potentially co-produce autonomous air vehicles and munitions with the U.S. company marketing to Europe.
Iceye satellite image
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Iceye Expands Technology Push As It Scales Up Satellite Production

Jun 19, 2025
Finnish satellite-maker Iceye says it will invest more than $287 million to scale up its SAR spacecraft production capacity and speed technology developments.

The Debrief

starmer speaking with submariners
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Budget Brief: UK SDR Heavy On Threats, Light On Funding

Jun 09, 2025
The new UK Strategic Defense Review is clear on threats and what is needed to deal with them, but opaque on how and when these measures will be funded.

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