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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 14, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 32 August 14, 2025
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Aug 13, 2025
SPAINSAT NG-1 enters service... TEAL DRONES receives quality certification... RAYTHEON gets SM-2 EMD contract...

Programs

The Long-Range Discrimination Radar in Alaska.
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MDA Calls For Southeast Radar By 2028 For Golden Dome

Aug 13, 2025
The MDA has released a solicitation for a new southern-facing radar to be operational within three years to support the Golden Dome for America missile shield.
Polish F-16
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Poland Spending $3.8 Billion On F-16 Upgrade Program

Aug 13, 2025
Poland will spend $3.8 billion to upgrade its Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet to the Block 72 configuration, government officials have declared.
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Blue Origin To Bid For Proposed NASA Mars Orbiter

Aug 13, 2025
Blue Origin will offer a variant of its Blue Ring in-space platform to serve as a Mars telecommunications orbiter for NASA.
Muon Space’s new MuSat XL satellite bus could support future national security space programs.
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Muon Space Unveils ‘XL’ Satellite With National Security Focus

Aug 07, 2025
Muon Space is offering a new 500-kg-class satellite bus that could suit nascent and future national security space constellations in low Earth orbit.
Infinite Orbits
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France Awards In-Orbit Military Satellite Servicing Mission

Aug 11, 2025
The contract, awarded under what France calls the Paladin framework, adds to on-orbit maneuvering missions that France is pursuing.
Axiom Space spacesuit mockup
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Axiom Space Completes Initial NASA Spacesuit Development

Aug 13, 2025
The testing is part of the evaluation of the spacesuit's performance for the Artemis III mission, the first post-Apollo Moon landing with astronauts, currently planned for mid-2027.
Neptune Aviation Services
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Neptune A319 Fire-Fighting Modification Heads Toward Critical Design Review

Aug 12, 2025
Aerial firefighting specialist Neptune Aviation Services is advancing its development plan for a next-generation air tanker based on the Airbus A319.

Business

Umbra
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Umbra To Sell Spacecraft Components

Aug 11, 2025
The synthetic aperture radar manufacturer plans to start selling components including spacecraft power, control, communications and deployment systems.
elbit
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Elbit Works On Airborne Laser For IAF

Aug 13, 2025
Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis has shed further light on the company’s work to turn the Iron Beam ground-based counter-drone laser system into an airborne application.

Operations

Metop SG-A1 launch
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Ariane 6 Deploys Next-Generation European Weather Satellite

Aug 13, 2025
The Ariane 62 rocket placed the Metop-SG-A1 satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of around 800 km (500 mi) about 64 min after liftoff.
ula
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ULA Launches First U.S. Space Force Mission On Vulcan Rocket

Aug 13, 2025
United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket on Aug. 12.
NTS-3
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SpaceOps: First U.S. Navigation Test Satellite Since 1977 Is On Orbit

Aug 13, 2025
The Vulcan rocket's national security space launch debut orbited the U.S. military's first on-orbit experiment for position, navigation and timing in nearly five decades.
Credit: Reaction Dynamics
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Canadian Space Partners Commit To 2028 Orbital Attempt

Aug 13, 2025
Two aspiring Canadian space companies have set a schedule for a first orbital launch attempt in the third quarter of 2028 from a spaceport in Nova Scotia.