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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 15, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 33 August 15, 2025
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Aug 15, 2025
LOCKHEED gets $720m Hellire/JAGM production award... COHERENT selling off defense laser business... USAF experiments with Korean “super squadron”...

In Brief

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In Brief: Israel Sees First CH-53K Deliveries In 2028

Aug 15, 2025
News in brief.

Programs

Credit: U.S. Missile Defense Agency
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Shipping Container Launchers Highlighted In Golden Dome Plan

Aug 14, 2025
The architecture would comprise surface batteries in the homeland with launchers positioned inside of standard, 40-ft.-long shipping containers and silos, according to slides presented to industry.
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MDA Outlines Golden Dome Underlayer Interceptor Goals

Aug 14, 2025
The Missile Defense Agency is targeting a new launcher for Golden Dome under layer interceptors to be operational within two years.
F-35
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Switzerland Mulls Options Over F-35 Cost Increase

Aug 13, 2025
Switzerland’s government has instructed the country’s defense ministry to look at options after failing to find agreement with the U.S. on price.

Funding & Policy

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard, Friday, March 14,
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White House Policy Directive Seeks Commercial Space Ramp-Up

Aug 14, 2025
An executive order issued by President Trump seeks to streamline the regulation of U. S. commercial space operations.
A Galileo HDX antenna mounted to the top of a fuselage.
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FAA Awards First STC For HDX Installation

Aug 14, 2025
Fort Worth-based Trimec won STC approval for the antenna installation on a Gulfstream G200 super-midsize business jet, Gogo said.

Operations

Photo credit: Ukraine Defense Procurement Agency
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Online Market Rushes FPV Drones To Ukraine Front Lines

Aug 14, 2025
Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.
Swift telescope
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NASA Mulling Commercial Reboost Options For Swift Telescope

Aug 13, 2025
NASA is commissioning 30-day studies to assess using emerging commercial space technology to reboost the decaying orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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ICEYE Expands Wide Area SAR Satellite Scans To 60,000 km²

Aug 14, 2025
Iceye says its synthetic aperture radar satellites can now capture 60,000 km² in a single scene with its “Scan Wide” mode.

Technology

An uncrewed aerial system outfitted with the Army’s Picatinny CLIK. Credit: U.S. Army
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U.S. Army Outlines Drone-Weapon Common Interface

Aug 14, 2025
The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.

Business

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Debrief: Taiwan’s Nascent Drone Sector Focusing On Europe

Aug 14, 2025
Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Local Manufacturing Anchors Turkish Modernization Effort

Aug 14, 2025
Western defense primes continue to play an important role in Turkish modernization plans, but Turkey will increasingly rely on domestic purchases, resulting in a 12% increase in the number of in-service Turkish military aircraft from 1,269 today to around 1,467 in 2035.