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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 21, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 37 August 21, 2025
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Aug 20, 2025
LOCKHEED studies Black Hawk enhancements.... UNITED AIRLINES VENTURES invests in supersonic startup... SPACE FORCE ASSOCIATION announces new corporate partnerships...

In Brief

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In Brief: Israel Buys Xtend Drones In Boost To Ground Forces

Aug 20, 2025
News in brief.

Funding & Policy

KC-46 refueling F-15
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Israel To Expand KC-46 Tanker Fleet

Aug 20, 2025
The acquisition, which still requires formal Israeli government approval, would bring the Israeli Air Force's KC-46 fleet to six aircraft.
UK Space Agency sign
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UK Shifts Approach To Space Program Oversight

Aug 20, 2025
The British government is folding the independent UK Space Agency into the department overseeing science and technology.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
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Pakistan Announces New Army Rocket Force Command

Aug 19, 2025
Pakistan’s Army is creating a dedicated rocket force that will likely be equipped with ballistic and possibly cruise missiles to act as a deterrent to India.

Technology

Lockheed says its technology is optimized for CCA Credit: Lockeed Martin
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Lockheed Tests AI-Powered ISAR For CCA To Hunt Maritime Targets

Aug 20, 2025
Lockheed Martin says it has successfully tested an inverse synthetic aperture radar automatically detecting and tracking maritime targets.
astrobotic
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Astrobotic Achieves Milestone In Lunar Power Distribution Initiative

Aug 20, 2025
Astrobotic has reached a milestone under an agreement with NASA to deploy 500 m of ultralight cable across the lunar surface.
The DragonFire UAV takes off in a tailsitter configuration and tilts 90 deg. to cruise on its wing.
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European eVTOL Researcher Seeks Co-Founders For Novel UAV

Jul 31, 2025
German aerospace researcher John Lou has made a name for himself as a thought leader in advanced air mobility circles. Now, he's developing a battlefield drone.

Programs

X721
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Dubai Startup Pitches Tethered-Rotor Platform For Stratosphere Use

Aug 20, 2025
X721, a Dubai-based startup created by former Airbus and Arianespace engineers, is developing a high-altitude platform station relying on a tethered rotor.
nh90
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Indra Eyes 2026 Flight Trials For New Self-Protection System

Aug 20, 2025
Indra next year plans to commence flight tests of a new self-protection suite for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in its final configuration.
Startup calls its aircraft “ultra-low-cost” Credit: Grid Aero
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Grid Aero Unveils Cargo UAV For U.S. Military

Aug 18, 2025
Grid Aero is developing an autonomous cargo UAV that can fly thousands of miles and carry thousands of pounds of payload for the U.S. military.
Illustration of AVIC tiltrotor
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China's Tiltrotor Program Progresses With First Crewed Flight

Aug 19, 2025
China has flown its first full-scale crewed tiltrotor aircraft, developed by state-owned company AVIC.

Operations

: A Boeing Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft. Credit: Boeing
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Space Force Demonstrates New Protected Tactical Waveform

Aug 19, 2025
The U.S. military recently used its new Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) to successfully demo some of the key elements of the modernized anti-jam waveform.
Caption: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. This image shows the moon, designated S/2025 U1, as well as 13 of the 28 other known moons orbiting the planet. Due to the drastic differences in brightness levels, the image is a composite of three different treatments of the data, allowing the viewer to see details in the planetary atmosphere, the surrounding rings, and the orbiting moons. The data was taken with NIRCam’s wide band F150W2 filter that transm
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Webb Telescope Images Previously Unknown Moon of Uranus

Aug 20, 2025
The giant gas planet Uranus, located more than 19 times farther away from the Sun than Earth, has a previously unknown moon, bringing its orbital entourage to 29.

Business

Destinus Group Caption: The Destinus Ruta low-cost cruise missile is already operational with Ukraine
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Uncrewed Startup Destinus To Buy AI Avionics Developer Daedalean

Aug 05, 2025
Daedalean, a Swiss developer of certifiable artificial-intelligence (AI)-based avionics, is to be acquired by Destinus Group.