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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 9, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 49 September 09, 2025
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Programs

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UK Exploring Alternative Interim Standoff Weapon For F-35

Sep 08, 2025
The UK defense ministry is exploring interim alternative standoff weapons for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Credit: Shield AI via X.com
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Shield AI Schedules Reveal Date For Next-Gen Strike Jet

Sep 08, 2025
A series of teaser images suggest Shield AI's VTOL aircraft is a tailsitter with swept wings and an internal weapons bay large enough to carry two cruise missiles.
Credit:Stephen Hoburg/NASA Caption: Astronaut Stephen Hoburg captured this image of the station's Starboard-6 truss structure during a spacewalk in June 2023. The station, a project of 15 nations, is expected to be decommissioned in 2030.
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NASA Issues Draft Soliciation For Commercial Space Station Program

Sep 08, 2025
NASA has released a draft of a newly revamped solicitation for commercial partners to develop a human outpost to succeed the International Space Station.
MBDA
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MBDA Unveils Low-Cost Cruise Missile

Sep 08, 2025
MBDA says it is in talks with potential customers to demonstrate a new low-cost, long-range cruise missile concept potentially before year's end.
helsinki satellite image
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Finland, Iceye Agree Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Deal

Sep 08, 2025
The Finnish government and local satellite-maker Iceye have signed an agreement for the country’s defense forces to field an SAR satellite constellation.
israeli apache helicopter
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Bird Aerosystems' New DIRCM Bound For Israeli AH-64 Helicopters

Sep 08, 2025
Bird Aerosystems has secured a contract to develop and test an enhanced self-protection system for the Israeli Air Force’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
secret hycore flight test in south korea
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South Korea Conducts Secret Hypersonic Test Flight

Sep 08, 2025
South Korea says it has advanced its hypersonic weapons program with a successful test of its HyCore technology demonstrator, achieving speeds of up to Mach 6.
ATACMS
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MBDA Explores Conventional Ballistic Missile Opportunity

Sep 08, 2025
MBDA is exploring how it will respond to a UK requirement for a tactical ballistic missile.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

starlink logo with phones
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SpaceX Agrees To Buy $17B Of EchoStar S-Band Spectrum For Starlink

Sep 08, 2025
SpaceX says it has struck an agreement with EchoStar to acquire the rights to 50 MHz of S-band spectrum to support expansion of Starlink direct-to-cell service.

Funding & Policy

UK MOD
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UK Defense Procurement Minister Sacked In Reshuffle

Sep 08, 2025
UK defense procurement minister Maria Eagle has been sacked from government in a reshuffle, just days before she was due to address the UK’s flagship defense exhibition DSEI.
SDA Director Derek Tournear (right)
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SDA Director Departs Ahead Of Tranche 1 Satellite Launches

Sep 08, 2025
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.

The Debrief

Friedrich Merz in a Eurofighter
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Debrief: How Germany’s Defense Posture Is Transforming

Sep 08, 2025
Berlin is rearming on a grand scale, considering voluntary conscription and enacting spending not seen since the days when Soviet tanks plowed into Prague.

Contracts