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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 16, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 54 September 16, 2025
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Funding & Policy

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Zelenskyy Calls For NATO To Buy Ukrainian Drone Interceptors

Sep 15, 2025
Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

eurofighter typhoon
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BAE Systems Eyes QinetiQ Platform To Accelerate Typhoon Radar Testing

Sep 15, 2025
BAE Systems is hoping to accelerate the integration of the European Common Radar System Mk. 2 into the UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Boeing VC-25A.
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U.S. Air Force Modifying Qatar-Gifted ‘Air Force One’

Sep 15, 2025
The U.S. Air Force has begun conversion of the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 to become a new presidential airlift aircraft.
nasa
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NASA Awards $400 Million Safety, Mission Assurance Contract

Sep 15, 2025
Bastion Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $400 million contract by NASA to provide safety and mission assurance for Marshall Space Flight Center.
Nordic Air Defence
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Nordic Air Defence Widens Anti-Drone Effector Options

Sep 15, 2025
The Swedish developers of a low-cost anti-drone effector are working on a longer-range loitering munition capable of engaging targets beyond line of sight.
Capstone rotorcraft
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Certo Aerospace Secures UK Defense Ministry Demonstration Contract

Sep 15, 2025
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.

Business

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EchoStar CEO Sees Pivot After Spectrum Sale

Sep 15, 2025
EchoStar is in the early days of adapting its business plan after abandoning a strategy to deploy a constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites.
Credit: Divergent Technologies
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Disruptive Manufacturing Startup Divergent Lands $290M

Sep 15, 2025
Digital and additive manufacturing newcomer Divergent Technologies has closed a $290 million venture capital round, the company announced Sept. 15.
: Taiwan’s Apex Aviation is collaborating with Teledyne and Italy’s Tecnam on a customized maritime reconnaissance aircraft Image credit: Apex Aviation
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Maritime Recon Aircraft In Works For Taiwan

Sep 15, 2025
Taiwanese flight academy Apex Aviation is teaming up with Teledyne and Italy’s Tecnam on a customized maritime reconnaissance aircraft for Taiwan.
OHB satellite rendering
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Novaspace: Governments, Direct-To-Device Shape Sat Business

Sep 15, 2025
The dominance of government money in space infrastructure investment and the emergence of direct-to-device comms are to define sat manufacturing.

Operations

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on Sept. 14
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SpaceX Sees Falcon 9 Launch Cadence Peaking

Sep 15, 2025
SpaceX sees its Falcon 9 launch cadence peaking as the company ramps up operations of its Starship launch vehicle, a company executive says.
Abaca Press
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Arianespace Downgrades 2025 Ariane 6 Launch Cadence To Four

Sep 15, 2025
Launch service operator Arianespace will loft another two Ariane 6s this year.
Isar Aerospace
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Isar Aerospace Gears Up For First Orbital Launch Attempt

Sep 15, 2025
Isar Aerospace has shipped the first stage for its second Spectrum rocket to Norway to gear up for a second launch attempt.

Contracts