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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 30, 2025

VOL. 293 NO. 64 September 30, 2025
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Business

Blue Origin plans to introduce a second New Shepard capsule and booster for passenger flights from West Texas this year.
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Blue Origin To Expand New Shepard Fleet

Sep 28, 2025
Blue Origin is developing three new suborbital New Shepard launch systems and mulling expanding flight services beyond West Texas, the company said Sept. 28.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen
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NASA Tweaks Artemis II Reentry To Address Heatshield Concerns

Sep 29, 2025
NASA is opting for a new flight trajectory for the next Artemis mission to reduce risks to astronauts as the agency gears up to return to the lunar surface in 2027.
vega rocket
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ESA Signs Reusable Upper Stage Demo Deal With Avio

Sep 29, 2025
ESA is expanding its efforts to foster reusability in its launch systems, signing an agreement with Avio to work toward an upper stage that could be reused.
Firefly Aerospace
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Firefly Alpha Rocket Lost During Preflight Testing

Sep 29, 2025
The first stage of an Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket being prepared for launch on a commercial mission for Lockheed Martin was destroyed Sept. 29.
Katalyst Space has won a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract worth $30 million from NASA.
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NASA Selects Katalyst Space For Swift Telescope Reboost

Sep 28, 2025
Katalyst Space won a $30 million Small Business Innovation Research contract from NASA to attempt to save a space telescope from reentering the atmosphere.

Programs

Bombardier rendering of a military executive transport version of its Global 8000.
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Bombardier Pitches Global VIP Transport, Tanker to USAF

Sep 29, 2025
Bombardier is pitching its newest, longest-range aircraft to replace two executive transports in the U.S. Air Force’s fleet, while also pitching its airframes for potential refueling duties.
saab globaleye
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Germany Considers GlobalEye Under NATO E-3 Replacement Push

Sep 29, 2025
Germany says it is considering acquiring Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft as part of its involvement in the NATO program to replace Boeing E-3s.
CH-53Ks in production.
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Sikorsky Gets $10.9 Billion, Multiyear CH-53K Order

Sep 29, 2025
Sikorsky on Sept. 26 received the largest order in the history of its CH-53K King Stallion program: a $10.86 billion contract for the heavy-lift choppers.
kaan fighter jet taking off
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GE F110 Export To Turkey For Kaan 'Stalled,' Foreign Minister Says

Sep 29, 2025
Attempts to secure export licenses for the General Electric F110 engine for the TAI Kaan fighter “have been stalled,” Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister says.

The Debrief

Mykhailo Fedorov, first deputy prime minister of Ukraine.
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Debrief: Ukraine’s Unique Approach To Drone Acquisition Explained

Sep 30, 2025
As Ukrainian military units rack up combat points, they can cash them in to “buy” new drones.

Funding & Policy

rendering of future commercial space station
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NASA Postpones Solicitation For Commercial Station Development

Sep 29, 2025
NASA is delaying plans to issue a solicitation for the next phase of a public-private partnership program to spur development of one or more new space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) while it assesses feedback from industry.
chang'e 5 chinese lunar lander
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China To Loan Lunar Sample To U.S. University

Sep 29, 2025
SUNY Stony Brook has an agreement with the China National Space Agency to receive a sample of lunar regolith returned to Earth as part of the Chang’e 5 mission.

Technology

The regenerative fuel cell system is designed to provide power to survive the lunar night Credit: Honda
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Honda, Astrobotic Study Fuel Cell System For Moon

Sep 29, 2025
American Honda Motor Co. plans to study integrating its regenerative fuel cell system with Astrobotic’s Vertical Solar Array Technology for long-term operations on the Moon.

Contracts