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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 16, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 12 October 16, 2025
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Oct 16, 2025
RAYTHEON expands LTAMDS facility... THREADLOCK PRECISON acquires J&F MACHINE... VELO3D expands work with iROCKET...

In Brief

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In Brief: Germany Set for ESSM Block 2 Top-Up Buy

Oct 16, 2025
News in brief.

Funding & Policy

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink
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USAF Reverses Course, Ends Plan To Create Modernization Command

Oct 15, 2025
The U.S. Air Force is reversing course on a major plan to change its modernization process by not standing up a new command.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Oct. 7, 2025, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg SFB, California. Credit: SpaceX
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SpaceX Approved To Double Launch Rates at Vandenberg

Oct 15, 2025
SpaceX is now authorized to double its current annual launch cadence from Vandenberg SFB, California, and to launch its Falcon Heavy from the Western Range.
Participants of U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel ‘25 Capstone event work together to solve challenging space scenarios at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, April 28 through May 10, 2025. Credit: U.S. Space Force
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SpaceOps: Calls For Space Control Grow Louder Among U.S., Allies

Oct 15, 2025
Amid increasing competition among the stars, the United States and its allies are asserting themselves more clearly on space control.

Programs

Tony Osborne – Aviation Week
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Airbus Eyes H160 Ramp-Up Toward 60 Per Year

Oct 15, 2025
Airbus Helicopters is planning to ramp up production of its new H160 twin-engine medium rotorcraft to up to 60 aircraft a year.
U.S. Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II
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Blue Sky Warden Variant Offered For Israeli Light-Attack Role

Oct 15, 2025
L3Harris says the company will try to sell the OA-1K Sky Warden to the Israeli Air Force.
iris-t slm frigate operations
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Diehl’s IRIS-T SLM Completes Naval Test

Oct 15, 2025
Diehl’s IRIS-T SLM land-based air and missile defense system, which has been heavily used in Ukraine, has exercised its sea legs.
Airbus Defence and Space
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Germany Places Second Top-Up Order For Eurofighters

Oct 15, 2025
Berlin has formally placed an order for 20 additional Eurofighters for the German Air Force just days after securing budgetary approval for the buy.
Racer
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Airbus Helicopters Test Pilots Prove Racer’s Military Abilities

Oct 15, 2025
Airbus Helicopters test pilots have been putting the Racer compound rotorcraft through a series of trials for potential military roles.
chengdu j-10
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Indonesia Close To J-10 Deal, Reports Say

Oct 15, 2025
Indonesia is nearing an agreement to acquire a batch of Chengdu J-10 fighters from China, according to in-country news outlets.

Operations

Joe test F-35
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First Belgian F-35s Arrive In-Country

Oct 14, 2025
Three F-35s arrived at the Florennes Air Base on Oct. 13, marking the type’s official incorporation into the Belgian Air Force.
C-UAS concept
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Capacity, Not Tech, Limiting Ukraine’s C-UAS Ops, U.S. Army Official Says

Oct 14, 2025
Ukraine’s ability to take down Russian drones is largely limited by the availability of systems to engage them, rather than the technology to do so, a senior U.S. Army air defense official says.
Dassault Rafale
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France To Segregate Deterrence Rafale, Tanker Fleets

Oct 13, 2025
France’s Air and Space Force is studying how to separate the Dassault Rafale fighters and Airbus A330 multirole tanker transports it uses for nuclear deterrence from the rest of its fleets.

From the Editors

pentagon black and white
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Defense Trade Press Statement on Media Restrictions at the Pentagon

Oct 15, 2025
The Pentagon has been seeking to impose unprecedented restrictions on journalists’ ability to cover the military for several months.