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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 20, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 14 October 20, 2025
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Programs

GA-ASI rendering of a carrier-based collaborative combat aircraft. Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
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GA-ASI Confirms U.S. Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft Work

Oct 17, 2025
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has confirmed it has been selected to develop a conceptual design of Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
iceye SAR satellite illustration
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Japan's IHI Buys Iceye Satellites To Build SAR Constellation

Oct 16, 2025
Japan’s IHI has placed an order for four SAR satellites from Iceye as part of a first step to build a constellation of Earth-imaging spacecraft.
Caption: UAV company is best-known for its autonomous, battery-electric crop-dusting aircraft, the Pelican 2. Credit: Pyka
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Pyka Unveils DropShip, A Military-Focused, Long-Range UAV

Oct 13, 2025
Pyka has unveiled a new, in-development UAV, the DropShip, that is focused on flying military logistics missions, including parachute dropping cargo.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

eurowings jet taking off in front of german ATC tower
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Eurocontrol To Define Resilient Navigation Infrastructure By 2030

Oct 17, 2025
Eurocontrol is talking to its member states to define a resilient network for communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) by 2030, an official says.
An Air Force technician marshals a Cessna 172 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., in April 2024
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USAF Wants To Lease Nearby Aircraft For Pilot Currency

Oct 17, 2025
The U.S. Air Force, faced with ongoing readiness issues across much of its fleet, has issued a call to aircraft owners who are near bases to help out.
Determined to build Taiwan into a drone production hub in Asia Pacific, the Taiwanese government unveiled a new $1.4 billion UAS investment plan Image credit: StockCake
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Taiwan Unveils $1.4 Billion Drone Hub Investment Plan

Oct 17, 2025
Taiwan will spend NT$44.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to scale up manufacturing of uncrewed aircraft systems and become an Asia-Pacific drone production hub by 2030.
EU flags at HQ in belgium
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EU Backs Defense Industry Program With Local Preference

Oct 17, 2025
The European Union has given the go-ahead to the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) European Defense Industry Program aimed at supporting local industry and Ukraine.

Business

Jonathan W. Cirtain
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Axiom Space Appoints New CEO

Oct 15, 2025
Jonathan Cirtain has been appointed Axiom Space's chief executive officer (CEO), the Houston-based commercial space enterprise announced Oct. 15.

Technology

RISE dust test
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CFM Begins RISE Core Turbine Dust-Ingestion Tests

Oct 10, 2025
CFM International has begun key dust ingestion tests on the high-pressure (HP) turbine blades and nozzles at the center of the future small-core design.

The Debrief

kf 21 overlaid with budget chart
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Budget Brief: Defense Spending Growth Accelerates In South Korea

Oct 17, 2025
South Korea has come under concerted pressure from Trump to increase defense spending and to raise contributions toward the U.S. military footprint there.

Operations

The seven-member Expedition 73 crew gathers for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. In the front row from left are, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky and Sergey Ryzhikov, station Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, and NASA Flight Engineer Jonny Kim. In the back row are, Flight Engineers Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, both from NASA.
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Spacewalking Cosmonauts Install High-Tech Space Station Experiment

Oct 17, 2025
Two cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station on Oct. 16.

Fleet Snapshot

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