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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 20 October 28, 2025
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The Debrief

Airbus satellite imagery via Google Maps
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Project Lotus, Northrop Grumman’s Secret Autonomous Aircraft Revealed

Oct 27, 2025
Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Credit: ElevationSpace
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Ispace Partners With ElevationSpace For Private Lunar Sample Return

Sep 26, 2025
Ispace of Japan has signed a memorandum of understand with ElevationSpace to develop a private lunar sample return mission.
Eurofighter Typhoon
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Turkey Signs $11 Billion Eurofighter Deal

Oct 27, 2025
Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.
Hybrid Air Vehicles
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Hybrid Air Vehicles Secures Airlander 10 Order

Oct 23, 2025
Hybrid Air Vehicles, developer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, says it has secured reservations for three aircraft for military use.

Business

Minseok Kim
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South Korean Firms Vie For Satellite Radar Market

Oct 21, 2025
Hanwha Systems and LIG Nex1 are competing for dominance in South Korea's market for military synthetic aperture radar satellites.
Phoenix Tailings says its new rare earths metallization facility in New Hampshire will reduce U.S. reliance on China for the strategic metals. Credit: Brain light/Alamy Stock Image
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N.H. Rare Earths Facility Aims To Lessens U.S. Reliance On China

Oct 23, 2025
The American startup Phoenix Tailings has launched a rare earths metallization facility in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Evolito automation
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Electra Production Contract Validates Evolito's Philosophies

Oct 13, 2025
Evolito and short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) hybrid aircraft developer Electra.aero have announced a long-term partnership.

Operations

JAXA launches the HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV-X)
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Japan Back In LEO Cargo Transportation Business

Oct 26, 2025
JAXA's launch of the new HII Transfer Vehicle-X ends a 5 1/2-year hiatus for its cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.
The current ISS crew, Expedition 79, gathered for a joint photo Aug. 15. Front row from left are NASA’s Zena Cardman, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and NASA’s Jonny Kim; rear from left are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA’s Mike Fincke, and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.
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Life On ISS: One Station, Two Crews

Oct 03, 2025
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), crews already operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations.