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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 29, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 21 October 29, 2025
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Programs

Beechcraft M-346N
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Textron Would Assemble M-346N U.S. Navy Trainer In Wichita

Oct 28, 2025
Should Textron Aviation Defense win the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program, the company will assemble the Beechcraft M-346N in Kansas.
Sentinel 5 atop a second-generation satellite
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ESA Eyes 2028 For First European Resilience From Space Launches

Oct 28, 2025
The ERS initiative to build up the region’s autonomy in key security-related areas could see its first space launches take place in 2028.
hermeus quarterhorse mk. 2 aircraft
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Kratos To Use Hermeus’ Supersonic Aircraft For MACH-TB

Oct 27, 2025
Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.
Eurofighter Typhoon from underneath
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Airbus, AED Cluster Collaborate On Portuguese Eurofighter Offer

Oct 27, 2025
Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.
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Anduril, PGZ Team Up For Poland Barracuda Missile Production

Oct 27, 2025
Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

The Debrief

Caption: Besxar aims to use Falcon 9 to demo semiconductor manufacturing in space Credit: SpaceX
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Debrief: SpaceX Falcon 9 To Land With Manufacturing Pod Inside

Oct 28, 2025
Before year’s end, a startup plans to launch inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage a manufacturing pod that would briefly experience the vacuum of space.

Technology

Cavorite X7 eVTOL
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Canadian Funding Supports Air Mobility Projects

Oct 27, 2025
Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.
Sikorsky U-Hawk
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Sikorsky Modifies UH-60L Into U-Hawk Uncrewed Demonstrator

Oct 13, 2025
Sikorsky has modified an ex-U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk into a flight demonstrator for the proposed U-Hawk uncrewed utility aircraft.
President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian Army Gen. Valery Gerasimov
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Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Missile, But Doubts Persist

Oct 27, 2025
Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.
SpaceX first demonstrated a video call on a mobile via its Starlink satellite service in 2024.
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SpaceX Starlink’s T-Mobile Service Now Connects Apps, Video Chat

Oct 01, 2025
T-Mobile’s satellite-based cellular service, provided by SpaceX’s Starlink, now supports data for a variety of smartphone apps, including video chat software.
thales alenia space illustration of the earth with satellites around it
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Thales Alenia Space CTO Sees Performance Leap For Next-Gen Satellites

Oct 21, 2025
More computing power onboard and inter-spacecraft links will enable a performance leap in the next generation of satellites, says Thales Alenia Space's CTO.

Operations

USS Nimitz
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Nimitz Loses Seahawk, Super Hornet In South China Sea

Oct 27, 2025
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.

Business

Iridium
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Iridium Looks To Pivot To Adapt To Competition

Oct 23, 2025
Iridium has paused a share buyback program and is considering acquisitions as it looks to adjust to deals.
The optionally piloted X3-F air module
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XPeng AeroHT Rebrands To Aridge, Scores Mideast Orders

Oct 14, 2025
Chinese hybrid eVTOL startup XPeng AeroHT has rebranded itself to Aridge, while also announcing scores of new orders from customers in the Middle East.