Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 10, 2025 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 10, 2025

Download PDF

Funding & Policy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
article

Hegseth Lays Out New Pentagon Acquisition Reform Steps

Nov 07, 2025
In a major speech Nov. 7, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined reforms meant to streamline acquisitions and get new technology to troops quicker.
x
article

An Apollo Perspective As Artemis Unfolds

Nov 07, 2025
Jim Head, a veteran of NASA's preparations for the Apollo Moon landings, shared his insights on how that experience can inform the Artemis and Mars missions.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

FCAS CONCEPT
article

Germany Still Sees FCAS Decision By Year's End

Nov 07, 2025
Leaders of Germany, France and Spain plan to meet to address French concerns about greater participation for Dassault Aviation in the FCAS program by year's end.

The Debrief

F-35
article

Debrief: Generational Change—USAF Adjusts Fighter Generation Thinking

Nov 07, 2025
Classifications such as by generation (fifth, sixth and so on) are not always accurate, and the U.S. Air Force is rethinking its approach to that nomenclature.

Business

SpaceX satellite
article

SpaceX Buys $2.6B More EchoStar Spectrum

Nov 07, 2025
SpaceX is buying another $2.6 billion in EchoStar spectrum to support its Starlink network, following on the heels of a $17 billion purchase in September.
U.S. and Kazakhstan flags
article

U.S., Kazakhstan Sign $1.1 Billion Tungsten Development Deal

Nov 07, 2025
A U.S. and Kazakhstan aims to shore up the international supply of tungsten by decade's end, pulling away from China's dominance of the valuable resource.
eurofighter with mk.1 radar
article

Hensoldt Sees Space, Air Defense Cooperation Deals

Nov 07, 2025
Hensoldt sees prospects for cooperation agreements in space and other areas as foreign companies look to partner with German industry.

Technology

quantum computer concept
article

DARPA Picks 11 Companies For Quantum Computer Evaluation

Nov 07, 2025
DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative is looking at 11 companies, with the goal of achieving a "useful quantum computer" by 2030.
GCAP concept
article

Italian GCAP Effort Buoyed By 'Dynamic' Portfolio Of Tech Projects

Nov 07, 2025
Italy is shepherding a variety of technology projects to enhance development of the GCAP program, comparing it to a "defense venture fund."

Operations

HyPrSpace rocket
article

Atmos Space Cargo Agrees To Ride On Inaugural Baguette-1 Flight

Nov 07, 2025
Germany's Atmos Space Cargo will fly its Phoenix 2 reentry capsule on France's HyPrSpace suborbital Baguette-1, a move toward European space sovereignty.
Innospace team members with brazilian air force and space agency officials in front of the hanbit nano
article

Innospace Plans Nov. 22 Hanbit-Nano Inaugural Launch

Nov 07, 2025
South Korean launch services company Innospace is aiming to conduct the first flight of its Hanbit-Nano rocket on Nov. 22.

Fleet Snapshot

Calendar