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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 27, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 42 November 27, 2025
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Funding & Policy

Ariane 6 launch
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Space Transportation Tops ESA’s €22.3B Funding Request

Nov 26, 2025
The European Space Agency is seeking around $4.5 billion from its member states to support its space transportation program covering the 2026-29 period.
Taiwan's Block 70 F-16
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Taiwan Unveils $40 Billion Supplemental Defense Budget

Nov 26, 2025
The funds will support programs including the domestically developed T-Dome air defense missile system and various uncrewed platforms.
European Space Agency DG
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ESA To Keep Earth Observation Subscription Window Open

Nov 26, 2025
ESA will keep the window open for member states to sign on to a new security-focused Earth-observation program for a year.
andoya spaceport
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SpaceOps: Europe Faces A Make-Or-Break Moment In Launch

Nov 25, 2025
When ESA meets in Bremen this week for its annual ministerial, decisions about government support for sovereign launch activities will draw intense interest.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

Ukrainian Air Force
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Ukrainian Air Force Units Moving To Dispersed Bases

Nov 26, 2025
Ukrainian Air Force personnel say they are moving to different forward operating bases several times a week to avoid being destroyed by Russian air attacks.
Northrop Grumman's CRS-23 spacecraft --the first of the Cygnus XL series, arrived at the ISS on Sept. 18. It was temporarily unberthed last week to provide clearance for the planned Nov. 27 arrival of the crewed Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft,
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NASA Adds Two Space Station Cargo Runs To Northrop’s Cygnus Manifest

Nov 26, 2025
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman two additional Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) missions to the International Space Station.

Programs

kc-46a
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Boeing Gets $2.47B KC-46 Production Contract

Nov 26, 2025
The U.S. Air Force on Nov. 25 awarded Boeing a $2.47 billion contract for 15 KC-46A tankers, extending production into the later years of the program.
U.S. Army apache
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U.S. Army Awards Boeing $4.67B AH-64E Helo Contract

Nov 26, 2025
Boeing on Nov. 25 received a $4.67 billion contract for new-build AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships.
hammer
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Safran To Build Hammer Munitions In India

Nov 26, 2025
Safran is teaming with India’s Bharat Electronics to produce Hammer modular air-to-surface bomb kits in India.
gkn demonstrator concept
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GKN Aerospace Wins Swedish UAS Demonstrator Contract

Nov 26, 2025
Sweden has awarded GKN Aerospace a contract to build a clean-sheet turbojet-powered uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrator within 18 months to validate rapid development techniques.
Credit: Airbus Helicopters via NATO Support and Procurement Agency
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Debrief: Industry’s Ideas For NATO Next-Gen Battlefield Helos Emerge

Nov 21, 2025
Future helicopter concepts that are set to shape the next steps in NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability finally have come to light.

The Debrief

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman speaks Nov. 20, 2025, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Credit: CSIS
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Debrief: At Age 6, Space Force Maturing Acquisition Processes

Nov 26, 2025
The U.S. Space Force says its ability to outpace threats in orbit hinges on whether it can revamp how it organizes, buys and fields capabilities.