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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 11, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 50 December 11, 2025
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Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Dec 11, 2025
LEOLABS licensing data to U.S. Space Force, Commerce Dept... SAIC gets U.S. Navy propulsion test facility award... SAFRAN to sell IFE division...

In Brief

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In Brief: Avincis, De Havilland Team Up For CL-215/415 Support

Dec 11, 2025
News in brief.

Programs

Space Force Re-Opens NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 to New Providers Vivienne Machi, vivienne.machi@aviationweek.com The U.S. Space Force is now taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by early 2027 to join the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. The service’s Space Systems Command released a request for proposals for the NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 fiscal ‘26 on-ramp on Dec. 8, with proposals due Jan. 22, 2026. This is the second on-ramp opening for the new lane, first established
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Talks Opened To Reestablish Dedicated Looking Glass Fleet

Dec 10, 2025
The U.S. Air Force has moved to eventually reacquire the ability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from a new fleet of airborne command posts.
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F-35 Talks With Turkey Could See 'Breakthrough,' U.S. Ambassador Says

Dec 10, 2025
Talks on Turkey’s potential reentry into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could “yield a breakthrough in the coming months,” the U.S. ambassador to Turkey has suggested.
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Kongsberg, Helsing, Hensoldt Join Forces For Space Intel Constellation

Dec 10, 2025
Norway’s Kongsberg is joining forces with Germany's Helsing and Hensoldt to develop a surveillance satellite constellation before the end of the decade.
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Netherlands Orders Three Additional NH90s

Dec 10, 2025
The Netherlands has become the latest NH90 operator to top-up its orders for the European military utility helicopter.

Funding & Policy

: Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at liftoff during the NG-2 mission, on Nov. 13, 2025. Credit: Blue Origin
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Space Force Reopens NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 To New Providers

Dec 10, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by early 2027 to join the National Security Space Launch program.
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Canada Taps Telesat, MDA Space To Provide Arctic Satcom Assets

Dec 09, 2025
Canada is partnering with Telesat Corp. and MDA Space to design, develop and deliver a new military satcom capability to support Arctic operations.
NASA's top priorities for future Mars exploration missions should be the search for current or past evidence for biological activity or the presence of prebiotic chemistry, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine urges in a new report. The 241-page document details 11 items on the priority list that should be pursued during the first three envisioned human Mars exploration missions.
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National Academies Offers Human Mars Exploration Science Priorities

Dec 10, 2025
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has laid out its top priorities for NASA's future Mars exploration missions.
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Poland In Negotiations For Transfer Of Remaining MiG-29s To Ukraine

Dec 10, 2025
The Polish government says it is in negotiations about the transfer of the country’s remaining Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine.
National Academies Offers Human Mars Exploration Science Priorities NASA humans on Mars image prospect: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/nasa-astronauts-on-mars-illustration/ HOUSTON -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) has released a NASA requested evaluation of the top science objectives that deserve to be pursued during the first three envisioned human Mars exploration missions, a future goal the agency intends to achieve under the Artemis program by leveraging ef
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Debrief: What It Will Take To Harness In-Space Refueling

Dec 10, 2025
The ability to refuel satellites in orbit will be crucial to future U.S. military space operations, but the Pentagon needs more testbeds.

Business

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L3Harris: AEW&C Interest Growing Following South Korea Win

Dec 10, 2025
L3Harris says it is receiving increasing international interest in a business-jet-based airborne early warning and control aircraft.
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CPI Aero Sees Seventh CFO In Six Years

Dec 10, 2025
For the seventh time in six years, CPI Aerostructures has a new chief financial officer. The Edgewood, New York, manufacturer has appointed Robert Mannix as CFO
California-based defense tech startup AnySignal has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round Image credit: StockCake
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AnySignal Raises $24 Million In Series A Round

Dec 09, 2025
AnySignal, a startup that develops advanced radio frequency platforms for aerospace and defense, has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round.

Operations

SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force launched NROL-77 on Dec. 9, 2025. Credit: National Reconnaissance Office
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SpaceX Launches 10th, Final NRO Mission Of 2025

Dec 10, 2025
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s 10th and final mission of 2025 on Dec. 9.
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Space Ops: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Falls Silent At Mars

Dec 10, 2025
NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter.