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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 24, 2025

VOL. 294 NO. 59 December 24, 2025
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Programs

U.S. Air Force
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USAF Plans C-17 Cockpit Upgrades, New Communications Capability

Dec 23, 2025
The U.S. Air Force has outlined two new updates to its Boeing C-17 airlifter fleet
paratroopers jumping out of aircraft
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Airbus Nabs C295 Top-Up Deal From Spain

Dec 23, 2025
Spain ordered 18 Airbus C295 transport aircraft days after the government in Madrid gave the OEM's helicopter arm a boost with a mammoth 100-rotorcraft deal.
MC-55 Peregrine
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MC-55 Delivery To Australia Close After STC Approval

Dec 23, 2025
The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.
Credit: Sierra Space
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Fate Of Resilient-GPS Program Remains Unresolved

Dec 23, 2025
As 2025 draws to an end, the Resilient-GPS program “doesn’t have a future fate,” one contractor says.
KASA launch
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South Korea Boosts Funding For Next-Generation Launcher

Dec 23, 2025
South Korea is boosting its funding for a next-generation launch system with a focus on rocket reusability, according to the Korea AeroSpace Administration.
Guy Norris/AWS&T
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Turbofan Upgrade Enters Flight Test For Exported Russian Fighters

Dec 23, 2025
A Sukhoi Su-57 fighter completed a first flight powered by a 35,000-lb.-thrust Izdeliye 177 engine this month.
innospace launch attempt failure
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Innospace’s Hanbit-Nano Rocket Fails In Inaugural Launch

Dec 23, 2025
Innospace's attempt to become the first South Korean launch operator to reach orbit suffered a setback when its Hanbit-Nano rocket failed its inaugural flight.
DARPA Caption – Skywave over-the-horizon radar bounces illumination signals off the ionosphere to extend range
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DARPA’s Frosty Looks To Improve Arctic Over-The-Horizon Radar

Dec 22, 2025
DARPA wants to harness the noisy radio frequency environment of the ionosphere.
The DiskSat's flat format offers potential advantages over traditional cubic satellites Credit: Aerospace Corp.
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DiskSat Demo Mission Launches, Tests Alternative To Cubesats

Dec 18, 2025
Four DiskSat spacecraft were successfully launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle on Dec. 18.
Manufacturing of fiber optic glass in microgravity is seen as a better way to make glass fibers with fewer imperfections that scatter light signals. Credit: NASA
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NASA Plans Study Of Microgravity Manufacturing Of ‘Quantum Glass’

Dec 15, 2025
NASA plans to study the manufacturing of exotic glass fibers in the microgravity of space for use in quantum sensing and communications applications.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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In Brief: CACI To Acquire ARKA Group

Dec 23, 2025
News in brief.

Operations

cnsa first stage recovery fail
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China Long March 12A Fails First-Stage Recovery

Dec 23, 2025
China failed in a second attempt to demonstrate the ability to recover the first stage of a launcher, this time during Long March 12A's inaugural flight.

Funding & Policy

isaacman
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NASA's Isaacman Wants More X-Planes

Dec 22, 2025
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.