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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 24, 2026

VOL. 296 NO. 59 June 24, 2026
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Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Jun 23, 2026
LIG ties up with RHEINMETALL... QUANTUM COMPUTING acquires NHANCED SEMICONDUCTORS... LOCKHEED gets Conventional Prompt Strike award...

In Brief

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In Brief: OHB Set For $580M Capital Raise

Jun 23, 2026
OHB Set For $580M Capital Raise

The Debrief

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Debrief: Can New Zealand's Military Shrug Off 'Freeloader' Tag?

Jun 23, 2026
New Zealand's 2025 Defense Capability Plan offered perhaps the clearest indication yet that Wellington recognizes the need for greater combat capability.

News

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Six F-35Bs Delivered To Marines So Far Without New Radars

Jun 23, 2026
Lockheed Martin has delivered six F-35Bs to the U.S. Marine Corps without radars due to ongoing delays with a powerful new upgrade.
SpaceX
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SpaceX Tests New Vehicle For Returning Payloads From LEO

Jun 23, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket dispatched a new spacecraft designed to return science samples and items manufactured in microgravity back to Earth.
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Australia, UK Eye European Missile Test For Ghost Bat

Jun 22, 2026
Australia and the UK are studying the integration of a European air-to-air missile on the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).
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Leonardo Details M-346 Trials With Baykar’s Kizilelma

Jun 22, 2026
Leonardo and Baykar said they flew Leonardo’s M-346 aircraft closely networked with the Turkish drone maker’s Kizilelma collaborative combat aircraft.
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Canada Formalizes Purchase Of Australian Over-The-Horizon Radar

Jun 22, 2026
Canada has formally signed an agreement to acquire Australia's over-the-horizon radar technology, marking Australia's largest-ever defense export program.
Credit Robert Wall/Aviation Week Caption: ArianeGroup plans a family of conventionally armed ballistic missiles.
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European Deep-Strike Push Gets Clarity With Eight Project Strands

Jun 18, 2026
Six European countries that have embarked on a joint effort to meet critical deep strike capability gaps have formalized their plans.
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NASA Safety Panel Addresses 'Significant' ISS Air Leaks

Jun 22, 2026
A NASA safety panel praised the International Space Station (ISS) program on June 22 for the precautionary steps it recently took while Russian cosmonauts looked into the latest in a series of worrisome air leaks.
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Aura Aero Takes Over VoltAero's Assets In Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Jun 23, 2026
Aura Aero acquires VoltAero’s assets, leveraging hybrid-electric expertise to advance its ERA 19-seater and expand its operational base in Rochefort.
Artist’s rendition of the DAPHNE (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) mission concept. The coloring represents auroras and atmospheric waves in Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/Mary Tostanoski
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NASA To Study Space Weather Impact On Earth’s Atmosphere

Jun 22, 2026
NASA has picked a concept for further development of a twin-sat mission to research how space weather and the Earth’s atmosphere affect the space environment.
Q4S satellite is intended to demonstrate entanglement swapping in a small form factor Credit: Boeing
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Boeing Ground Tests Entanglement Swapping In Quantum Networking Sat

Jun 18, 2026
Boeing says its Q4S quantum networking satellite system has successfully demonstrated entanglement swapping during a ground test.
Swedish Maritime Administration
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Latvia Uses SAFE Funds To Equip Border Guard With Leonardo AW139s

Jun 15, 2026
Latvia’s Border Guard has placed orders for three Leonardo AW139 medium twin-engine helicopters funded through the European Security Action for Europe loans.
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France, Eutelsat Sign Multiyear Contract To Bridge to IRIS²

Jun 15, 2026
The French government has signed an eight-year contract with Eutelsat to assure for Eutelsat OneWeb services to bridge to the European IRIS2 secure satellite. communications systems and add capacity.
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Aeronautics Demos Single-User Multi-UAV Operations

Jun 17, 2026
Israeli drone-maker Aeronautics Group says it has demonstrated single-operator control of multiple uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs).
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Airbus Broadening H145M Helicopter Mission Set

Jun 16, 2026
Airbus Helicopters is looking to broaden the role of its H145M light utility helicopter into the anti-drone mission.