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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 23, 2026

VOL. 297 NO. 16 July 23, 2026
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Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Jul 22, 2026
GKN expands in New Hampshire... ROCKET LAB gets Space Force suborbital launch contract... BELL TRAINING ACADEMY announces milestone...

In Brief

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In Brief: Innospace Hanbit-Nano Pad Return Slips

Jul 22, 2026
Innospace Hanbit-Nano Pad Return Slips

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BAE Unveils Brontanax CCA To Support UK RAF's Sixth-Generation Ambitions

Jul 22, 2026
BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, its eagerly awaited collaborative combat aircraft.
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GCAP Sensor, Engine Partners Set Eyes On Tech Maturation

Jul 22, 2026
The sensor and power providers for the Edgewing GCAP fighter will spend the project phase turning concepts into technology demonstrations to mature capabilities for the detailed design phase.
RAACM-ER
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U.S. Navy Picks CoAspire For International Missile Program

Jul 22, 2026
The U.S. Navy has picked CoAspire’s Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range for a new program aimed at quickly delivering low-cost missiles to foreign partners.
German Navy P-8A
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Germany Nears Approval For P-8A Top-Up Buy, Seeks Anti-Ship Strike

Jul 22, 2026
Germany seeks approval for four additional P-8As while pursuing renewed anti-ship strike and air-launched capabilities.
X-BAT
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ShieldAI Progresses On X‑BAT Build, Tests Amid Europe Push

Jul 22, 2026
Shield AI is progressing on building its initial X-BAT autonomous fighters after it announced that it had fired its thrust-vectoring engine for the first time.
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Compressed Engineering Effort Got Typhoon, APKWS To Front Line

Jul 22, 2026
BAE Systems compressed 18 months of work to develop a low-cost anti-drone capability for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon into just 42 days, the company has revealed.
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Swedish Air Force To Shorten Turnaround Times For Dispersed Basing

Jul 20, 2026
The Swedish Air Force wants to cut fighter turnaround times below 10 min. as it evolves its renowned dispersed operations concept to survive increasingly sophisticated Russian targeting.
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GE Aerospace Picks StandardAero To Build, Maintain UK's AW149 Engines

Jul 15, 2026
GE Aerospace has chosen StandardAero to build, maintain and overhaul the CT7 engines that will power the UK’s Leonardo AW149 New Medium Helicopter (NMH) fleet.
Saturn at night
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NASA Joins White House AI Initiative

Jul 22, 2026
NASA joined the White House's Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-driven scientific research, engineering and space operations.
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Paramount Adapts Mwari For Counter-Drone Mission

Jul 19, 2026
South African defense firm Paramount says it is developing a counter-drone configuration for its distinctive Mwari counter-insurgency turboprop.

The Debrief

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Debrief: Weighing Risk In Human Spaceflight

Jul 22, 2026
With lunar landings and future human missions to Mars as its goal, NASA and the U.S. space community should have a hard think about how they assess risk.