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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 7, 2026

VOL. 297 NO. 27 August 07, 2026
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Aug 06, 2026
SATELLOGIC reports positive quarter... GD elects Deep to corporate director position... VERTEX AEROSPACE gets F-5 labor cost adjustment award...

In Brief

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In Brief: U.S. Army Boosts Hydra Rocket Supply Base Amid Demand

Aug 06, 2026
U.S. Army Broadens Hydra Rocket Supply Base Amid Demand

The Debrief

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Debrief: Inside Blue Origin’s New National Security Playbook

Aug 06, 2026
Blue Origin is looking to parlay U.S. national security and other customers’ interest in in-space mobility, logistics, communications and computing into a variety of in-space services and infrastructure.

News

Jim Currier Honewell CEO and President
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Honeywell Aerospace’s Supply Chain Challenges Are Worse Than Expected

Aug 06, 2026
Leaders of Honeywell Aerospace are walking back financial forecasts offered just two months ago, blaming a “handful” of critical subtier suppliers that they now say they overestimated.
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GBU-75 Order Moves JDAM Cruise Missile Variant Into Production

Aug 06, 2026
The U.S. Navy has acquired a new cruise missile with a $75 million order for the Boeing GBU-75, a turbojet-powered version of the 500-lb. version of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), Boeing says.
Photographs showing damage to a U.S. Air Force C-17 in March 2025. Credit: U.S. Air Force
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USAF Returns Damaged C-17 To Flight Using New Process

Aug 06, 2026
The U.S. Air Force returned a damaged Boeing C-17 to service with a new robotic technology it used for the first time, and says the system is now being utilized for aircraft that likely were damaged in combat.
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Germany, UK to Launch 'Full Development' of Deep Strike Missiles In 2027

Aug 06, 2026
Germany and the UK are looking to begin an accelerated full development of a Deep Precision Strike (DPS) capability in 2027, MBDA has revealed.
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Israel Doubles Defense Order Outlays With Tech Firms

Aug 06, 2026
Israel says it has doubled the money it is spending with defense tech suppliers over the past year as it looks to incentivize business to help the country maintain its military equipment edge.
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OHB Sees Need For More Ariane 6s, RFA One Flying This Year

Aug 06, 2026
OHB’s CEO argues Europe needs to ramp up Ariane 6 flights given strong launch demand, while also projecting the first mission for Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA One rocket before year-end after repeated delays.
The 2 million-lb. launch table at SLC-36 was lifted out of flame trench in July for inspections and adjustments.
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Blue Origin Traces New Glenn Accident To Engine Oxygen Valve

Aug 06, 2026
Blue Origin says the cause of the New Glenn rocket explosion in May has been traced to the main oxygen valve on one of the booster’s seven main engines.
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Iceye, Umbra, Capella Space Expand NRO Work With Radar Contracts

Aug 05, 2026
Iceye and Umbra Space say they have secured additional work to furnish synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery to the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Array Labs, Mitsubishi Electric Making Space-Based AMTI For Asia
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Array Labs, Mitsubishi Electric Making Space-Based AMTI For Asia

Jul 30, 2026
Array Labs has signed a strategic partnership with Mitsubishi Electric to develop satellite-based airborne moving target indicator tech for the Asia Pacific.
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Galactic Energy’s Reusable Pallas-1 Launcher Nears First Flight

Aug 06, 2026
Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 Y1 is set to attempt its debut launch this month from the company’s new pad at Jiuquan in Inner Mongolia.
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WindBorne Grows Weather Balloon Network To 600, Raises $37M

Aug 06, 2026
WindBorne Systems says its network of weather balloons has tripled over the past year to more than 600 balloons currently aloft.
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Voyager Awarded Role To Advance Components For SM-3 Interceptors

Aug 06, 2026
Voyager Technologies will advance two critical technologies in the RTX supply chain for the Standard Missile (SM)-3 interceptor family.
Tony Osborne – Aviation Week
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German Lynx Fleet Reaches Retirement

Aug 05, 2026
Germany’s naval air arm has retired its last Westland Lynx helicopters as it turns to the NHIndustries’ NH90 for the shipborne anti-submarine warfare mission.