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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 28, 2026

Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Sep 25, 2026
NORTHROP gets F-35 radar award... RAYTHEON gets NGJ-Mid Band repair contract... SES appoints Luxembourg secretary general to board of directors...

In Brief

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In Brief: NASA Names Four SpaceX Crew-14 Dragon Fliers

Sep 25, 2026
NASA Names Four SpaceX Crew-14 Dragon Fliers

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Air-launched Blackbeard Missile Shown In Flight Testing

Sep 25, 2026
An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.
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Pentagon Projects Base Budget Increases In Coming Years

Sep 25, 2026
The Pentagon is projecting slight increases in its base budgets over the next five years following a spike in its request for fiscal 2027.
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Ukraine Trials Airborne Assault Using Drone, Uncrewed Ground Vehicles

Sep 25, 2026
The Ukrainian Army has combined heavy-lift drones with uncrewed ground vehicles to strike Russian positions in a new take on the airborne assault mission.
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Canada Sets Framework For GlobalEye Talks With Saab

Sep 25, 2026
The Canadian government has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Saab in a new step toward buying the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft.
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LINK Spacecraft Reenters After Thwarted Try To Boost Telescope

Sep 25, 2026
Katalyst Space’s first robotic servicing satellite reentered the atmosphere Sept. 25.
Hubble Network aims to use low energy Bluetooth devices and satellites to track cars, equipment and shipping containers Credit: Hubble Network
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Hubble Network Raises $200m, To Expand Bluetooth Sats To 60

Sep 24, 2026
Hubble Network has raised a $200 million Series C round that it plans to use to grow its Bluetooth-connected satellite constellation to 60 spacecraft by 2030.
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Google's In-Orbit Data Center Chip Trial Set For October Launch

Sep 25, 2026
Google plans to deploy a first test satellite carrying its tensor processing units for its orbital data center ambitions next month.
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ATR Appoints Leonardo Helicopters Executive As New CEO

Sep 24, 2026
ATR names Vittorio Lorenzo Della Bella as CEO and Patrick Bergues as CFO, signaling leadership changes as the turboprop maker plans growth and recovery.
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UK To Streamline Space Licensing Under New Strategy, Minister Says

Sep 24, 2026
The UK's new Space Strategy will reform space regulation to make licenses faster, simpler and cheaper for launch and return operations, range control, spaceports and satellites.
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Sceye HAPS Vehicle Demos Laser Ranging

Sep 25, 2026
Sceye’s high-altitude platform station (HAPS) was part of a ground-based laser-ranging demonstration.
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Origin To Trial Counter-Drone Interceptor With Anduril Software

Sep 25, 2026
Latvian uncrewed-systems maker Origin will trial its Blaze counter-drone interceptor using Anduril’s Lattice software under a partnership between the two companies.
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SpaceApps Hitches Blue Origin MK1 Lander Ride For Lunar Rover Mission

Sep 24, 2026
Belgium is headed to the lunar surface with Space Applications Services disclosing plans for its 2029 mission to the south pole of the Moon.

The Debrief

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Budget Brief: Defense Spending Accelerates In East Asia

Sep 25, 2026
Over recent weeks, key U.S. allies in East Asia have laid out defense spending plans for 2027.

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