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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 22, 2026

VOL. 298 NO. 16 October 22, 2026

Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Oct 21, 2026
BAE expands space production in Colorado... ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES teams with DARLEY DEFENSE... HII gets CVN 75 RCOH/elevator award...

In Brief

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In Brief: France Places SAMP/T NG Top-Up Order

Oct 21, 2026
France Places SAMP/T NG Top-Up Order

F-15s, F-15EXs and an F-22 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, in 2023.
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USAF Outlines New Fighter Goals, May Eye Bombers, CCAs For Help

Oct 21, 2026
The U.S. Air Force faces an uphill climb to increase its fighter end strength, telling Congress it needs steady funding and a healthy industrial base to meet its target.
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U.S. Air Force Opens Search For Low-Cost Hypersonic Strike Missile

Oct 21, 2026
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing a new class of low-cost, mass-producible and air-launched hypersonic weapons.
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U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Faces Deep Spare Parts Shortage

Oct 21, 2026
The U.S. Air Force has a hole in its spare parts inventory to the tune of about $14 billion, the service’s sustainment boss says.
NAHF Class of 2027
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Aviation Hall Of Fame Unveils Class Of '27

Oct 21, 2026
Six trailblazers in American aviation and space will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame as the Class of 2027.
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Joby Hydrogen Uncrewed Aircraft Tracked Flying Over Arizona

Oct 21, 2026
Joby Aviation may have conducted a test flight of an undisclosed second-generation hydrogen-electric uncrewed aircraft.
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Dawn Aerospace Plans UK Launch Operations

Oct 21, 2026
New Zealand spaceplane developer Dawn Aerospace wants to establish a suborbital payload launch program from the UK.
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ESA’s Space Rider Suffers Mishap In Drop Test

Oct 21, 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) has suffered the loss of a Space Rider test vehicle during a drop test when the parafoil failed to deploy properly.
Natilus Kona (artist rendering)
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Pentagon Funds Natilus Kona BWB Freighter For Contested Logistics Demo

Oct 21, 2026
Natilus received $3.5 million from the Pentagon and Air Force to advance its Kona BWB freighter toward a contested logistics demonstration.
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Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey Sign Defense Cooperation Accord

Oct 21, 2026
The governments of Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey have signed an agreement on closer defense industry cooperation and strengthening defense capabilities.
Rendering of Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft deploying JPL drones above the Moon’s south pole
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Firefly’s Elytra Lunar Orbiter Completes PDR

Oct 21, 2026
Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra lunar orbiter has completed its preliminary design review under a $75 million NASA subcontract.
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Terma In Military MRO Tie-Up With Kongsberg

Oct 21, 2026
Terma and Kongsberg have agreed to work together in military aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul, driven by heightened European demand for operational readiness.
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Destinus Acquires Perciv AI, Deepening Vertical Integration

Oct 21, 2026
European missile and drone development startup Destinus says it has acquired Perciv AI, a developer of radar software, as part of its drive to control much of its supply chain.
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National Academies Urges NASA To Explore Moon Beyond South Pole

Oct 21, 2026
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is urging NASA to conduct crewed exploration of four non-polar regions of the Moon that NASEM says have cross-disciplinary scientific value.

The Debrief

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Debrief: Where Is The Space Community Getting Its Orbital Updates?

Oct 21, 2026
The role of providing the first public disclosure of new and notable on-orbit activities has fallen to the growing pool of commercial space situational awareness companies.