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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 23, 2026

VOL. 298 NO. 17 October 23, 2026

Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Oct 22, 2026
UKRAINE joins NSPA SCSP... RAYTHEON radar contract ceiling raised to $3b... New CFO at MACH INDUSTRIES...

In Brief

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In Brief: Airbus Targets German Earth-Observation AI Offering

Oct 22, 2026
Airbus Targets German Earth-Observation AI Offering

The Debrief

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Debrief: The Dark Side Of Russia’s Drone Production Machine

Oct 22, 2026
Russia’s unscrupulous one-way attack drone strike campaign against Ukraine is being sustained in part by workers allegedly trafficked from Asia and Africa to assemble the weapons.

News

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Pentagon, Lockheed Agree To 10-Year Ordering Commitment For F-35s

Oct 22, 2026
The Pentagon has agreed to commit to buying 850 more Lockheed Martin F-35s and maintain annual production at 156 aircraft per year over the next decade.
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Space Force Considers Third Launch Site for Heavy-Lift Rockets By 2030

Oct 22, 2026
The U.S. Space Force’s acquisition arm is exploring the feasibility of standing up a new domestic spaceport by 2030 as demand for orbital access continues to surge.
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Turkey Closing In On Qatari Eurofighter Buy

Oct 22, 2026
Turkey’s defense ministry says it is close to finalizing the purchase of Qatari Eurofighter Typhoon jets to help bolster its fleet of new-build aircraft.
Satellite Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Flies Near The Moon With Craters And Explores The Moon In Space. View Of Blue Planet Earth From The Surface Of
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Space Force Prepping RFIs For Cislunar, Autonomous Operations

Oct 21, 2026
The U.S. Space Force intends to soon release two unclassified solicitations geared at cislunar operations.
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Lockheed Martin Sees Vectis As First Real Shot At Winning CCA Business

Oct 22, 2026
Lockheed Martin is positioning its Skunk Works Vectis for CCA Increment 2, expecting the U.S. Air Force to seek greater payload, range and survivability.
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Space Force Awards First Operational CASR Contracts To Six Vendors

Oct 22, 2026
The U.S. Space Force has tapped six companies for the first operational contracts of its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve program, service officials revealed Oct. 21.
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Missile Defense Agency Awards Long Wall Interceptor Contract

Oct 22, 2026
Missile defense startup Long Wall has secured Pentagon financial backing to complete flight trials of its Cyclops interceptor.
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Xona Launches Alt-PNT Sats, Readies 2027 Commercial Service

Oct 22, 2026
Xona Space Systems launched its initial six alternative position, navigation and timing (Alt-PNT) satellites on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission on Oct. 20, ahead of its plans to start beta service in early 2027.
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Defense Tech Startups Become Bigger Force In Israel

Oct 21, 2026
Defense technology startups are grabbing an ever-larger share of Israel’s capital for new entrepreneurs, topping life sciences and financial tech.
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Interceptor Startup Singularity Tests Rocket Motor With U.S. Navy

Oct 22, 2026
Singularity, a California-based startup focused on low-cost air defense systems, says it has completed a static test fire of a new solid rocket motor alongside the U.S. Navy.
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ESA Sees Ariane 6 Turbopump Issue As Transitory Problem

Oct 22, 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) says an issue discovered with an Ariane 6 turbopump that is pushing a planned 2026 launch into next year does not represent a lasting problem.
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UK Turning To Industry To Exploit Ukrainian Target Datasets

Oct 22, 2026
The UK defense ministry is running an open competition with industry to explore how to fully exploit Ukrainian datasets to teach artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
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Malloy T-150 Tested For Anti-Drone Mission

Oct 21, 2026
Malloy Aeronautics’ T-150 heavylift multicopter uncrewed aircraft system has been adapted to take on the anti-drone mission.