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rocketlabcorp.com • Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab Launches HASTE Suborbital Mission for Defense Innovation Unit and Missile Defense Agency

rocketlabcorp.com reports: Long Beach, California. Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it successfully launched a suborbital mission with its HASTE launch vehicle for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Missile Defense….

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Aviation Week • Robert Wall

Diehl and Lockheed Martin Form Partnership to Compete for Naval Air‑Defense Contracts

By Aviation Week: Germany’s Diehl and Lockheed Martin have signed a partnership agreement to cooperate to try to jointly win naval air defense deals.

Also: DefenseNews.com, euro-sd.com and defence-industry.eu
2025-11-18T14:26:02.929656-08:00
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Reuters

Airbus chairman René Obermann urges European states to acquire tactical nuclear weapons in response to Russian Iskander deployments in Kaliningrad

By Reuters: Airbus chairman Rene Obermann has called on European countries to acquire tactical nuclear weapons in response to the threat posed by Russian Iskander missiles deployed at Kaliningrad that can carry nuclear warheads.

Also: politico.eu and Seeking Alpha
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