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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, 10:26 AM PDT

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Satellite   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Defense & Militarization   Policy & Regulation  
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Pentagon shifts to 'government-owned, commercially-operated' satellite model amid rising conflict risks

By SpaceNews.com: Pentagon turns to 'government-owned, commercially-operated' satellites amid conflict risks Pentagon turns to 'government-owned, commercially-operated' satellite model amid conflict risks.

2025-10-30T08:52:44.484485-07:00
Military Aircraft Procurement   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
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Aviation Today • Calvin Biesecker

Lockheed Begins Engineering Analysis to Add NGAD‑Derived Sixth‑Gen Features to F‑35 and F‑22

By Aviation Today: Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air Force’s […].

2025-10-30T08:55:24.470865-07:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   AI   Sikorsky   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
Lockheed Martin

Soldier Becomes First to Plan and Execute Autonomous Black Hawk Missions with Lockheed’s MATRIX at Northern Strike 25-2

By Lockheed Martin: CAMP GRAYLING, Mich., October 30, 2025 — For the first time, a U.S. soldier—not a trained aviator—planned and executed real-world missions in military exercises with Lockheed Martin...

2025-10-30T07:01:20.509266-07:00
Supply Chain   Europe   Military Aircraft Procurement   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

Dassault Aviation ‘ready’ to supply Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine

By AeroTime: Following on from Gripen negotiations, Ukraine has also entered discussions with France over Rafale jets as part of its plan to rebuild a 250-fighter air force.

2025-10-30T06:31:38.128883-07:00
North America   Space Defense & Militarization   Policy & Regulation   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
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Stars and Stripes • John Aguilar

Colorado sues Trump administration over Space Command relocation to Alabama

By Stars and Stripes: Building 1 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., shown in 2022, is the provisional headquarters of U.S. Space Command. (U.S. Space Command) DENVER (Tribune News Service) — Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Trump administration Wednesday to challenge the president’s decision last month to move U.S.

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