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• Greg Waldron
BAE Systems is expanding its industrial presence in India as New Delhi pursues defense self-reliance, while New Zealand begins acquiring a long-range surveillance UAV. In the UK, TEKEVER and iCOMAT are scaling collaboration around AR5 production, underscoring the growing emphasis on sovereign supply chains and indigenous aerospace technologies.
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Spain’s new Air and Space Force vision emphasizes AI, collaborative combat, missile defense and space dominance, while Spanish A330 MRTT forces participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2026. Separately, A400M aircraft are demonstrating expanded utility as high-capacity wildfire retardant bombers in France and Spain.
On CNBC’s The Tech Download podcast, Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf discusses the defense company’s approach to artificial intelligence in warfare and its effort to expand manufacturing. The conversation highlights two central themes shaping Anduril’s strategy: deploying AI for defense applications and scaling production capacity.
Wisk Aero and NASA completed a simulation of multi-aircraft autonomous flight operations in controlled airspace, testing how autonomous aircraft could operate together within existing airspace-management environments. The exercise advances Wisk’s development of autonomous aviation systems and provides NASA with additional data on future airspace integration.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping military operations across every domain, from missile and drone warfare to satellites, naval forces, airpower and cyber operations. The accelerating integration of AI into weapons and command systems raises consequential questions about escalation, control and the future role of humans in decisions involving weapons of mass destruction.
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BAE Systems is expanding its industrial presence in India as New Delhi pursues defense self-reliance, while New Zealand begins acquiring a long-range surveillance UAV. In the UK, TEKEVER and iCOMAT are scaling collaboration around AR5 production, underscoring the growing emphasis on sovereign supply chains and indigenous aerospace technologies.
A senior U.S. Air Force officer said the Boeing F-47 remains on track for a first flight in 2028, while efforts to deploy Northrop Grumman’s B-21 bomber next year and field collaborative combat aircraft continue advancing. The comments reaffirm timelines for three central elements of the USAF’s next-generation combat-air strategy.
Unifly says it is advancing UAS Traffic Management for urban drone environments with technologies focused on conflict detection and airspace segmentation. The approach targets safer, more orderly routing and deconfliction for growing volumes of unmanned aircraft operating in constrained airspace.
The Exploration Company says it has selected Siemens Xcelerator software to speed development of its reusable Nyx cargo spacecraft. The company cites reduced design complexity and improved engineering collaboration across its development workflow as key reasons for the move.
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