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Wall Street Journal • Micah Maidenberg

Tech and Budget Hurdles Threaten Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield

President Trump’s Golden Dome satellite-based missile defense plan is grappling with critical technology hurdles and production backlogs. Conflicting requirements for space sensors, interceptors and network interoperability, coupled with budget constraints, threaten to derail the program’s aggressive timelines and scale.

2025-05-25T08:22:19.119790-07:00

Space Intel Report

Kratos’ Space Business Rebounds in Q1 on National Security Contracts, Eyes Micro-GEO Segment

2025-05-22T12:51:41.527545-07:00

FlightGlobal

BAE Systems Advances Sixth-Generation UK Fighter Demonstrator Toward 2027 First Flight

2025-05-23T09:58:21.419550-07:00

eVTOL Insights

Horizon Aircraft Completes World-First Full-Wing Transition with Hybrid-eVTOL Cavorite X5

2025-05-22T00:08:19.606472-07:00

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Wall Street Journal

Tech and Budget Hurdles Threaten Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield President Trump’s Golden Dome satellite-based missile defense plan is grappling with critical technology hurdles and production backlogs. Conflicting requirements for space sensors, interceptors and network interoperability, coupled with budget constraints, threaten to derail the program’s aggressive timelines and scale.

2025-05-25T08:22:19.119790-07:00

Tech and Budget Hurdles Threaten Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield

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Tenth Saab Gripen E Departs Sweden En Route to Brazil Sweden’s Norrköping port saw roads closed overnight to accommodate the transport of a Saab Gripen E to the MV Fagelgracht cargo ship, which departed May 23 bound for Navegantes, Santa Catarina. The shipment marks the tenth Gripen E delivery for Brazil’s Air Force.

2025-05-24T20:24:25.439088-07:00

Tenth Saab Gripen E Departs Sweden En Route to Brazil

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USAF breaks ground on Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at Robins AFB The US Air Force officially broke ground on the Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at Robins AFB, Georgia on 19 May. The new BMCOC facility will consolidate command-and-control operations for air battle management and intelligence, supporting modernization of networked warfighting across the service.

2025-05-24T14:04:04.643102-07:00

USAF breaks ground on Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at Robins AFB

Aviacionline

Sweden offers AESA radar and electronic warfare systems to upgrade Ukraine’s fighters Sweden has proposed supplying active electronically scanned array radars and electronic warfare suites to modernize Ukraine’s Soviet-era fighters as US military support faces congressional delays. The offering aims to enhance Kyiv’s air defense and targeting capabilities amid sustained Russian electronic attacks.

2025-05-24T11:18:04.748827-07:00

Sweden offers AESA radar and electronic warfare systems to upgrade Ukraine’s fighters

Business Insider

Inside the E-4B Nightwatch ‘Doomsday Plane’: The USAF’s Flying War Room The E-4B Nightwatch, a heavily modified Boeing 747-200B fleet, serves as the National Airborne Operations Center, outfitted with EMP shielding, in-flight refueling and secure communications to maintain presidential command continuity during a nuclear crisis.

2025-05-24T09:50:37.900975-07:00

Inside the E-4B Nightwatch ‘Doomsday Plane’: The USAF’s Flying War Room

Naval News

GA-ASI, Ultra Maritime Forge Unmanned Airborne ASW Partnership General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Ultra Maritime have launched a strategic partnership to develop unmanned airborne anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The collaboration aims to integrate GA-ASI’s long-endurance UAV platforms with Ultra Maritime’s advanced maritime sensors, advancing detection and tracking of enemy submarines through persistent standoff surveillance.

2025-05-24T01:29:01.221720-07:00

GA-ASI, Ultra Maritime Forge Unmanned Airborne ASW Partnership

SpaceNews.com

Raytheon Wins $380M Extension on GPS Ground Control System Contract Raytheon Technologies has won a $380 million extension to its GPS ground control system contract with the U.S. Space Force, extending operations, sustainment and modernization services essential to the global positioning network that supports military missions, civil navigation and critical infrastructure.

2025-05-23T15:34:28.714096-07:00

Raytheon Wins $380M Extension on GPS Ground Control System Contract

Air & Space Forces Mag

USAF Must Rapidly Expand F-35 Fleet to Counter China’s 5th-Gen Surge As China accelerates deployment of J-20 and next-generation stealth fighters, the US Air Force risks being outmatched. Service leaders must urgently scale up F-35 acquisitions and basing options to maintain stealth capability advantages, close the widening fifth-generation gap and deter adversary air operations.

2025-05-23T13:20:44.982268-07:00

USAF Must Rapidly Expand F-35 Fleet to Counter China’s 5th-Gen Surge

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