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Last Updated: Monday, May 5, 2025, 1:56 AM PDT
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Yahoo Finance
• Abhinav Parmar
Anduril to acquire Ireland's Klas to bolster AI warfare systems
By Yahoo Finance: (Reuters) -AI-powered defense startup Anduril Industries on Monday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ireland-based tactical communications systems maker Klas.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Little-known aircraft designer Stavatti wants to compete for the US Navy’s new trainer jet
By FlightGlobal: Little-known aircraft designer Stavatti, which has never built a physical aircraft, plans to compete for the US Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System contract against heavyweights including Lockheed Martin, Textron and Boeing.
The Aviationist
• Parth Satam
Indian Air Force Fighters Operate from Highway Amid Mounting Tensions with Pakistan
By The Aviationist: Nearly all IAF aircraft types were used during the highway operation, while Pakistan is similarly conducting a series of drills in a show of force. On May.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Houthi Missile Evades Israeli Air Defenses, Strikes Near Tel Aviv Airport in Escalating Crisis
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A Houthi-fired ballistic missile hit near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, forcing a flight to divert and prompting panic among passengers and staff.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
US Army creates space career field for enlisted soldiers
By SpaceNews.com: “These specialists will become the experts we turn to during the next conflict,” said Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman
Ukrainian Drone Boats Down Two Russian Su-30 Flankers with AIM-9 Missiles. The event marks the first time drone boats downed fighters and the first successful use of AIM-9 missiles to take down any aircraft via drone boat
By The War Zone: The event marks the first time drone boats downed fighters and the first successful use of AIM-9 missiles to take down any aircraft via drone boat.
maritime-executive.com
Drone Boat Shoots Down a Fighter Jet For the First Time in History
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
RAF brings unmanned StormShroud jammer into operational use
By FlightGlobal: The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has introduced to service its "first of a new family of autonomous collaborative platforms", which it claims will revolutionise operations in contested environments.
Royal Air Force
StormShroud arrival marks the future of UK Air Combat Power
Air & Space Forces Mag
