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The Royal Canadian Air Force debuted its first CT-153 Juno training helicopter at CANSEC in Ottawa. The CT-153 is a variant of the Airbus H135, marking a new training-aircraft milestone for RCAF helicopter pilot instruction as the service refreshes its trainer fleet.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: The Department of the Air Force in "the coming days" will announce the finalized PAE structure along with the names of each office leader, Thomas Ainsworth, acting space acquisition chief, said.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
By Ars Technica: NASA science satellites show dual use in locating sources of GPS interference.
Bloomberg
• Laura Dhillon Kane
By Bloomberg: Canada entered into negotiations to buy Saab AB’s GlobalEye military surveillance planes, rejecting American bids as the northern nation pushes to spend fewer defense dollars in the US.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: Swapping dated F-5s for F/A-18E/Fs would give the Navy a more threat representative adversary fleet to emulate advanced enemies, like China. Swapping aging F-5 aggressors for Super Hornets would give the Navy more realistic high-end red air training for future peer conflict.
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: AMSTERDAM – A former senior Ukrainian defense official called on SpaceX to tighten controls on Starlink terminals that she said are reaching Russian forces through third-party countries or intermediaries.
Breaking Defense
• Agnes Helou
By Breaking Defense: Breaking Defense was on the ground for Turkey's massive combined forces drill Efes 2026, which brought ships, drones, air defense and helicopters together.
Vertical Mag
• Bell Press Release
By Vertical Mag: Join Bell at CANSEC to celebrate 40 years of manufacturing and innovation in Canada's defense and aerospace sectors.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Peck
Breaking Defense
• Valerie Insinna
Reuters
• David Jeans
