Reuters
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK will provide Saudi Arabia with defensive air-to-air refueling support for a limited period. Burnham characterized the move as contributing to regional stability, without disclosing the aircraft, duration or operational terms involved.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: CCAs are participating in ever-more realistic demonstrations, including with crewed counterparts, as actual teaming trials are on the horizon.
DefenseNews.com
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intellian Technologies and Network Innovations plan to jointly develop and distribute multi-band Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) flyaway terminals for military and government customers under a new strategic partnership announced last week.
FlightGlobal
• Brooke Ingemi
By FlightGlobal: The retirement formalises the transition to the new EA-37B jet, which has assumed the Compass Call name. A formal retirement ceremony was held at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona on 18 September to honour the last EC-130H Compass Call, tail 1590, as it conducted its final operational taxi.
Bloomberg
• Dan Williams, Paul Wallace
By Bloomberg: The F-35 is the most advanced American fighter jet available for export. It’s sold only to long-standing US military allies, given how sensitive its technology is.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is seeking industry proposals for a contract worth up to $369 million to expand the worldwide ground infrastructure supporting its constellation of low Earth orbit missile-warning and tracking satellites.
Space Intel Report
Air & Space Forces Mag
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: “It’s going to take 15 or 20 years to get those types of people,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Clark Quinn.
SpaceNews.com
• Jean-Francois Morizur
By SpaceNews.com: some time now, the Ukrainian government has been seeking SpaceX’s authorization for the use of Starlink up to 200 kilometers inside Russia.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
New York Times
• David E. Sanger, Tim Balk
