Reuters
Babcock said chief executive David Lockwood will retire by the end of 2026, with Harry Holt — the company’s head of its nuclear division and a former Rolls‑Royce executive — named as his successor. The planned handover establishes an internal candidate to lead the UK engineering and defence services group.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force’s acquisition arm races to rebuild contracting workforce after civilian cuts Space Force’s acquisition arm races to rebuild contracting workforce after civilian cuts.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 8 that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has […].
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: This year's edition of the annual special operations conference in Tamp, Florida will for the first time feature a dedicated space for demonstrating new aviation technologies, including uncrewed aircraft, counter UAS systems and airborne mission equipment.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: It’s time for the tug of war over the location of US Space Command headquarters to end for the sake of America’s military space mission, according to multiple Colorado Springs, CO-based groups.
Aviation Today
• Calvin Biesecker
By Aviation Today: The Defense Innovation Unit last Friday issued a solicitation seeking prototype solutions for airborne magnetic data collection platforms that would support the development of magnetic map data as an alternative […].
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: To save funds, the U.S. Air Force plans to pursue a Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES) without a helmet mounted display (HMD) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II […].
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: American autonomy specialist Shield AI has begun windtunnel testing on its X-Bat uncrewed tactical aircraft, three months after unveiling the tail-sitting jet platform that will operate using the company's Hivemind artificial intelligence software.
Breaking Defense
• Carley Welch, Michael Marrow, Theresa Hitchens, Valerie Insinna
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
