Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
China’s Ministry of National Defense says China and Russia carried out a joint strategic air patrol on June 27 across airspace spanning the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific. The patrol underscores ongoing PLA–Russian cooperation and sustained operational activity over sensitive regional waters and lanes.
Reuters
By Reuters: Airbus has signed a preliminary agreement with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to cooperate on a possible Japanese variant of a European defence drone, the aerospace company said on Friday.
Aviation Week
DefenseNews.com
By DefenseNews.com: "We didn't put enough parts and pieces on the shelf," Lt. Gen. Gregory L. Masiello told a Senate subcommittee in a recent hearing.
The Air Current
• Carter Johnston
By The Air Current: At a remote airfield in the northwestern Pacific ocean, the U.S. military is operating a stealthy, uncrewed fighter aircraft for the first time as part of a major field training exercise.
Breaking Defense
• Aaron Mehta
By Breaking Defense: A new series of reports from Breaking Defense provides an unparalleled look at how a key Pentagon acquisition program comes together, and where it threatens to fall apart.
Australian Aviation
• Stephen Kuper
By Australian Aviation: The approval, announced by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, is designed to enhance Australia’s ability to operate and sustain its advanced fast jet fleet, while strengthening interoperability with US forces.
defenceconnect.com.au
The Aviationist
• Stefano D'Urso
By The Aviationist: A U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bomber was integrated in Exercise Diamond Storm, part of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Air Warfare Instructor Course.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Scanlon
By DefenseNews.com: The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.
Reuters
• Humeyra Pamuk
Bloomberg
• Guy Johnson, Michael Nienaber
