Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
India's Defence Acquisition Council has approved roughly $25 billion in defence procurements, including a major upgrade programme for the Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKI fleet. The move advances New Delhi's ongoing force-modernisation drive across combat and support platforms.
yle.fi
By yle.fi: "Drones have strayed into Finnish territory. We take this very seriously," Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) said. Two drones crashed, at least one of them was confirmed to be Ukrainian.
DefenseNews.com
• Stephen Losey
By DefenseNews.com: The Defense Department said the booster rocket that failed was not part of the hypersonic program.
DefenseNews.com
• Megan Eckstein
By DefenseNews.com: With the offshore patrol cutter slated to get a top-of-the-line C5ISR system, Northrop Grumman and its industry partners will work through integrating the whole system at this spacious new facility ahead of installing the gear onto the ship hulls themselves, to catch any integration hiccups early and save time and money during sea trials.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Saab CEO Micael Johansson said discussions with the Canadian government over a potential Gripen fighter deal remain “intensive,” as Ottawa.
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Chris Gordon
By Air & Space Forces Mag: An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS plane was damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attackon a base in Saudi Arabia.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: A strike attributed to a US A-10 Thunderbolt II hit a military clinic at Habbaniyah base in Iraq on March 25, killing seven Iraqi soldiers and wounding 13 others.
Reuters
By Reuters: The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, which had been deployed in U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran, anchored in Croatia's Adriatic port of Split on Saturday for repairs and maintenance.
