Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Embraer has signed a new long-term support contract with Brazil’s Air Force (FAB) covering KC-390 Millennium sustainment. The agreement applies to aircraft already in service and to remaining delivery aircraft, aiming to maximize fleet availability and efficiency; contract value was not disclosed.
aeromorning.com
The War Zone
• Tyler Rogoway
By The War Zone: Radar pod-toting MQ-9s present an economical and highly-flexible persistent airborne early warning solution that is needed now more than ever.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Kelly Hammett, the former head of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, has been named executive director of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: At some point, company officials will need to discuss the fate of a separate production line for the A-29 Super Tucano in Jacksonville, Fla., but “[t]hat time has not come yet,” said Embraer’s Marcio Monteiro.
DefenseNews.com
By DefenseNews.com: General Atomics unveiled the Vektrex™ projectile, Bullseye™ cruise missile, and railgun projectiles at Eurosatory 2026, with co-production deals ahead.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: The autonomous vertical take-off and landing combat jet will make a maiden sortie towards the end of 2026. AI and autonomy developer Shield AI has now almost completed the first three test assets for its X-Bat collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) programme as it builds towards a first flight later this year.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Draft legislation from the US Senate would provide $127 million to cover four MH-6 helicopters and two MC-130J special operations transports destroyed while recovering a downed American F-15E crew.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS— Seven months after securing an initial budget to jump-start a European intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) service, the European Space Agency (ESA) is about to receive a list of what the future users of the service want from it.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Associated Press
• The Associated Press
Breaking Defense
• Breaking Defense Video
