Breaking Defense
• Robbin Laird
An in-depth discussion with the chief of Naval Air Training Command examines the U.S. Navy’s effort to rebuild its aviator pipeline. The conversation focuses on the service’s training system and the challenge of restoring the flow of qualified naval aviators.
Breaking Defense
• Mark Pomerleau
By Breaking Defense: US Army soldiers have taken to placing wet t-shirts on Starlink terminals to keep them from overheating in the field during tests.
SpaceNews.com
• Omar Pimentel
By SpaceNews.com: A defense startup can build exactly what the military needs and still fail to sell it to the Pentagon.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Development and analysis work on adaptation kit for snow runway operations will conclude in March 2028.
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Greg Hadley
By Air & Space Forces Mag: The last EC-130H Compass Call made its final flight Sept. 2, as the Air Force prepares to retire the electronic warfare aircraft.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: The US Navy is seeking autonomous combat aircraft capable of carrier operations, strike missions and carrying up to 10,000 pounds of weapons.
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Courtney Albon
By Air & Space Forces Mag: Gen. Douglas Schiess assumed leadership of the Space Force on Sept. 3, succeeding Gen. B. Chance Saltzman as Chief of Space Operations.
Aviation Week
Bloomberg
• Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: The Pentagon is channeling Silicon Valley as it tells contractors to come up with their own money for the riskiest parts of his missile shield.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
Breaking Defense
• Mike Yeo