SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Terma is taking AI to the forefront of its role in the BIFROST satellite mission, while simultaneously framing the project as a step toward strengthening European defense capabilities. The move links onboard AI application to the broader push to field operational military space assets.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: China has built a new US destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows, a target analysts say could be used to test anti-ship weapons.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airfield in California reopens as investigation into the loss of eight crew Flight operations have resumed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, one week after a B-52H Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff during a test mission, killing all eight people on board.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Boeing won a contract worth up to $2 billion to build two next-generation military communications satellites for the U.S. Space Force, prevailing over Lockheed Martin in a competition to extend the life of one of the Pentagon’s most heavily used satellite networks.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Copenhagen is decommissioning its F-16s, sending them to Argentina and Ukraine. The Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has turned in the fighter jet bearing the distinctive red-and-white livery of Denmark's national banner – the Dannebrog.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Defense minister cites Canada, Germany and Saudi Arabia as potential Italy has signaled that additional countries could join the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) , the multinational effort to develop a sixth-generation fighter aircraft alongside the United Kingdom and Japan.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: U.S. agencies have seized over 300 drones near FIFA World Cup venues since the tournament began on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration said on Tuesday.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman
By The War Zone: A new challenge offers a reward to anyone who can develop a system to deny Russia use of its airfields.
Associated Press
• the Fujian, Xinhua News Agency
