Vertical Mag
• Brent Bundy
World Group’s SureStreamer Heli is designed to deliver live video from aircraft to command personnel on the ground by simultaneously using multiple cellular networks for the downlink. The approach targets more resilient, continuous connectivity during airborne operations.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: The President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, has confirmed that a Romanian Air Force F-16 shot down a drone that entered the country's airspace.
Unmanned Airspace
Reuters
• David Jeans, Echo Wang
By Reuters: Defense tech firm Anduril is in discussions with investors for a new funding round that could see it valued at roughly $100 billion, rivaling companies such as Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has taken control of the Pentagon’s long-delayed effort to field jam-resistant GPS receivers, an organizational shift intended to close a persistent gap between developing the technology and installing it aboard military aircraft, ships, vehicles and weapons.
Reuters
• Cassell Bryan-Low
By Reuters: As U.S. defence companies descended on Britain's Farnborough Airshow this week hoping to tap Europe's military spending boom, they encountered increased concern among customers about reliance on American suppliers.
eVTOL Insights
• Mohit
By eVTOL Insights: MD Aircraft GmbH and ST Airborne Systems AB have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to redefine the future of sustainable airborne surveillance operations.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: Allied rotorcraft employed at least four different missile types against retired warships during the massive Pacific exercise. Allied rotorcraft employed at least four different missile types against retired warships during the massive Pacific exercise.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Ottawa will gain access to the UK-Italy-Japan project as it reassesses its long-term fighter Canada has become the first observer nation in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) , the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan's sixth-generation fighter initiative.
