AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
The Royal Australian Air Force has completed the final flight of its CT4A trainer fleet, retiring the Australian-built aircraft type that introduced generations of military pilots to flying. The retirement ends nearly five decades of CT4A service in RAAF training.
The Hill
• Filip Timotija, Laura Kelly
By The Hill: President Trump's decision to remove sanctions on Turkey and potentially welcome them back into the F-35 program sparks opposition from Congress and allies.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Even as many details of Golden Dome remain unsettled, the missile-defense program has become a focal point for space and defense startups looking for new markets.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps released video of the burning wreckage of a Russian Su-35 after the Air Force confirmed the fighter was shot down.
Reuters
• Allison Lampert
By Reuters: U.S. supplier Honeywell Aerospace is looking to add more products designed without restricted U.S. technologies as mounting European defense spending drives demand for parts free from possible export roadblocks.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: The US Army has launched xTech|Apex Intercept, an $8M prize competition to accelerate low-cost interceptor, seeker and rocket motor technologies.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Bundestag that Germany agreed with the US to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them on German soil.
Bloomberg
• Claudia Cohen
By Bloomberg: European defense sector valuations still have plenty of upside, with government pledges to boost military spending now translating into orders, according to a top banker at BNP Paribas SA.
Breaking Defense
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo, Tim Martin
Vertical Mag
• LMS Press Release
