FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
Madrid has 34 C295 twin-turboprops on order. In response to major Spanish orders, Airbus is increasing its annual production rate for the C295 tactical transport, positioning the aircraft as the leading option in its segment and delivering the first SAR-configured example to Spain.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Embraer is once again being linked to a potential sale of the C-390 Millennium to Morocco, following reports that discussions with the Royal Moroccan Air Force have advanced beyond the aircraft itself and now include military command-and-control systems.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) announced that it is deploying P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft to Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, the world’s largest international maritime exercise.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Saab completes deliveries under 2024 contract. NATO member Hungary has completed its Gripen fleet expansion, with Saab delivering the nation’s final two examples of the Swedish-built fighter to Kecskemet air base.
Air Data News
Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
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.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Terma is taking AI to new heights with its role in the BIFROST satellite mission, while also strengthening European Defense Capabilities.
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.
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The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
Associated Press
• the Fujian, Xinhua News Agency
