FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
Bell Textron has won an estimated $300 million contract from the U.S. Navy to apply its Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects (SPINE) upgrade to 49 H-1 family helicopters used by the U.S. Marine Corps. The award covers a mix of firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive, and cost-plus-fixed-fee work.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Six Hurjet prototypes to be flying by end of 2026. Turkish Aerospace (TAI) is monitoring the UK’s advanced jet trainer requirement closely, as it works on different variants of its Hurjet advanced jet trainer.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: Being able to freely share Collaborative Combat Aircraft, even in a heated fight, could be a huge boon for U.S. and Australian airpower.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: An engine with so-called adaptive turbofan technologies “could” go on the forthcoming F-47 stealth fighter, John Sneden, the chief of the Air Force’s propulsion directorate said, though he emphasized no final decisions have been made.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Sphinx Defense a $287 million contract to develop ground software for the next generation of military satellite communications that will underpin the nation’s strategic nuclear command, control and communications system.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: A B-52 crash has delayed a radar upgrade program as Air Force searches for replacement test aircraft, while second modified bomber awaits late 2027 availability.
Air & Space Forces Mag
Politico
• Audrey Decker, Oriana Pawlyk
By Politico: Recent flyovers are the latest in an ongoing battle between the agencies.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: Balloons laden with drones flying high in the stratosphere could persistently surveil enemy forces over vast areas and even attack targets on demand.
Vertical Mag
• Quantum Systems Press Release
New York Times
• Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
