DefenseNews.com
• Zita Fletcher
The U.S. Air Force has designated the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, to lead a new counter‑small‑UAS 'battle lab.' The unit will spearhead efforts to counter proliferating small‑drone threats to U.S. bases and coordinate related testing and protection initiatives.
DefenseNews.com
• Cristina Stassis
By DefenseNews.com: The exercise comes as the 101st Airborne Division prepares to soon train on its own tiltrotor aircraft, the Bell MV-75.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: RQ-170s have been flying for decades, but official confirmation of any details about their activities is very rare.
AINonline
• Jessica Reed
By AINonline: Bell delivered 78 commercial helicopters in Q4 2025.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Peck
By DefenseNews.com: The service is looking at buying up to 11 custom Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program.
Wall Street Journal
• Connor Hart
By Wall Street Journal: Lockheed Martin said it will quadruple its Thaad missile-defense system output, to roughly 400 interceptors a year, in response to demand from Pentagon officials gearing up for conflicts on multiple fronts.
Reuters
• Max Hunder
By Reuters: Ukraine is working with Elon Musk's SpaceX to stop Russia from guiding drones using the firm's Starlink internet system, the defence minister said on Thursday, after Kyiv said it had found Starlinks on long-range drones used in Russian attacks.
politico.eu
• Ketrin Jochecová
By politico.eu: The decision to purchase 24 U.S. fighter jets was taken by the previous government of Petr Fiala.
