AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Thales used Eurosatory 2026 to showcase Schiebel’s S-301 helicopter drone as an armed, VTOL platform for ISR, strike, and counter-drone missions. The pitch positions the system for a “wingman” role alongside manned rotorcraft, aligning unmanned autonomy and multi-mission payloads with upcoming air-land tactics.
Reuters
By Reuters: Canadian space technology firm MDA Space said on Friday it would buy U.S.-based Blue Canyon Technologies from RTX's Raytheon business for $620 million in cash, expanding its footprint in the U.S.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: French airframer will boost wingspan, payload and endurance if home nation proceeds with development programme. Daher Aircraft has provided more detail on the performance of the medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone it could develop for the French armed forces if Paris opts to proceed with such a programme.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Changes to UH-60M buy are revealed in a new US Congressional notification for the acquisition. Austria has been cleared for a second time for the possible acquisition of 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks in what appears to be a specification upgrade of the same number of helicopters it ordered in 2024.
aviationnews.eu
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has announced the completion of its first joint Weapon Fill Measurement Vehicle flight test on an F-35A Lightning II, carried out in tandem with the United States.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: UK company awaits launch of competition to replace RAF-operated Hawks. BAE Systems is waiting for a competition launch to advance its promotion of the Boeing T-7 advanced jet trainer (AJT) for a high-profile UK Royal Air Force (RAF) requirement.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Newly unveiled strike drone is already operational. BAE Systems subsidiary Callen-Lenz has released first details of its Nyan one-way effector, following a recent trial activity conducted by the British Army.
Bloomberg
• Aaron Eglitis, Ott Tammik
By Bloomberg: European Union nations on the bloc’s eastern flank are piling pressure on Brussels to speed up the approval of air-defense funding as more military drones stray into their airspace from Russia and Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
