SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
A FY2026 defense appropriations conference agreement funds the U.S. Space Force at $26 billion and includes directives increasing Pentagon oversight and reporting on the Golden Dome space‑based missile‑defense effort, signaling Congress will actively monitor the program as it moves through prototyping and milestones.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: US President Donald Trump has disparaged the Danish military presence in Greenland as consisting of nothing more than two dogsled teams.
Breaking Defense
• Carley Welch, Michael Marrow, Theresa Hitchens, Valerie Insinna
By Breaking Defense: Appropriators threw a lifeline to the Navy’s F/A-XX fighter and Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail programs while slamming the door on the Army’s agile acquisition request.
DefenseNews.com
Reuters
By Reuters: The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and lightweight torpedoes and related equipment to Singapore in a deal valued at an estimated $2.3 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
DefenseNews.com
• Rachel Cohen
By DefenseNews.com: Eight Air Force bases are in the running to receive the next KC-46A Pegasus tanker units.
DefenseNews.com
• Omaha World-Herald, Steve Liewer
By DefenseNews.com: The OC-135B spent the last 20 years flying aerial photography missions — primarily over Russia — in carrying out the international Open Skies Treaty.
Bloomberg
• Ellen Milligan, Kate Duffy
By Bloomberg: Leonardo SpA’s British helicopter factory will close if UK funding delays prevent a contract with the Italian manufacturer before March, union leaders said in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, showing how the government’s failure to commit cash is throwing plans for a revamped defense sector in doubt.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: The Montreal-based business jet manufacturer has appointed new executives to lead restructured divisions encompassing aircraft sales, aftermarket services, engineering and defence, while hiring a former Leonardo DRS strategist to drive mergers and acquisitions.
