AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ X-62A test aircraft conducted 27 intercepts against a live target, demonstrating the U.S. Air Force’s use of artificial intelligence to control a fighter aircraft during operationally relevant engagements.
Breaking Defense
• Aleksandar Jovovic, Katy Buda
By Breaking Defense: A recent sequence of undersea-focused defense acquisitions is a welcome pivot to a critical warfighting domain, two CSIS experts argue.
AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
By AINonline: Sovereign manufacturing expertise essential to Pentagon initiative.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: The new AI tool could help cut down the cumbersome labor needed to sift through roughly 60 different data sources, according to the Air Force.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: Pegasus Aero Group enters a strategic agreement to enhance wildfire suppression capabilities with UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Companies propose Australian-developed aircraft as a fast-track platform for the Luftwaffe to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft capabilities by 2029 Boeing and Rheinmetall have stepped up their campaign to position the MQ-28 Ghost Bat as the foundation of Germany's future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) capability, arguing that the unmanned aircraft could allow the Luftwaffe to begin developing operational concepts years before a dedicated European system becomes available.
Aviation Week
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: India has begun efforts to join the French-led FCAS sixth-generation fighter program following the collapse of the Franco-German partnership.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: The United States (US) Embassy in Djibouti has reported an incident involving a US military aircraft in the vicinity of Chabelley Airfield.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
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• Joseph Trevithick
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• Marcus Weisgerber
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• Elan Head
