AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
France tests how Rafale fighters can keep flying from civilian airports
By AeroTime: French Rafale jets and CN235 transport aircraft operated from civilian airports at Pau and Dinard as the Air and Space Force tested its ability to disperse.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
First ex-RAF C-130J transport aircraft appears in Turkish Air Force colors
By Air Data News: Three Super Hercules aircraft have been spotted in Cambridge as Turkey prepares to receive the first two examples first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft acquired by Turkey from the Royal Air Force have appeared in Turkish Air Force colors as preparations continue for their delivery.
Reuters
Trump says advanced defense test range to be located in Montana
By Reuters: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans for what he described as a new defense "super range" in Montana for testing advanced military technologies, including autonomous weapons, space systems, electronic warfare and hypersonic weapons.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
Army Explains How Merops Interceptor Drone Became Program Of Record In Just 142 Days
By The War Zone: The low-cost interceptor, rushed to NATO partners after drone incursions, is now an example of how the Army hopes to rapidly field emerging capabilities.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
High Altitude Balloons Are A "Game-Changing" Capability: Army Space Command Boss
By The War Zone: The Army recently disclosed it rushed high-altitude balloons to support operations in the Middle East.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow, Katrina Manson, Natasha Mascarenhas, Rebecca Torrence
Anduril in Talks to Sell Insider Shares at Roughly $90 Billion Valuation
By Bloomberg: EXCLUSIVE Anduril in Talks to Sell Insider Shares at Roughly $90 Billion Valuation Expand Brian Schimpf, chief executive officer of Anduril Industries.
Wall Street Journal
• Shelby Holliday
The Space Force Showed Us Its Weapons Used in Iran and Venezuela
By Wall Street Journal: Space Force electromagnetic warfare systems are playing a key role in U.S. military operations around the world. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday visited a base in Colorado to learn more.
