Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
The U.S. Air Force says the B-21 Raider will be flown with a two-pilot crew, enabled by the aircraft’s advanced automation. That cockpit design drives a retraining effort, with bomber crew officers from traditional legacy-bomber positions shifting into pilot roles.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: The US Department of War awarded nLIGHT and Lockheed Martin Aculight $86 million to develop containerized laser weapons against drones and cruise missiles.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Eight NATO allies announced plans this week to combine their national defense satellites into a single network.
New York Times
• Adam Goldman, Eric Lipton, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager
By New York Times: Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Although not officially tied to the US Air Force's F-47 programme, the St Louis plant is widely expected to assemble the new sixth-generation fighter.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The officer had been missing since the 1 July incident in which the Seahawk utility helicopter ditched. The commander of a US Navy helicopter squadron has been declared killed in action in the Middle East.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Telesat has reached an agreement with the Canadian government to provide Military Ka-band satellite capacity for Canada’s Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar (ESCP-P) program.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze “one way attack” drones to strike Russian infrastructure.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
The Hill
• Filip Timotija, Laura Kelly
Bloomberg
• Catherine Lucey, Hadriana Lowenkron
