FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
FlightGlobal reports: Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has handed over four Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter Mk IIIs to the Indian coast guard. This brings the coast guard’s fleet to 16 examples since the beginning of deliveries in 2022, says HAL.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force awards $32 million in contracts to startups and small businesses.
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
By AeroTime: The Pakistan Air Force has sent fighter jets and support aircraft to Saudi Arabia under defense agreement with the Saudi Ministry of Defense.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The National Security Agency (NSA) along with a number of other parties, has released a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI), a report that.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: A fire reportedly broke out at a key Russian aircraft factory responsible for producing the Su-57 stealth fighter, according to videos and claims circulating on social media and cited by open-source intelligence analysts.
Reuters
By Reuters: The Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon said on Friday they had signed an agreement allowing the government's use of a high-energy laser counter-drone system along the southern U.S.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: The French navy will equip some of its FREMM-class frigates with Schiebel S-100 Camcopter uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), under a new order placed via prime contractor Naval Group.
APAC Defence Reporter
aviation-defence-universe.com
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Finland will have to retrofit its 64 F-35A fighters at its own expense after the Block 4 upgrade slipped years behind schedule, Finnish program officials say.
