Payload
• Austin Corona
The article says satellites provide Navy ships with domain awareness, but some officers argue the Navy should “return the favor” by extending its own sensing and protection capabilities to support satellite operations. The thrust is toward ship-linked contributions to wider space-domain situational awareness and protection.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Rheinmetall signed a multibillion-euro framework contract with the Bundeswehr for its FV-014 loitering munition, with a €300m first call-off.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: If negotiations are successful, the United Arab Emirates would be the first Gulf state to obtain the F-35 joint strike fighter.
DefenseNews.com
• Agnes Al Helou, Chirine Mouchantaf
By DefenseNews.com: The United Arab Emirates Air Force will undergo a restructuring, guided by a study of potential threats and available systems, including the F-35, according to an Emirati military source.
DefenseNews.com
• Gerard O'Dwyer
By DefenseNews.com: Denmark’s national audit agency has raised a series of questions regarding the government’s basis for deciding to select the F-35A Lightning II as the Royal Danish Air Force’s next-generation fighter.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: The U.S. Air Force hasn’t determined whether it will continue its experiments with light attack aircraft, but that didn’t stop the service’s number-two general from touting the potential benefits in a speech to Middle Eastern and other international air chiefs.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Dubai Airshow is Japan’s first big opportunity to garner foreign interest for the C-2, the largest plane ever made by a Japanese defense firm.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: By Clement Charpentreau 2 hours ago Defense DLeng / Shutterstock.com.
