DefenseNews.com
• Rudy Ruitenberg
MBDA is developing Stratus RS, a high-speed missile for rapid strike, for France and the United Kingdom. The weapon’s range is expected to be “far” greater than Exocet’s, and MBDA is awaiting a development contract from France’s Directorate General for Armament.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: SNC declined to submit its purpose-built Freedom Trainer, leaving the M-346N as the only known bid from an established aircraft manufacturer to replace the U.S.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Hydrosat's Nyktòs program will develop high-res thermal imaging for sovereign ISR missions, complementing its planned Osiris constellation.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: France launched a SyLEx sounding rocket from Biscarrosse, carrying experiments for the future M51.4 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Maturing fixed-wing combat aircraft programmes are a boost for revenues. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) saw impressive third quarter revenue growth on the back of aircraft deliveries.
Breaking Defense
• Diana Stancy
By Breaking Defense: The service is now planning to issue an award for the UJTS program between July and the end of September 2027.
Via Satellite
• Shaun Waterman
By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The new Cyber Protection Office at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive agency that builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites, has a staff of 600-plus and an annual budget of $250 million, NRO’s Lt.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: India operates two aircraft carriers with ambitions to obtain a third. A Dassault Aviation Rafale M has successfully landed on and taken off from an Indian aircraft carrier.
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• Elaine McCusker
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• Peter B. de Selding
