FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Counter-unmanned air systems provider MARSS says its Interceptor-MR drone weapon is entering the final stages of development testing, with serial production planned to begin next year. The titanium-reinforced interceptor is slated to be deployment-ready in 2027, signaling a shift from prototype to fieldable C-UAS effects.
Breaking Defense
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
By Breaking Defense: The deal would allow L3Harris to equip its Vampire c-UAS platform with a small interceptor drone for the first time.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: PiLogic is bringing its predictive tech for satellite failures to the military.
Reuters
• Dmitry Zhdannikov, Edward Carron, Feras Dalatey, Jonathan Saul
By Reuters: The United States military has overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as well as helicopters in an operation to guide convoys to awaiting tankers.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: At Eurosatory 2026, Soframe, Thales and ArianeGroup presented X-Fire and B-Strike as a sovereign French deep-strike architecture spanning 150 to 2,500 km.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: A former executive of an avionics company has been jailed in the United States (US) for violating export laws by smuggling equipment to Russia.
Vertical Mag
• KP Sanjeev Kumar
By Vertical Mag: The pulse of the rotorcraft industry.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: A massive tower of black smoke emanated from near the main runway at Edwards AFB, which we now know was caused by the crash of a B-52.
Air & Space Forces Mag
