ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
The U.S. Air Force will keep operating at Tel Aviv, Israel through the end of 2026, according to reporting referenced by ch-aviation. The timeline suggests the U.S. presence in the country is being treated as a multi-year operational commitment rather than a short-term posture shift.
FlightGlobal
By FlightGlobal: China's new tactical transport likely seen as a replacement for the workhorse Y-9 family. Improved images of China’s new Shaanxi Y-15/Y-30 tactical transport have emerged, offering details about the new type that resembles the Airbus Defence and Space A400M.
Wall Street Journal
• Heather Somerville
By Wall Street Journal: The small unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stationed about 10 kilometers from the front line in the country’s southeast, knew there was something afoot in a building obscured by thick tree cover.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: Concerning MQ-9 losses have turbocharged discussions about a successor to the venerable Reaper.
Breaking Defense
• Diana Stancy
By Breaking Defense: The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is going to sea with a robot ship. Experts say it could change the US Navy forever.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: As the KC-46 tanker’s new Remote Vision System completes initial flight tests, Boeing is looking to improve the fleet's readiness.
Aviation Today
• Calvin Biesecker
By Aviation Today: Hermeus on May 28 said it has received a $159 million contract modification from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to demonstrate high-Mach flight and high-speed payload carry and release to aid the development of future military capabilities.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: For the U.S. Air Force’s CCA Increment 1, the General Atomics YFQ-42A Dark Merlin is competing against the Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury, and the service this year is to pick a winner and begin Increment 2.
Reuters
• Johan Ahlander, Simon Johnson
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
