FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
The U.S. Air Force will select winners for the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft increment by the end of 2026, choosing both an uncrewed fighter design and a mission-autonomy software provider. The decision moves the programme closer to production and operational fielding of autonomous tactical jets.
Wall Street Journal
By Wall Street Journal: The Air Force has built the ERAM cruise missile in 16 months.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: We now know much more about the USAF's sprawling plans for new Sentinel ICBM silos with features not found on Minuteman III.
defence-industry.eu
By defence-industry.eu: Ursa Major has introduced the HAVOC Missile System, a medium-range hypersonic capability designed to deliver high-speed performance at scale to meet urgent warfighter requirements.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: The chief of the Air Force Reserve Command wants to overturn the depressing trend of aircraft divestments without getting new planes to replace them. The chief of the Air Force Reserve Command wants to overturn the depressing trend of aircraft divestments without getting new planes to replace them.
Reuters
By Reuters: The Pentagon has asked defense contractors to assess their reliance on Anthropic, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, ahead of its Friday deadline for the AI service provider to respond to a request to eliminate safeguards.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Golden Dome to require unprecedented coordination between U.S. combatant commands Golden Dome to require unprecedented coordination between U.S. combatant commands.
By defenseandmunitions.com: The company’s fourth hypersonic test mission in under six months.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
