AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
France has deployed two Rafale fighters to Uppsala, Sweden, to test agile operations. The jets operated with a small support team to validate operating and sustainment procedures in cold‑weather conditions, exercising dispersed basing and minimal‑footprint logistics in a Nordic environment.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: EDGE has received a pair of new contracts to produce almost 170 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the United Arab Emirates' armed forces.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Safran completes successful flight demonstration of its Blacknaute Inertial Navigation System aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Wall Street Journal
• Marcus Weisgerber
By Wall Street Journal: Such a delivery means the plane could be part of the nation’s 250th birthday festivities that are planned for July.
Reuters
By Reuters: Britain handed military contractors including BAE Systems and Leonardo a 453 million pound ($608 million) contract to upgrade radar systems on Typhoon fighter jets, in a move it said would strengthen defences against Russian threats.
FlightGlobal
Satellite Evolution
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The Air Force is looking at extending its growing F-117 operations to 2034, 26 years after the type was officially retired.
halifax.citynews.ca
By halifax.citynews.ca: DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use force to do so while repeatedly deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Qatar is looking to satellite to boost its military capabilities, with a new MoU signed by Es’hailSat and the Qatar Armed Forces (QAF).
Wall Street Journal
• Alexander Ward, Michael R Gordon, Shelby Holliday
