Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Multiple African media outlets report Togo is set to acquire four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft in a deal valued at about $82 million. Neither Embraer nor Togo’s government has confirmed the procurement, leaving key terms and delivery timelines unclear.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
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Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: The service’s fiscal 2027 budget shows boosts for other aircraft like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while slowing retirements of platforms like the A-10 Warthog.
Air & Space Forces Mag
Air & Space Forces Mag
DefenseNews.com
• Associated Press
By DefenseNews.com: Taiwan deployed air patrol forces in response.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Raytheon says its troubled next-generation GPS control station program is making progress in terms of cost and schedule.
insidedefense.com
• Nick Wilson
By insidedefense.com: The Navy is reviewing the design baseline for aircraft carrier William Clinton (CVN-82) to "further increase lethality" before deciding how to proceed with procurement of Clinton and George Bush (CVN-83), a Navy official told Inside Defense.
DefenseNews.com
• Nigel Pittaway
By DefenseNews.com: The first Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules to be fitted with a Link 16 Tactical Data Link (TDL) system has begun operational test and evaluation during Australia’s largest air-power exercise.
DefenseNews.com
• Andrew Chuter
By DefenseNews.com: Britain is spending £184 million ($239 million) stockpiling a new version of the ASRAAM short range air-to-air missiles ahead of equipping the F-35B Lightning II combat jet with the weapon, the Ministry of Defence said Aug 16.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
