Reuters
Reuters reports: South Korea's military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defence zone on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 11:21 PM PST
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The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: Lawmakers are pushing back on Pentagon plans to buy E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s, as the Air Force looks to push more capabilities into space.
insidedefense.com
• Dan Schere;
By insidedefense.com: The compromise version of the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill would restrict the Army's ability to divest from its legacy Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system fleet and would put limits on how the service could deactivate certain combat aviation brigades.
Air & Space Forces Mag
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Pentagon weighs consolidation of DIU tech portfolio Pentagon weighs consolidation of DIU tech portfolio, with implications for space projects.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The U.S. Space Force has awarded Muon Space $44.6 million in funding for an on-orbit prototype demonstration of a dual-use space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) capability.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: While Beijing is criticizing the U.S. pursuit of space-based interceptors as reckless, China’s academic institutions are quietly researching similar concepts.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Babcock International has secured a contract to operate Aero Vodochody L-39 jet trainers in support of France's EPNER test pilot school and the nation's DGA defence procurement agency.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: U.S. military helicopters on training missions would need to broadcast alerts to nearby commercial aviation aircraft around Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid collisions under annual defense policy legislation unveiled late Sunday.
