Associated Press
• the Fujian, Xinhua News Agency
China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Type 003 Fujian, has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. The movement follows earlier reports that the carrier is nearing full operational capability, adding another major platform to Beijing’s near-term cross-strait presence.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Portuguese facility expands support role for growing European fleet of Embraer Embraer and Portuguese aerospace company OGMA have completed the first scheduled 24-month maintenance inspection of a Hungarian Air Force C-390 Millennium .
Bloomberg
• Galit Altstein
By Bloomberg: Israel is considering listing state-owned defense giants Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. in the US to potentially avoid stricter disclosure obligations in the local market.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crash in Sitka, Alaska, left all crew members safe with minor injuries. Learn more.
Vertical Mag
• Oliver Johnson
By Vertical Mag: Explore the future of search-and-rescue as military budgets rise and countries consider privatizing SAR services.
Reuters
By Reuters: France is ordering 5,000 soldier drones from French startup Harmattan AI, the army ministry said on Tuesday, one of the country's biggest purchases of small drones as it rushes to boost drone production.
Aviation Week
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: Valour Consultancy’s latest research forecasts that the global commercial fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, will exceed 5.6 million aircraft by 2050.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
By The War Zone: How L3Harris transformed the gifted Qatari 747-8i into a VC-25B presidential transport in just 10 months. By Howard Altman , Add TWZ (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.
