AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ X-62A test aircraft conducted 27 intercepts against a live target, demonstrating the U.S. Air Force’s use of artificial intelligence to control a fighter aircraft during operationally relevant engagements.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: The new AI tool could help cut down the cumbersome labor needed to sift through roughly 60 different data sources, according to the Air Force.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: Pegasus Aero Group enters a strategic agreement to enhance wildfire suppression capabilities with UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Companies propose Australian-developed aircraft as a fast-track platform for the Luftwaffe to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft capabilities by 2029 Boeing and Rheinmetall have stepped up their campaign to position the MQ-28 Ghost Bat as the foundation of Germany's future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) capability, arguing that the unmanned aircraft could allow the Luftwaffe to begin developing operational concepts years before a dedicated European system becomes available.
Aviation Week
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: India has begun efforts to join the French-led FCAS sixth-generation fighter program following the collapse of the Franco-German partnership.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: The United States (US) Embassy in Djibouti has reported an incident involving a US military aircraft in the vicinity of Chabelley Airfield.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: The UK Ministry of Defence has launched the procurement process for a new advanced jet trainer that will replace the Royal Air Force's BAE Systems Hawk fleet and eventually become the aircraft flown by the Red Arrows display team.
Reuters
• Dietrich Knauth
By Reuters: North American Aerospace Defense Command on Sunday intercepted two general aviation aircraft that violated temporary flight restrictions as President Donald Trump attended a tournament at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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