Breaking Defense
• Agnes Helou
Baykar says its newly unveiled K2 kamikaze drone—designed around AI and swarming—fits within the company’s “cost-effective defense solutions” strategy. The K2 is positioned as a mid-range, battlefield-focused uncrewed system, drawing on lessons from early Ukraine-conflict drone performance.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: A project to develop a next-generation military helicopter engine has been awarded €25 million ($29 million) by the European Defence Fund (EDF) under its 2025 work programme.
Air Data News
• ADN Staff
By Air Data News: The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin a sole-source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $1.9 billion to continue the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (MATS) program.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Canberra aims to replace its fleet of Leonardo C-27J tactical transports, although it intends to maintain the airlift capacity to serve Pacific neighbours.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Washington has told Baltic and Scandinavian countries to expect delays in contracted arms deliveries as the Iran war stretches US munitions supplies.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: A major system upgrade for Northrop Grumman’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft will undergo its critical design review (CDR) in May, as the airframer eyes fresh sales opportunities for the platform.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has conducted an exercise in which operational personnel, rather than test pilots, took direct control of a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype to evaluate how the system could be used in real missions.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: New space capability is being actively identified by the U.S. Space Force, which is monitoring and managing threats from adversaries while creating missions to defend assets in this country and around the world.
