AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded over £32 million to four firms to develop software systems that are PYRAMID-compliant for open avionics across drone and swarm applications, including systems linked to GCAP. The funding is aimed at accelerating adoption of PYRAMID on avionics and mission software stacks.
Reuters
By Reuters: Airbus has signed a preliminary agreement with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to cooperate on a possible Japanese variant of a European defence drone, the aerospace company said on Friday.
Wall Street Journal
• Anika Arora Seth, Denise Blostein, Milàn Czerny, Shelby Holliday
By Wall Street Journal: Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Reuters
• Humeyra Pamuk
By Reuters: President Donald Trump’s administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of jet engines worth more than $700 million to Turkey, according to a copy of the formal notification seen by Reuters on Thursday.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The early warning and control aircraft are modified Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has declared the country’s airborne early warning fleet fully operational.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: Marine Corps thus far has received six F-35B fighters without radars, as the service waits on Northrop Grumman‘s delivery of the AN/APG-85 radar, which is to replace the current APG-81, also by Northrop Grumman.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: The U.S. Air Force defined a 1,000-nm range goal for a future air-launched ballistic missile that will be developed with air-to-air and air-to-surface variants.
Air & Space Forces Mag
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The training took place in April and May as part of a trial demonstration of commercially provided aggressor services for the Royal Danish Air Force.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Breaking Defense
• Frank Kendall
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Bloomberg
• Guy Johnson, Michael Nienaber
