Breaking Defense
• Diana Stancy
Vice Adm. Brendan McLane said a medium unmanned surface vessel will deploy alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its strike group during a deployment later this year, testing a tailored force‑pairing concept to integrate surface unmanned platforms into carrier operations.
indiatoday.in
By indiatoday.in: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has cleared the procurement of 114 Rafale fighter jets, marking a significant boost to the Indian Air Force's combat capabilities.
Breaking Defense
• Agnes Helou
By Breaking Defense: Riyadh has been tightlipped about how it plans to expand or upgrade its fighter fleet, with several international options on the table.
Aviation Week
• Robert Wall
By Aviation Week: Hensoldt has struck a partnership with Helsing, the European defense AI company that is behind development of the CA-1 Europa collaborative combat aircraft.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications.
Bloomberg
• Michael Nienaber
By Bloomberg: European rocket maker ArianeGroup is in talks with Germany and France to develop a new ballistic missile that can hit targets several thousand kilometers away with hypersonic warheads.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: The Spanish air force is set to launch an operational evaluation of its first Airbus Defence & Space A400M to have been equipped with a new directed infrared countermeasures suite.
CNN
• Brad Lendon
By CNN: Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
