Breaking Defense
• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Breaking Defense reports: “At this next T-REX [Technology Readiness Experimentation exercise], we’ll be starting to host TOPGUN school,” said prototyping & experimentation director Alex Lovett.
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The War Zone
• Howard Altman
By The War Zone: A photographer snapped the instant a Spanish Eurofighter impacted a bird during an aerobatic demonstration.
Breaking Defense
• Carley Welch
By Breaking Defense: "NGC2 is not just a capability. It’s a blueprint for how we’ll deliver future Army systems,” Commander of Army Futures Command, Gen. James Rainey, said in the statement.
Aviation Week
• Robert Wall
By Aviation Week: Germany and the UK have agreed to deepen their defense ties, including better harmonizing equipment export policy.
Breaking Defense
• Özgür Ekşi
By Breaking Defense: In a response to an op-ed previously published on Breaking Defense, Barın Kayaoğlu and Özgür Ekşi argue that Turkey can and should be trusted with F-35s.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Greg Masiello will now head the massive F-35 enterprise as outgoing program chief Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt retires. .
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Ukraine, France and NATO have successfully tested a system to detect and neutralize glide bombs, a growing threat in modern warfare.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The UK Defense Secretary has confirmed Air Marshal Harv Smyth's appointment as the new Royal Air force (RAF)'s Chief of the Air Staff.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Reuters
• Aishwarya Jain
armedforces.press
• Norman Haller
