AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
The Royal Australian Air Force will send its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control platform to Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026. The deployment places Australia’s maritime ISR and air battle management capability on the RIMPAC exercise schedule.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Embraer is once again being linked to a potential sale of the C-390 Millennium to Morocco, following reports that discussions with the Royal Moroccan Air Force have advanced beyond the aircraft itself and now include military command-and-control systems.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Madrid has 34 of the twin-turboprops on order. Airbus is increasing its annual production rate for the C295 tactical transport on the back of major orders for Spain, as the company describes its twin-turboprop as “the undisputed leader in its segment”.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Saab completes deliveries under 2024 contract. NATO member Hungary has completed its Gripen fleet expansion, with Saab delivering the nation’s final two examples of the Swedish-built fighter to Kecskemet air base.
Air Data News
Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg: China has built a new US destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows, a target analysts say could be used to test anti-ship weapons.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Terma is taking AI to new heights with its role in the BIFROST satellite mission, while also strengthening European Defense Capabilities.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airfield in California reopens as investigation into the loss of eight crew Flight operations have resumed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, one week after a B-52H Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff during a test mission, killing all eight people on board.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Boeing won a contract worth up to $2 billion to build two next-generation military communications satellites for the U.S. Space Force, prevailing over Lockheed Martin in a competition to extend the life of one of the Pentagon’s most heavily used satellite networks.
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The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
Associated Press
• the Fujian, Xinhua News Agency
