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MBDA is developing Stratus RS, a high-speed missile for rapid strike, for France and the United Kingdom. The weapon’s range is expected to be “far” greater than Exocet’s, and MBDA is awaiting a development contract from France’s Directorate General for Armament.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Maturing fixed-wing combat aircraft programmes are a boost for revenues. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) saw impressive third quarter revenue growth on the back of aircraft deliveries.
Breaking Defense
• Diana Stancy
By Breaking Defense: The service is now planning to issue an award for the UJTS program between July and the end of September 2027.
Via Satellite
• Shaun Waterman
By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The new Cyber Protection Office at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive agency that builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites, has a staff of 600-plus and an annual budget of $250 million, NRO’s Lt.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: India operates two aircraft carriers with ambitions to obtain a third. A Dassault Aviation Rafale M has successfully landed on and taken off from an Indian aircraft carrier.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: France has qualified the Airbus Aliaca VTOL drone for naval service, with initial deliveries completed and deployments on French Navy support ships planned.
Via Satellite
• Leandra Bernstein
By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — Space industry CISOs weighed in on the recent service disruption that left Ukrainian forces without connectivity to SpaceX’s Starlink and its military variant Starshield during combat operations with Russia, in a Monday discussion during CyberSat.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Czech company Spacemanic and Belgian optical leader Simera Sense are teaming up to deliver a new dual-use satellite solution that can compete with bigger and heavier satellites.
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