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Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, 3:30 PM PST
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The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
China’s Large R6000 Uncrewed Tiltrotor Is Now In Flight Testing
By The War Zone: China's United Aircraft is presenting the R6000 as well-suited for civilian tasks, but there is obvious military potential for the design.
Breaking Defense
• Agnes Helou
General Atomics says Saudi Arabia may buy up to 200 collaborative combat aircraft plus MQ-9s
By Breaking Defense: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems could ink a deal that includes up to 200 drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).
Reuters
L3Harris to invest $400 million to expand solid rocket motor production in Arkansas
By Reuters: Defense supplier L3Harris Technologies said on Tuesday it will invest $400 million in a new solid rocket motor production campus in Arkansas, marking one of the largest such expansions in the U.S.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
Embraer abandons Saudi C-390 completion plan, shifts final assembly to the UAE
By Breaking Defense: “To be honest with you, my perspective is that for the C-390, there is no way to have two completion centers in the region,” said Bosco da Costa Jr., the CEO of Embraer’s defense business.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
U.S.-China Commission urges Congress to create quantum-tech initiative and boost Space Force funding to counter China
By Breaking Defense: The 2025 annual US-China Commission report also urges lawmakers bolster funding to the US Space Force to establish "space superiority" against the PLA.
FlightGlobal
• Exclusive partner Honeywell
EDGE Platforms & Systems president Khaled Al Zaabi on products, partnerships and expansion
By FlightGlobal: EDGE's Platforms & Systems cluster is behind some of the group's leading products and brands and is central to its partnerships and organic expansion, says its president Khaled Al Zaabi.
Aviation Week
• Tony Osborne
Royal Moroccan Air Force Orders Airbus H225M Heavy Helicopter in Rotary‑Wing Modernization
By Aviation Week: The Royal Moroccan Air Force has ordered the Airbus H225M twin-engine heavy helicopter as part of an ongoing modernization drive.
