Helicopter   Military Aircraft Procurement   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Policy  
Breaking Defense • Carley Welch

Hegseth says Pentagon is revisiting Army aviation cuts as Army Transformation Initiative shifts away from legacy helicopters

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers he is “taking another look” at the Army Transformation Initiative after concerns that proposed budget actions could create gaps in aviation capability during the transition away from the service’s legacy helicopter fleet. The review follows a year of reform implementation and fresh congressional scrutiny of aviation priorities.

Also: Defense One and insidedefense.com
2026-05-12T14:48:31.863570-07:00
ArianeGroup   Europe   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Defense Policy   Thales  
edrmagazine.eu • Jules Roukoz

Long-range land strike: Thales and ArianeGroup conduct first successful firing in line with French forces’ ambitions

By edrmagazine.eu: Thales and ArianeGroup successfully conducted the first firing of the new ballistic munition FLP-t 150, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the support from the Missile Testing Division of the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA EM) at the Ile du Levant test site.

2026-05-12T01:42:01.665405-07:00
Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Defense Policy  
Breaking Defense • Carley Welch

Anduril wins Army contract for prototype C2 missile-defense system

By Breaking Defense: The system will use Anduril’s Lattice software, where it will allow the Army to collect and combine information from separate, existing missile-defense systems and transform that data into a comprehensive operating picture.

2026-05-12T06:50:12.841980-07:00
Middle East   Supply Chain   Europe   Military Aircraft Procurement   Orders   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Defense Deals   Embraer  
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Embraer renews C-390 campaigns in Colombia and Chile

By Air Data News: Latin America still lacks an export customer for the military transport aircraft despite years Embraer is again pursuing potential C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft sales in Colombia and Chile as the Brazilian manufacturer seeks to expand the jet’s presence in Latin America.

2026-05-12T02:04:24.378715-07:00