Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
The Blue Angels dismissed pilot Scott Laux for “failing to uphold the standards expected” of the squadron. Laux joined the team in September 2024; the dismissal comes before the Blue Angels’ final show of 2026.
Breaking Defense
• Game Aerospace Composites
By Breaking Defense: Built by Game Aerospace Composites and funded through corporate and civilian donations, the aircraft will form the foundation of a new aerobatic flying team.
DefenseNews.com
• Jaroslaw Adamowski
By DefenseNews.com: SATIM, a Polish maker of AI-based analysis tools for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, has obtained a contract from Poland’s military to supply software for the automated analysis of satellite imagery.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Ukraine says Starshield terminals again lose connectivity above 161 km/h, complicating the interception of Russian jet-powered drones.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceNews.com
• Mustafa Bilal
By SpaceNews.com: A military that relies on a foreign company for its satellite communications gives up a great degree of control over its own operations.
Wall Street Journal
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The Navy is looking to bolster capacity to make major modifications to F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs amid shifting production priorities.
Breaking Defense
• Col. Dustin Thomas, Maj. Aubry J. Eaton
By Breaking Defense: The US military should focus on building drones that evolve so quickly an adversary's defenses become obsolete before they can be deployed, two Air Force officers argue.
Axios
• Thomas Novelly
By Axios: How the military became so reliant on SpaceX may itself be an area of inquiry, sources say.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
aviationnews.eu
• Rob Vogelaar
Space.com
• Mike Wall
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
FlightGlobal
• Brooke Ingemi
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
