Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Airbus says it remains confident the A400M Atlas will secure a Royal Saudi Air Force transport order after pitching a higher‑payload variant to Riyadh. The company is promoting the upgraded Atlas as a response to the RSAF's medium‑to‑heavy airlift requirements as talks continue.
saab.com
By saab.com: Saab and the Joint Stock Company “Ukrainian Defense Industry” (JSC UDI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding their intention to collaborate in the areas of aviation and airborne surveillance, in which they have complementary expertise.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow
By Bloomberg: Anduril Industries Inc. is in talks to raise as much as $8 billion in a new funding round that’s slated to increase its valuation to more than $60 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Wall Street Journal
• Anastasiia Malenko
By Wall Street Journal: The limits have hobbled Russia’s use of drone-mounted terminals that had begun to ravage Ukrainian supply lines.
DefenseNews.com
• Stephen Losey
By DefenseNews.com: The 30,000-pound guided bomb is designed to penetrate an estimated 200 feet through rock or other hard substances before destroying enemy labs or bunkers.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The F-35 Joint Program Office had declined just earlier this week to confirm or deny a report that jets without radars were being delivered.
Breaking Defense
• Tim Martin
By Breaking Defense: A contract for the top-up order of the stealth aircraft will be signed “this year," Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken told Breaking Defense.
Reuters
By Reuters: Britain's spending on long-range and hypersonic weapons will exceed 400 million pounds ($545 million) in the current financial year, the government said on Friday, highlighting joint missile development with France, Germany and Italy.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
