ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
The Uganda Air Force has inducted an Airbus A300B4F freighter into service to support cargo flight operations. The move adds widebody lift capacity to Uganda’s military airlift toolkit and signals continued investment in enabling logistics capability at a time of broader scrutiny of the country’s civil aviation leadership (see link).
Bloomberg
• Kiel Porter
By Bloomberg: RTX Corp. raised its profit and sales forecasts for the year, highlighting how growing demand for military hardware is giving a boost to the aerospace and defense manufacturer.
AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
By AeroTime: Dronamics has received investment from Japan’s Asia Air Survey as it aims to market its MALE Black Swan drone in Asia.
Breaking Defense
• Patrick Dawson
By Breaking Defense: The companies will use Kraken’s small USVs with Anduril handling US manufacturing and payload integration.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has conducted a series of tests to certify the MQ-9B uncrewed aircraft for flight into known icing (FIKI) conditions.
defenseadvancement.com
defence-blog.com
• Dylan Malyasov
By defence-blog.com: Key Points Swedish Air Force jets intercepted two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers with Su-30 escorts over the Baltic Sea on Monday during a Quick Reaction Alert mission.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken delivery of its first new jammer pods, which will equip its Boeing EA-18G Growlers.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Denmark has signed the first export contract for the SAMP/T NG air defense system, with deliveries set to begin in 2028.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
Breaking Defense
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
