SpaceNews.com
• Kammy Brun
A growing share of Europe’s economy depends on satellite navigation and other space services, making in-orbit security a macroeconomic and operational risk—not just a defense issue. The cluster frames Europe’s next security challenge as protecting space-enabled infrastructure that supports critical national capabilities.
Australian Aviation
• Stephen Kuper
By Australian Aviation: The approval, announced by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, is designed to enhance Australia’s ability to operate and sustain its advanced fast jet fleet, while strengthening interoperability with US forces.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: New platform is coming together two years after programme announcement. BAE Systems will soon launch fuselage final assembly work on the combat air flying demonstrator it announced at the last Farnborough air show, with the milestone coming 40 years after its last such UK-only platform got airborne.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: The UK MOD has awarded over £2M to four firms to bring PYRAMID open avionics into drones, swarm autonomy and systems linked to GCAP.
Reuters
By Reuters: Airbus has signed a preliminary agreement with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to cooperate on a possible Japanese variant of a European defence drone, the aerospace company said on Friday.
Wall Street Journal
• Anika Arora Seth, Denise Blostein, Milàn Czerny, Shelby Holliday
By Wall Street Journal: Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Reuters
• Humeyra Pamuk
By Reuters: President Donald Trump’s administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of jet engines worth more than $700 million to Turkey, according to a copy of the formal notification seen by Reuters on Thursday.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The early warning and control aircraft are modified Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has declared the country’s airborne early warning fleet fully operational.
aviation-defence-universe.com
Breaking Defense
• Ashley Roque, Valerie Insinna
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Breaking Defense
• Frank Kendall
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
