Washington Post
• Tara Copp
The Pentagon is taking steps to rename Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina to Joint Base Lindsey Graham, following calls by the Air Force. The move, outlined by the secretary of the Air Force, is intended to honor Graham’s “decades of distinguished service” to Congress and the U.S. Air Force.
CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
By CNBC: Boeing took a $280 million charge on its long-delayed Air Force One program.
Reuters
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By aerospaceglobalnews.com: Anduril has unveiled the first YFQ-44A produced at its Ohio Arsenal-1 factory, a major milestone for the USAF's CCA programme.
The War Zone
• Ian Ellis-Jones
By The War Zone: The U.S. may have paused its strike campaign against Iran, for now, but the revived naval blockade remains in full effect.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: A program to upgrade the radar for the Eisenhower-era bomber suffered a tragic setback after a fatal crash in California.
Breaking Defense
• Aaron Mehta
By Breaking Defense: Commerce Undersecretary William Kimmitt was at the Farnborough Airshow to develop a list of "high priority" potential sales, he told Breaking Defense.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Dassault Aviation moved sensitive equipment to its Mérignac site and Air Base 106 as the Gironde wildfire halted work at the Rafale assembly line.
DefenseNews.com
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Germany is considering a dedicated launch facility for its armed forces to guarantee access to space for future national security missions.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
