AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
The US Army has launched xTech|Apex Intercept, a new $8 million prize competition aimed at accelerating development of low-cost technologies spanning interceptors, seekers and rocket motors. The initiative seeks to reduce cost while advancing key subsystem performance for missile defense.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Bundestag that Germany agreed with the US to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them on German soil.
Bloomberg
• Claudia Cohen
By Bloomberg: European defense sector valuations still have plenty of upside, with government pledges to boost military spending now translating into orders, according to a top banker at BNP Paribas SA.
Bloomberg
• Laura Alviz
By Bloomberg: Deutz AG agreed to buy military vehicle maker FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH for €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion), expanding further into the defense sector to benefit from Europe’s rearmament drive.
The Hill
• Ellen Mitchell, Filip Timotija, Julia Manchester, Laura Kelly
By The Hill: President Trump's pressure campaign on defense spending and potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey among key issues in the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, a new study suggests.
Universe Today
Bloomberg
• Catherine Lucey, Hadriana Lowenkron
By Bloomberg: President Donald Trump’s return to the US from the NATO summit in Turkey took a detour when he switched Air Force One planes at a military base in the United Kingdom.
Flying Magazine
Vertical Mag
• LMS Press Release
By Vertical Mag: Award marks LMS's first direct role on the Black Hawk platform, building on a long-standing relationship with Sikorsky.
