Bloomberg
• Tony Capaccio
Boeing has secured a $298 million contract to deliver as many as 5,000 air‑launched smart bombs to Israel, according to three people familiar with the transaction. The award specifies both the contract value and the potential munitions quantity in a single procurement.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: President Emmanuel Macron’s forward nuclear deterrence relies on rapidly dispersing Rafale jets throughout Europe. For years, France's Air Force has been quietly laying the groundwork.
Associated Press
• Darlene Superville
By Associated Press: President Donald Trump will be present when the remains of six U.S. service members return from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Shield AI have completed autonomous flight tests in Japan following rapid integration of Hivemind autonomy software into MHI's prototype drone, demonstrating coordinated manoeuvres and learning capabilities in under two months.
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DefenseNews.com
• Tzally Greenberg
By DefenseNews.com: Elbit revealed plans to that effect during the presentation of financial statements for 2025.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: From my desk in Berlin, looking across the Atlantic at Canada’s newly unveiled Defence Industrial Strategy, I see more than just another PDF.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
