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Today In Defense
Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2025, 2:40 AM PDT
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cummingsaerospace.com
• News Release
The Hellhound S3 UAS from Cummings Aerospace offers multiple payload options, with more to come
By cummingsaerospace.com: In response, Alabama-based defense and engineering firm Cummings Aerospace has developed the Hellhound S3 drone to strengthen the capabilities of U.S. and allied warfighters.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Textron hints at unmanned capability for FLRAA tiltrotor
By FlightGlobal: Textron, parent company of rotorcraft manufacturer Bell, says the US Army wants to incorporate unmanned flight capability into the next-generation tiltrotor known as the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
Chinese military thinkers contemplate UAV swarms, MUM-T
By FlightGlobal: The People's Liberation Army sees high value in swarms of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T), but it has some way to go before broadly fielding such capabilities.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Bell secures Osprey V-22 production though 2027, spanning gap until FLRAA work begins
By FlightGlobal: The rotorcraft manufacturer confirms that an order from the US Navy for five CMV-22 Osprey variants will sustain the Amarillo, Texas production line through 2027, around the same time work on the US Army's next-generation tiltrotor is expected to ramp-up at the site.
UAV Development & Drone Programs
General Atomics
Military Aircraft Procurement
Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact
Stars and Stripes
• Lolita C. Baldor
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
By Stars and Stripes: (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)WASHINGTON — Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven U.S. Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than $200 million in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the Iran-backed militants.
Boeing
US DOD
Military Aircraft Procurement
Defense Budgets & Spending
Defense Industry & Major Contractors
Policy & Regulation
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The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
F-47 6th Generation Fighter Future Force Size Questions Emerge
By The War Zone: How many F-47s the Air Force thinks it needs is an open question amid a changing vision of what achieving air superiority will entail.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
US Air Force officer sees options for 'cheaper,' less 'exquisite' Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone wingmen
By Breaking Defense: “I think you'll see a range of options, from low end to potentially more exquisite,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel said of forthcoming tranches of drone wingmen.
