Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the E-7 Wedgetail “has a future,” reversing a prior Pentagon decision to zero out funding. The Pentagon now plans to commit to funding the E-7A in its 2027 budget request, following lawmakers’ pressure and a stated shift in approach.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The USAF is moving to start work on a new ARRW variant able to hit moving targets with an eye toward future fights in the Pacific.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: Austria says it scrambled Eurofighters two days in a row to intercept U.S. military aircraft, likely U-28As operated by Air Force Special Operations Command.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: A UK High Court judge has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by ejection seat manufacturer AMI Industries against British rival Martin-Baker Aircraft, ending a dispute over technology designed to protect fighter jet pilots during emergency ejections.
edrmagazine.eu
• Jules Roukoz
By edrmagazine.eu: Thales and ArianeGroup successfully conducted the first firing of the new ballistic munition FLP-t 150, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the support from the Missile Testing Division of the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA EM) at the Ile du Levant test site.
Breaking Defense
• Carley Welch
By Breaking Defense: WASHINGTON — Anduril announced today that the Army has awarded the company a contract to develop a Battle Manager prototype, which the company describes as an “integrated command-and-control platform” aimed at defending against various air and missile threats across the Indo-Pacific theater.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Latin America still lacks an export customer for the military transport aircraft despite years Embraer is again pursuing potential C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft sales in Colombia and Chile as the Brazilian manufacturer seeks to expand the jet’s presence in Latin America.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The US Air Force is funding development of adaptive-cycle turbofans under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion programme.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
