Wall Street Journal
• Andrew Dowell, Michael R Gordon
An F-16 near-miss during Operation Rough Rider — the U.S. strike campaign targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen — highlights the operational hazards of employing airpower against a small, dispersed adversary and raises immediate questions about survivability, tactics and force protection for regional air operations.
FlightGlobal
By FlightGlobal: Airbus Helicopters is actively pursuing an autonomous uncrewed version of its H145M light-twin for European customers and is likely to release more detail on the project later this year.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Russian drone approached French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while docked in Malmö; Sweden armed forces used countermeasures against the drone.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: The campaign included multiple successful rocket launches, Davenport said.
justice.gov
By justice.gov: Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., also known by the call sign “Runner,” 65, a U.S. citizen, was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Syos is to equip the New Zealand Defence Force with a variety of uncrewed systems, including its SA2 and SA7 quadcopters.
Bloomberg
• Gerry Doyle
By Bloomberg: Russia’s anti-missile defenses around Moscow may be enough to blunt an attack by Europe’s submarine-launched ballistic missiles, increasing pressure on the continent to develop new hypersonic weapons at a time when its leaders fret over the reliability of the US as an ally.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The US Air Force will select a winner for its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft increment by the end of 2026, choosing both an uncrewed fighter design and mission autonomy software provider as the service accelerates towards production of autonomous tactical jets.
Bloomberg
• Anthony Capaccio, Roxana Tiron
