SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
CACI will acquire space-technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billion, a deal intended to broaden the contractor’s defense and space capabilities across government and commercial programs. The purchase strengthens CACI’s position in space systems and related technologies amid growing prime-contractor consolidation.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The US Army has issued a Request for Information seeking options for establishing a commercial production line to overhauling and upgrade its 2,300 UH-60M Black Hawks, aiming to keep the rotorcraft operational beyond 2050.
Aviation Week
• Aviation Week Network Staff
By Aviation Week: Take a look at the top five Aerospace and Defense stories from 2025, highlighting major developments such as Boeing securing the U.S. Air Force's NGAD F-47 fighter contract.
Reuters
• Idrees Ali
By Reuters: China is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles across its latest three silo fields and has no desire for arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report which highlighted Beijing's growing military ambitions.
By tass.com: The state corporation added that UAC is currently implementing a program to expand production capacity, which will allow it to increase the volume of Su-57 aircraft deliveries to the military.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: The Polish Air Force is considering the use of additional aircraft platforms to counter slow and low-flying targets such as loitering munitions, Major-General.
The Independent
• John Leicester
By The Independent: Western intelligence believes Russia is developing a new ‘zone-effect’ weapon to specifically hit Musk’s satellites.
DefenseNews.com
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
By DefenseNews.com: Sweden's air chief now expects Taurus integration "considerably earlier than previously planned," he said in an interview with Defense News.
