FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Aura Aero says it has begun early design work on a collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), describing a potential first flight in 2028. The Toulouse firm frames the effort as it continues to build out its wider military aviation pipeline, alongside its emerging training and defense adaptation activities.
Reuters
By Reuters: Italy's government has given conditional approval to the joint venture between state-controlled defence group Leonardo and Turkey's Baykar to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a source told Reuters on Wednesday.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Milestone is another step on KF-21's march to service entry. The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter has received its initial type certification, following a five-year airworthiness review process.
SpaceNews.com
• SpaceNews Editor
By SpaceNews.com: Register now The Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative envisions a global, multi-layered defense architecture designed to track and counter emerging threats.
The Air Current
• Carter Johnston
By The Air Current: The Pentagon is increasingly looking to helicopters as aerial counter-drone platforms, following years of lessons from global conflicts where uncrewed aircraft have proven to be lethal and cost-effective weapons that have overwhelmed traditional air defense systems.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Embraer, which assembles C-390 tanker-transports in Gavio Peixoto, expects to deliver six aircraft this year and up to 10 jets annually by 2030 Embraer Though a formal tender has not yet been released, the fleet recapitalisation from New Delhi is expected to cover as many as 80 transport aircraft.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Satellite terminal developer All.Space has relocated from the U.K. to Alabama, emphasizing its commitment to U.S. defense priorities amid an acquisition.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: New factories and Paris headquarters will deliver sovereign capability, state-owned group argues. UAE state-owned defence group EDGE will by the next June have opened two new production sites in France as part of a recently announced European investment strategy.
Breaking Defense
• Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
Reuters
• Dmitry Zhdannikov, Edward Carron, Feras Dalatey, Jonathan Saul
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
