FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
BAE Systems test‑fired APKWS laser‑guided Hydra‑70 rockets from an RAF Eurofighter Typhoon at its Warton site, striking a ground target in a live trial. The demonstration validates a lower‑cost, precision option to defeat one‑way attack drones and scale counter‑UAS defenses.
DefenseNews.com
• Jaroslaw Adamowski
By DefenseNews.com: Global defense firms are flocking to eastern and central Europe in hopes of capturing a multibillion-dollar market for equipping local ground forces.
MTU Aero Engines
By MTU Aero Engines: Aircraft propulsion expert MTU Aero Engines AG is acquiring AeroDesignWorks GmbH. The provider of drone propulsion systems is based in Cologne, Germany, and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MTU.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: British Army aviation units in Brunei have received their first pair of Airbus Helicopters H145 Jupiter HC2s, part of a £148 million ($198 million) 2024 order for six of the light-twins.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Belgium has ordered five Cessna SkyCourier turboprops for its Special Operations Forces, the type's first military sale.
Business Wire
By Business Wire: Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in aerospace and defence technology solutions, today announced the company has opened an office in the Unite...
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Three contenders advanced in the Flight School Next effort, which seeks to revamp the army’s basic rotary-wing instruction course, including by replacing Airbus Helicopters UH-72A Lakotas as the service’s primary trainer helicopter.
Wall Street Journal
• Shelby Holliday
By Wall Street Journal: Watch how this small chopper flown inside a C-130 transport plane was used to rescue the U.S. aviator trapped in Iran after his F-15 was shot down.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
Reuters
• Michael Kahn, Supantha Mukherjee, Tom Balmforth
