FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Babcock, SDTS and Top Aces will provide “Red Air” adversary training for the French armed forces under an eight-year contract. The team will use a fleet of L-39s, A-4Ns and Alpha Jets, extending the role of contracted aviation providers in military training.
Breaking Defense
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
By Breaking Defense: Gambit represents a scalable solution designed to counter today’s threats and address tomorrow’s challenges.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Czech company Spacemanic and Belgian optical leader Simera Sense are teaming up to deliver a new dual-use satellite solution that can compete with bigger and heavier satellites.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: India operates two aircraft carriers with ambitions to obtain a third. A Dassault Aviation Rafale M has successfully landed on and taken off from an Indian aircraft carrier.
dronelife.com
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: France has qualified the Airbus Aliaca VTOL drone for naval service, with initial deliveries completed and deployments on French Navy support ships planned.
dronelife.com
Breaking Defense
• Elaine McCusker
By Breaking Defense: Better licensing and data management would do more for the Pentagon’s maintainers than sweeping new government rights to defense intellectual property, argues Elaine McCusker of AEI.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Sweden has received Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles from German stocks and is preparing to participate in developing a new version of the weapon.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Germany has commissioned MBDA to develop an airborne laser demonstrator, laying the groundwork for a future Luftwaffe weapon against drones and cruise missiles.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Via Satellite
• Shaun Waterman
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
DefenseNews.com
• Katie Livingstone
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
