Breaking Defense
• Jennifer Petersen
Lockheed Martin says its ACES platform delivers a shared virtual battlespace for Europe, combining advanced integrated modeling and simulation with capabilities designed to strengthen readiness, interoperability, and faster decisions against evolving global threats.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Washington is reportedly discussing a broader NATO nuclear-sharing role as France promotes a European deterrence framework independent of F-35 procurement.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The firm is pitching the Pentagon on small, ultra-agile rotor-driven drones that have proven a cheap and effective method for Ukrainian forces to defend against larger attack platforms.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Aircraft is the first of 45 new Typhoons ordered to replace part of Spain's the F-18 Airbus Defence and Space has unveiled the first Eurofighter Typhoon built for Spain under the Halcon I program , with the aircraft now preparing for engine tests and its maiden flight at the company's facility in Getafe, near Madrid.
The Air Current
• Carter Johnston
By The Air Current: Navy will resume operations on Wake Island — a largely dormant contingency airfield — after over 70 years of reduced staffing, as the service works to re-establish a competitive presence in the Pacific while a growing Chinese military deploys its Navy farther from home.
The War Zone
• Ian Ellis-Jones
By The War Zone: Here's where all of America's aircraft carriers and big-deck amphibious assault ships are as of June 1, 2026.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Several Brazilian media outlets reported that Saab is expected to unveil the first two-seat Gripen fighter built for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) during a ceremony scheduled this week in Linköping, Sweden.
Reuters
• Heejin Kim, Hyunjoo Jin
By Reuters: Five people have died and two others were injured on Monday after an explosion and fire on a South Korean production line for rocket propellant at a factory operated by Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, officials said.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
