Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
The Czech Republic is set to officially receive its first Embraer KC-390 Millennium at the Farnborough International Airshow, becoming the fourth country to operate the aircraft. The operator lineup will follow Brazil, Portugal and Hungary as Embraer’s C-390 Millennium expands into new medium airlift missions.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency has awarded contracts worth about $1.75 billion to L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space to build the next group of missile warning and missile defense satellites for its proliferated low Earth orbit constellation, the agency said July 13.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: The Missile Defense Agency is evaluating the company's ENOS spacecraft as a hypersonic target/testbed under the SHIELD contract, said Reditus CEO Stef Crum.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: The Army's aerial reconnaissance forces are at a watershed moment after the service ditched its fleet of turboprop surveillance aircraft.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Proclamation cites national security concerns.
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
By Associated Press: 1 of 5 | Multiple blasts were seen at Sanaa airport in Yemen on Monday in what Iran-backed Houthi rebels said were Saudi airstrikes while the internationally recognized government in Yemen said they were meant to prevent an Iranian plane from landing.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The Royal Canadian Air Force is replacing its legacy search and rescue transports with new Airbus twin-turboprops. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is continuing to expand its use of the Airbus Defence & Space C295 transport for search and rescue (SAR) missions.
DefenseNews.com
• Rudy Ruitenberg
By DefenseNews.com: Europe's push to field a hypersonic-defense interceptor will come down to two competing projects.
Breaking Defense
