DefenseNews.com
• Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force says last year’s MC-1B Predator crash in Afghanistan resulted from turbulence combined with a turbocharger failure. The incident occurred after the drone experienced the propulsion malfunction, culminating in a crash, according to the service’s announcement.
DefenseNews.com
• Vivek Raghuvanshi
By DefenseNews.com: NEW DELHI — Indian Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur is in Paris Monday and Tuesday to help speed negotiations on the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program, an Indian Defence Ministry source said.
DefenseNews.com
• Aaron Mehta
By DefenseNews.com: WASHINGTON — The gun on the F-35 joint strike fighter remains on schedule to go operational in 2017, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
DefenseNews.com
• Deanne Corbett
By DefenseNews.com: The German military intends to revive its controversial Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle program after it was canceled in 2013 due to spiraling costs and airworthiness issues.
DefenseNews.com
• Jaroslaw Adamowski
By DefenseNews.com: Slovakia's Minister of Defense Martin Glvac has unveiled plans to acquire nine UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in a deal estimated to be worth up to €300 million euros (US $348 million), reports local daily Pravda.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Air Force plans nearly $1.7 billion in upgrades for both fleets after previously aiming to retire them in the early 2030s United States Air Force (USAF) is preparing to keep its aging Rockwell B-1B Lancer and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit fleets in service longer than previously planned.
Bloomberg
• Katrina Manson, Kiel Porter, Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is part of a group of companies developing the operating system underpinning President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring the deep ties between Elon Musk’s rocket-and-satellite maker and the US government.
DefenseNews.com
• Burak Ege Bekdil
By DefenseNews.com: ANKARA — Turkey's top procurement panel decided Wednesday Jan. 7to place anorder forfour more F-35 fighter jets and five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
