FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
The US Air Force will begin installing the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System on its F-15Es starting next month, using a dedicated rapid processing facility to accelerate the retrofit. The move signals a near-term push to improve electronic warfare protection on the strike fleet.
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the creation of a European Space Component Command hosted by Germany and open to allied participation.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The Australia-built Ghost Bat completed three flights from a US naval air station in Central California. Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have logged the first flight outside Australia of the new MQ-28 Ghost Bat autonomous tactical jet.
Reuters
• Johan Ahlander, Simon Johnson
By Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had earmarked 2.5 billion euros out of a 90 billion euro EU loan package for the planes.
SpaceNews.com
• Voyager Technologies
By SpaceNews.com: Missile defense has traditionally been framed around detection, tracking and interception. Golden Dome changes that calculus, broadening the focus to the entire distributed infrastructure enabling the architecture, placing propulsion front and center.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Lead aircraft touched down in Israel on 27 May. Israel’s first of six on-order Boeing KC-46A tankers has touched down in the country ahead of service entry.
Bloomberg
• Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Swetha Gopinath, Vinicy Chan
By Bloomberg: Quantum Systems and Destinus are in talks to line up advisers for potential IPOs as soon as early 2027, people familiar with the matter said, as the drone makers seek to tap surging demand for unmanned defense assets.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: New engine will support intense electricity needs of CCAs. Hanwha Aerospace and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) will jointly develop a new turbofan engine suitable for collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs) and other uncrewed aircraft.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
Reuters
• David Jeans
