Washington Post
• Dan Lamothe
The USS George Washington has arrived in the Arabian Sea to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has gone months without a port visit. The turnover marks a change in the U.S. carrier presence in a strategically important regional waterway.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: A Romanian F-16 opened fire on a maritime drone near a Black Sea gas platform after officials ordered it destroyed to protect workers and infrastructure.
Bloomberg
• Anthony Capaccio
By Bloomberg: President Donald Trump wants to switch the warplane launch systems on new US aircraft carriers. The company that builds those systems is suggesting that might not be a good idea.
SpaceWatch Global
• Christophe Bosquillon
By SpaceWatch Global: Christophe Bosquillon examines USSPACECOM’s SWE 2040 and what its vision of warfare, interoperability and allied integration means for Europe.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Castelion, a defense-tech startup seeking to mass produce lower-cost hypersonic weapons, has raised more than $1 billion in new financing as it moves to expand missile production and develop a broader portfolio of offensive and defensive weapons.
Aviation Today
• Calvin Biesecker
By Aviation Today: PDW currently has a 90,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Ala., Drone Factory 01 but the company will need to add more capacity to dramatically increase production of drones and key parts, hence the pending loan from the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital.
Associated Press
• Associated Press
By Associated Press: The U.S. Army says it will resume Apache helicopter training missions following a brief pause after two soldiers were killed in a crash last week in Texas.
AINonline
• Hanneke Weitering
By AINonline: Contract covers jam-resistant navigation and hardened communications links.
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• Ricardo Meier
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• Clement Charpentreau
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