DefenseNews.com
• Tanya Noury
The U.S. has completed its withdrawal from al‑Asad airbase in western Iraq, concluding more than two decades of American military presence there. Iraqi officials confirmed the handover, marking the end of a long‑standing U.S. footprint in Iraq's western provinces and a reconfiguration of basing in the country.
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AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis rules out selling or donating L-159 light combat jets to Ukraine to combat drones, rebuffing President Petr Pavel’s plan.
ga.com
By ga.com: In its latest demonstration of advanced autonomy development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully executed a mission autonomy flight using its MQ-20 Avenger® jet equipped with the latest government reference autonomy software.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force ends ‘Resilient GPS’ satellite program Space Force ends ‘Resilient GPS’ satellite program.
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Qinetiq has secured a five-year contract extension from the UK Ministry of Defence to provide "mission-critical engineering services" in support of the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
Reuters
By Reuters: The chairman of Italy's Leonardo on Monday floated the idea of a future combination between the defence and aerospace group and state‑controlled shipbuilder Fincantieri .
DefenseNews.com
• Rachel Cohen
By DefenseNews.com: The Navy’s effort to adopt small drones as its main source of situational awareness at sea is going well enough that the Air Force wants to copy it.
