Reuters
Senior Plc has agreed a takeover proposal from a consortium led by private equity firm Tinicum alongside Blackstone, valuing the British aerospace and defence supplier at £1.4 billion (about $1.85 billion). The transaction will take the company private under PE ownership.
SpaceWatch Global
By SpaceWatch Global: Germany plans €35bn for military space. K.-P. Ludwig asks whether the money will forge sovereignty or subsidise a struggling automotive sector.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: A South Korean Army Surion helicopter crossed into the DMZ while battling a wildfire near the border, sparking an investigation into whether it reached the MDL.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Australia's world-leading Jindalee radar network is set to anchor Canada's Arctic defense ambitions in what could become the country's biggest defense export.
Reuters
• Michael Kahn, Supantha Mukherjee, Tom Balmforth
By Reuters: Specialist mini jet engine makers across Europe are ramping up production and investment to head off a looming supply shortage that threatens to hold back Ukraine's rapid deep-strike drone programme at a critical stage of the war with Russia.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) has crashed in California. The “mishap” occurred after the single-engined CCA took off from a company owned airport, says GA-ASI.
The Hill
• Sarah Fortinsky
By The Hill: Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a retired Air Force general, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for ousting senior military officers without giving the public a reason and said the move was wrong a….
The Aviationist
• Kai Greet
By The Aviationist: New videos give an even clearer view - unquestionably our best ever - of the legendary classified stealth drone, previously seen landing in Greece last.
Wall Street Journal
• Michael Hochberg
AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
