Vertical Mag
The Royal Canadian Air Force debuted its first CT-153 Juno training helicopter at CANSEC in Ottawa. The CT-153 is a variant of the Airbus H135, marking a new training-aircraft milestone for RCAF helicopter pilot instruction as the service refreshes its trainer fleet.
Bloomberg
• Laura Dhillon Kane
By Bloomberg: Canada entered into negotiations to buy Saab AB’s GlobalEye military surveillance planes, rejecting American bids as the northern nation pushes to spend fewer defense dollars in the US.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: Swapping dated F-5s for F/A-18E/Fs would give the Navy a more threat representative adversary fleet to emulate advanced enemies, like China. Swapping aging F-5 aggressors for Super Hornets would give the Navy more realistic high-end red air training for future peer conflict.
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: AMSTERDAM – A former senior Ukrainian defense official called on SpaceX to tighten controls on Starlink terminals that she said are reaching Russian forces through third-party countries or intermediaries.
Breaking Defense
• Agnes Helou
By Breaking Defense: Breaking Defense was on the ground for Turkey's massive combined forces drill Efes 2026, which brought ships, drones, air defense and helicopters together.
Vertical Mag
• Bell Press Release
By Vertical Mag: Join Bell at CANSEC to celebrate 40 years of manufacturing and innovation in Canada's defense and aerospace sectors.
UASweekly
• Quadcopter 440
By UASweekly: Covering news, and technological innovations across the UAS, and EVTOL sectors.
Reuters
By Reuters: Finland's defence forces said on Wednesday they suspected a Russian military aircraft had violated Finnish airspace while evading a thunderstorm in the Gulf of Finland.
Breaking Defense
• Valerie Insinna
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Peck
Reuters
• David Jeans
