Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
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Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, 5:08 AM PST
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Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
Global Surge in Fighter Orders Spurs Multi-Decade Backlogs — From Colombia and Ukraine to Saudi Arabia
By Aviation Week: Fighter backlogs are soaring to heights not seen in decades as countries around the world restock and modernize.
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Air & Space Forces Mag
• Matthew Cox
US Air Force to Buy $50M of Small Drones to Convert MQ-9 Reapers into Drone‑Launching Motherships
By Air & Space Forces Mag: An Air Force contract to buy $50 million worth of small drones may transform the service’s MQ-9 Reapers into drone-launching motherships.
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Wall Street Journal
• Mike Cherney
The Pentagon Can’t Trust GPS Anymore. New devices navigate without the help of satellites or the risk of enemies jamming signals
By Wall Street Journal: New devices navigate without the help of satellites or the risk of enemies jamming signals.
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insidedefense.com
• Vanessa Montalbano
Lt. General Dale White nominated for fourth star to become Air Force’s first Direct‑Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapon Systems
By insidedefense.com: President Trump yesterday nominated Lt. Gen. Dale White to receive a fourth star and to become the first-ever Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapon Systems, an Air Force official told Inside Defense.
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Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens; Tim Martin
Germany’s first space security strategy calls for independent defensive and offensive orbital “effectors”
By Breaking Defense: The new strategy calls on German MoD to develop a number of new space-based capabilities, including "effectors" to counter adversary threats on orbit such as agile spaceplanes and "bodyguard" satellites with shoot-back systems.
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Aviation Week
• Tony Osborne
Su-75 'Checkmate' Prototype Nearing First Flight, Rostec CEO Says
By Aviation Week: The first prototype of the Su-75 combat aircraft is closing in on its first flight, according to the CEO of Sukhoi’s parent company Rostec.
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rocketlabcorp.com
• News Release
Rocket Lab Launches HASTE Suborbital Mission for Defense Innovation Unit and Missile Defense Agency
By rocketlabcorp.com: Long Beach, California. Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it successfully launched a suborbital mission with its HASTE launch vehicle for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Missile Defense….
