Associated Press
• Seung Min Kim
Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert.
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DefenseNews.com
• Zita Fletcher
By DefenseNews.com: The Marine Air Defense Integrated System is designed to destroy unmanned aerial systems as well as manned aircraft, including helicopters.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Peck
By DefenseNews.com: The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced technologies for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles during their boost phase.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: Air Mobility Command chief Gen. John Lamontagne — one of several new military nominees submitted by the White House on Monday — would fill a role left vacant since the firing of Gen.
Aviation Week
• Brian Everstine
By Aviation Week: The U.S. Navy wants to field 216 new training aircraft to replace its T-45 Goshawk fleet.
Breaking Defense
• Tim Martin
By Breaking Defense: "The North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea is our playground where we have to fight against enemy submarines, and this is our major role — fighting enemy submarines," Germany's Cpt.
Aviation Week
• Chen Chuanren
By Aviation Week: China appears to have flown a new tactical airlifter, more than a decade after the concept was first unveiled in 2014.
Airbus
By Airbus: The first Airbus H160 helicopter for the French Gendarmerie Nationale was handed to the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA).
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
