Aviation Week
• Graham Warwick
Aviation Week reports: The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.
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Aviation Week
• Brian Everstine
By Aviation Week: Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites on Dec. 3 unveiled Project Talon, the company’s latest design of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
By avweb.com: Emergency crews respond to likely F-16 accident near county line.
Associated Press
The Aviationist
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Greg Hadley
By Air & Space Forces Mag: The U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Pegasus fleet hit a major milestone Dec. 2 with the delivery of its 99th and 100th aircraft.
DefenseNews.com
• Stephen Losey
By DefenseNews.com: BAE Systems, L3Harris and Elbit America are some firms the Missile Defense Agency selected as potential vendors for a national missile defense shield.
Breaking Defense
• Barry Rosenberg
By Breaking Defense: As cyber veterans exit active duty, a new Reserve offensive squadron gives them a way to keep executing missions, an officer told Breaking Defense.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Applied Aerospace and PCX Aerosystems, are merging to create greater scale as a supplier of precision hardware and systems for aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites, launch vehicles, and missile defense.
The War Zone
• Tyler Rogoway
By The War Zone: Images of the LUCAS drones sent to "flip the script" on Iran give insights into their advanced capabilities.
