CNBC
• Kevin Breuninger
President Donald Trump said he would bar dividends and stock buybacks by defense contractors, a move that sent shares of General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman down about 2% each as investors reacted to potential limits on capital returns.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman
By The War Zone: The tanker Marinera was boarded after a weekslong pursuit and after U.S. aviation assets had poured into the United Kingdom.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: 2026 Outlook: Can Acquisition Reform Deliver for Military Space?.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: A ROCAF F-16V Block 20 crashed off Hualien during a night training flight. The pilot remains missing as SAR crews search in rough seas and high winds.
militarywatchmagazine.com
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: France’s DGA has conducted flight trials releasing 72 inert drone mock-ups from an Airbus A400M to validate simulations and aircraft safety.
Reuters
• Saad Sayeed
By Reuters: The air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan's military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh.
Breaking Defense
• Sydney J Freedberg Jr
By Breaking Defense: In a complex multi-service, multi-domain scenario — not typically covered in Air Force training — the best of several AI tools generated tactical “courses of action” not only faster than military professionals but also with fewer errors.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Russian forces appear to have modified Shahed-136 one-way attack drones to carry man-portable air defence missiles, marking a tactical evolution aimed at threatening Ukrainian fighter aircraft deployed to intercept the slow-moving UAVs.
Breaking Defense
• Sydney J Freedberg Jr
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Chris Gordon
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
