AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Denmark has signed the first export contract for the SAMP/T NG mobile ground-to-air defense system, making it the third SAMP/T NG operator. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2028, with Thales supplying SAMP/T NG sections tied to its Ground Fire radar-based European variant.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced April 20 it has formally terminated the Next Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, ending a 15-year effort to modernize the ground system that operates the U.S.
Air & Space Forces Mag
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The army is weighing wether it should add both an air-to-air refuelling probe for the rotorcraft and an organic tanker platform to the service's aviation inventory.
Reuters
• Gianluca Lo Nostro, Mateusz Rabiega
By Reuters: France and Poland will build a telecommunications satellite for the Polish military, the companies involved in the project said on Monday, as Paris and Warsaw strengthen their economic and defence ties.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Luftwaffe completes 53-aircraft fleet while manufacturer seeks new roles and customers for Airbus has delivered the 53rd and final A400M Atlas to the German Air Force , completing the country’s order more than a decade after the first aircraft entered service in 2014.
insidedefense.com
• Abby Shepherd
By insidedefense.com: NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- As the Navy seeks options for its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program, Anduril and South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai are working to produce a new class of autonomous surface vessels, the two companies said today.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
By The War Zone: Collaborative Combat Aircraft will "bridge" the Marines to a family of new capabilities that could include a sixth-generation fighter.
Breaking Defense
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
By Breaking Defense: The MQ-9B is uniquely suited to meet the challenges of modern conflict.
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