DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

RCCTO targets CAML prototypes in 18 months to deliver truck-mounted Tomahawk and autonomous resupply capability

September 2, 2025

Army planners want a launcher they can move and hide faster than Typhon, the Mid-Range Capability battery that fires SM-6 and Tomahawk. Lt. Gen. Joel "JB" Vowell calls the current rig "rather large, long" because it must stand upright before launch, slowing

Aircraft

F-15EX at Selfridge – Runway Realignment, KC-46 Beddown and What Congress Must Fund

September 2, 2025

Michigan's Selfridge Air National Guard Base will receive 21 F-15EX Eagle II fighters. Deliveries begin in fiscal 2028. The move keeps a fighter mission at the 127th Wing once the A-10 retires. The timeline runs tight and the base still lacks several

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Codie Trimble

Aircraft (civil/military systems)

Sierra Nevada Starts Flight Trials on $13 Billion Program to Replace the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center

September 2, 2025

The first company-led flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center took place on Aug 7, 2025, out of the Aviation Innovation and Technology Center at Dayton International Airport. The prime contractor reported the sortie as the opening step in a structured test

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth tan

Air & Missile Defense Systems

US Air Force Awards Two-Year Contract to ARA to Prototype Next Generation Penetrator, Successor to the GBU 57

September 2, 2025

Applied Research Associates secured a 24-month award from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Eglin Munitions Directorate to act as System Design Agent for an air-to-ground Next Generation Penetrator. The company will build and test sub-scale and full-scale articles under the

Aircraft

Israel orders two KC-46A tankers and commits NIS 5 billion to speed Merkava Barak, Namer and Eitan production

September 2, 2025

Israel's Defense Ministry moved this week to strengthen two core elements at once. Aerial refueling for long-range missions, and the armored force used in urban combat. It instructed its U.S. mission to finalize a Foreign Military Sales case for two additional KC-46A

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RCCTO targets CAML prototypes in 18 months to deliver truck-mounted Tomahawk and autonomous resupply capability

F-15EX at Selfridge – Runway Realignment, KC-46 Beddown and What Congress Must Fund

Sierra Nevada Starts Flight Trials on $13 Billion Program to Replace the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center

US Air Force Awards Two-Year Contract to ARA to Prototype Next Generation Penetrator, Successor to the GBU 57

Israel orders two KC-46A tankers and commits NIS 5 billion to speed Merkava Barak, Namer and Eitan production

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer