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Netherlands Joins U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program with Full Development Access

The Netherlands signed a letter of intent on October 16 in Washington to join the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort. State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman signed at the Dutch Embassy during Defense Industry Days. The Dutch Ministry of Defence

October 16, 2025

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Space Force to Fund Low-Power Radar Warning Receivers for GEO Satellites

Two Direct to Phase II SBIR awards, each worth $3 million over 24 months, will fly radar-warning receiver payloads on Space Force spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit. Program staff plan to select two vendors before year’s end. Defense officials confirm coordination to raise

October 13, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

U.S. Navy hints at air-launched Blackbeard hypersonic missile as services fund integration

As of 28 October 2025, Castelion holds U.S. Navy and U.S. Army awards to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon on operational platforms, with live-fire events in scope. A Navy study conducted in 2024 defined strict size and weight limits for an air-carried

October 28, 2025

AI & Autonomy

YFQ-44A Flight Imminent, Anduril Advances Early Autonomy for Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Air Force leadership set mid-October for the first flight of Anduril’s YFQ-44A, the company’s entrant in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The aircraft will use push-button departure and recovery with no conventional stick and throttle while human operators watch from the ground.

September 24, 2025

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Wiles

AI & Autonomy

Northrop’s Model 437 Vanguard Advances to Flight Testing with Partner Software for Collaborative Autonomy and Mission Learning

Northrop Grumman’s Model 437 Vanguard flew again on September 20 after months of modification for the Beacon autonomy program. Company engineers installed the Prism autonomy stack, integrated new interfaces and prepared the aircraft for envelope expansion sorties at Mojave before partner software

October 10, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jeffery Stevens

Air & Missile Defense Systems

NATO Moves to Field Counter-Drone Systems Within Months to Oppose Russian Airspace Incursions

Gen. Ingo Gerhartz urged deployment timelines counted in months for counter-drone units across allied territory, using public remarks at the Warsaw Security Forum on Sept 29-30 to press the point. He now commands NATO’s Joint Force Command Brunssum and paired the schedule

October 9, 2025

Utah Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Annie Edwards/Released

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Utah Air National Guard to Inactivate 109th Air Control Squadron as Wright ANGB Gains Two Cyber Operations Squadrons

Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City will host two Air National Guard cyber operations squadrons under a Department of the Air Force stationing decision published Sept. 11. The 109th Air Control Squadron will be inactivated under the

September 2, 2025

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jack Rodriguez Escamilla

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

GAO report shows Minuteman III may remain in service until 2050 as Sentinel faces major delays and cost growth

On September 10, 2025, a public report from federal auditors described options to keep the Minuteman III force in service into 2050, with specific risks tied to sustainment and testing during the transition to the LGM-35A Sentinel. The 2021 plan sent to

September 3, 2025

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

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

September 2, 2025

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Extending ICAM into field units as the Army readies automated account provisioning and myAuth evaluation

The Army will extend identity, credential and access management across the enterprise and into field units this year. Officials expect wider use of automated account provisioning and privileged access tools by the end of 2025, with more systems added as connectors mature.

September 16, 2025

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