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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 12, 2026

VOL. 296 NO. 30 May 12, 2026
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Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

May 11, 2026
INMARSAT gets Marine Corps sat connectivity award... CT-157 Siskin II factory acceptance... NORTHROP GRUMMAN announces new spacecraft positioning/navigation system...

In Brief

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In Brief: The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

May 11, 2026
The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

The Debrief

Marines working at operations center.
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Debrief: Dissecting Data-Driven Defense Dilemmas

May 11, 2026
Military planners face new vulnerabilities as defense becomes data-driven, exposing risks to cloud, AI tools and commercial satellites during conflict.

News

Kelly Ortberg speaking at the Boeing Backs America event
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Boeing To Invest $1.3B In Reacquired Wichita Site As Production Grows

May 11, 2026
Boeing plans to invest $1 billion over the next three years in its recently reacquired Wichita site, its top executive announced May 11.
Tomahawk Cruise Missile
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Ground-Launched Counter-Air Missile Contract Set For Award

May 11, 2026
The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to soon move forward on the acquisition of ground-launched prototypes for a low-cost, supersonic counter-air missile.
CAE Montreal headquarters
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CAE Looks To Offload Flightscape Software Service

May 11, 2026
Canadian training and simulation giant CAE confirmed May 11 it is interested in selling or divesting its aviation software business Flightscape.
P&W
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Pratt & Whitney Review Clears Way For NGAP Engine Assembly

May 08, 2026
Pratt & Whitney is advancing parts procurement for the first XA103 adaptive combat test engine after completion of a fully digital assembly readiness review.
MQ-9B with AEW pods
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MQ-9 Shows Precision Rocket Capability For Drones

May 11, 2026
MQ-9 Reapers fired BAE Systems precision-guided rockets during a recent demonstration by General Atomics Aeronautics Systems Inc. and the U.S. Air Force.
Motiv supplied the robotic arm for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover Credit: Motive Space
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Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives

May 08, 2026
Rocket Lab has signed an agreement to buy Motiv Space Systems, a specialist in planetary robotics and solar array motors, for $40 million in cash.
Italian National Research Council
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Italian Air-Launched Suborbital Rocket Trial Successful

May 11, 2026
Italian plans to develop an airborne satellite launch system have moved a step closer after the successful launch of a suborbital rocket from a jet trainer in the U.S.
Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds
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Latvian Defense Minister Resigns Over Drone Incursions

May 11, 2026
Latvia’s defense minister resigns after drone incursions expose airspace vulnerabilities, prompting leadership changes and calls for stronger defense.
Dassault’s Vortex
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Dassault And OHB Partner On Vortex Spaceplane

May 11, 2026
Dassault and OHB propose Vortex-S spaceplane for ESA, aiming to boost Europe’s space capabilities with reusable designs and autonomous missions.
Guchan Engine
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Turkish Defense Ministry Produces Six Experimental Fighter Engines

May 11, 2026
The Turkish defense ministry says its Research and Development Center has produced six experimental Guchan fighter engines for the indigenous Kaan fighter.
Long March 7
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Tianzhou-10 Docks With Tiangong With New Payload And Technologies

May 11, 2026
Tianzhou-10 docks with Tiangong hours after launch, delivering new technologies, life science experiments and supplies for future missions.
sky
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Solar Impulse 2 Lost In Skydweller Heavy UAS Crash

May 08, 2026
Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew around the world on solar power in 2015-16, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of May 4 - 8, 2026

May 12, 2026
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.