The EU says it has received one bid from the SpaceRISE consortium—SAS, Eutelsat and Hispasat—to develop and deploy the sovereign satcom constellation IRIS2.

Lloyd Austin, the U.S. Defense Secretary, spoke with reporters following the meeting.

Latin America may be on the verge—or even in the midst of—a generational overhaul of military aviation, as operators are rife with aging fleets that will need replacing as soon as budgets allow.

“New threats require action,” the Dutch government says, also announcing it will spend money on helicopters, tanks and warships in addition to the F-35 JSF buy.

Army pilots scored an alarmingly high 2.01 flight mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours through the first 10 months of fiscal 2024.

Now, with NGAD on hold, the Air Force looks to speedrun through a review of that work.

The Senate has looked at ways to increase the topline.

The Space Force is now having conversations about how much funding for the MTI mission might be included in the fiscal 2026 budget request.