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Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2025, 10:35 AM PDT
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Aviation Today
• Calvin Biesecker
Limited Resources Limit DIU’s Ability To Clear Commercial Drones For DoD, Industry Official Says
By Aviation Today: The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) lacks the resources to adequately assess commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) vendors and their wares at scale, limiting the Defense Department’s access to the rapidly […].
Breaking Defense
• Colin Clark
India to double Hanwha self-propelled howitzer buy, will manufacture locally
By Breaking Defense: "This follow-up order reflects the deepening defense partnership between Korea and India," Jae-il Son, CEO and president of Hanwha Aerospace, said in a statement.
Flying Magazine
• Ryan Ewing
Secret Service Denies Involvement in False TCAS Alerts
By Flying Magazine: An investigation into the alerts remains ongoing.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
Counterspace capabilities advancing around the globe: Secure World Foundation
By Breaking Defense: The report finds that Russia has been increasingly successful at blocking Ukraine's use of SpaceX's Starlink communications constellation, citing media reports in December 2024 about a new system specifically targeting Starlink called Kalinka and developed by the Russian Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies.
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SpaceNews.com
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashes in Siberia
By Air Data News: A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk Oblast region of Siberia on Wednesday.
Aviacionline
• AVIACIONLINE
Colombia Announces Saab Gripen Selection; Deal Expected at F-AIR 2025
By Aviacionline: F-AIR Colombia 2025 could seal historic Gripen jet purchase.
Aviation Week
Colombia Selects Saab Gripen E/F For Kfir Replacement
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
RAF Typhoon T1 retirement sparks UK defense industry debate
By AeroTime: The RAF's retirement of Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 fighters has sparked debate over UK defense and industrial strategy, and reliance on US-made F-35 jets.
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Aviation Week
