Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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F-35 Sales To UAE: What Will Being A Major Security Partner Mean U.S.-UAE relations witnessed big leaps under Trump. Will ties remain as strong under Biden and see F-35 deal executed?

Space Acquisition Office Takes Shape, But Status Remains Unresolved The question about who ultimately will be in charge of making decisions about what the Space Force buys will now fall to the incoming Air Force secretary, DoD Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden White House.

IDF Steps Up Iran Preparations; $1.2B More Sought A senior Israeli source who talked with BD on condition of anonymity said the $1.2 billion will mostly be spent on "improving Israel's capability to perform standoff attacks," which involves acceleration of some very highly classified  "black programs" that address this capability "with breakthrough technologies." Some will be spent on Israel's missile defense systems, as well.

Trilateral Cope North Exercise To Test 'Agile' Air Ops On Austere Airfields The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept uses a 'hub and spoke' network of permanent, well-established 'hubs' and more remote, austere 'spokes'," says Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Air Wing in Guam.

ABMS Won't Replace BACN Comms Til 2026; Northrop Wins Support Deal The Air Force intends to get rid of three of its four BACN-equipped EQ-4 Global Hawks, but increase the number of piloted E-11 BACN aircraft through 2026.

Israelis Say They'll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions TEL AVIV: Israel has said openly that it will attack Iran if the U.S eases sanctions against the Shiite regime and agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement the Jewish state claims is "the biggest hoax in recent history." "Israel needs to know — and fast — whether Washington plans to stop Iran's race…

Defiant-X: Sikorsky, Boeing Unveil FLRAA Design The companies' proposed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) to replace the UH-60 is a sleeker, stealthier version of the prototype SB>1 Defiant now in flight tests. Can it beat Bell's tiltrotor?

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