A Royal Air Force detachment has returned from a busy deployment to Estonia, during which it intercepted 10 Russian aircraft in a single mission, according to a RAF news release. The detachment of four Typhoon fighters spent four months doing the Baltic air policing mission before the 121 Expeditionary Air Wing handed the mission over to Germany’s 31st Tactical Air Wing on Aug. 25. The Typhoons were scrambled 17 times and intercepted more than 40 Russian aircraft during the deployment, including fighters, bombers, and surveillance aircraft, according to the RAF. The commander of 6 Squadron, Wing Commander Jim Walls, said he was proud of everything the unit accomplished. “We deployed only one month after returning from exercise in North America and have flawlessly delivered expeditionary air power in the Baltic,” he said. “Now, as ever, whatever the next challenge may be, we are ready.”
The Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to design and build a communications satellite prototype with advanced anti-jam and data processing capabilities. The service announced the contract for the Enhanced Protected Tactical SATCOM-Prototype program, or Enhanced PTS-P, May 15, and said the satellite will launch no sooner than…