Daniel Mercer / Defense & Aerospace Analyst
Daniel Mercer is a defense and aerospace analyst at TheDefenseWatch.com covering military aviation, aerospace technology, unmanned systems, air warfare, and defense procurement. His reporting uses official documents, government and military statements, company announcements, and other public sources.
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US Deploys B-52 Bombers With JASSM Cruise Missiles To Strike Iranian Missile Sites
KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers launched…
UK Deploys Additional Typhoon Fighter Jets To Qatar After Cyprus Drone Attack
KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE The United Kingdom is deploying four additional…
Venus Aerospace Successfully Flight Tests Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine At Spaceport America
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► Houston based Venus Aerospace conducted…
US Army Awards $183.6M Patriot Program Contract To Raytheon For UAE FMS Support
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► Raytheon Co. awarded $183,682,456 firm…
French Nuclear-Armed Rafale Fighters Could Operate From Belgium Under New Deterrence Plan
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► France is considering allowing nuclear-armed…
U.S. Air Force Tests Minuteman III ICBM With Multiple Reentry Vehicles In Routine Launch From Vandenberg
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► U.S. Air Force launched an…
British F-35B Shoots Down Drone In First Operational Kill Over Jordan
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► RAF F-35B Lightnings shot down…
Allen Control Systems Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative To Advance Autonomous Counter-Drone And Precision Defense Capabilities
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► Red Cat Holdings announced Allen…
Shield AI V-BAT Arctic Operations Signal Shift In NATO Maritime ISR
■ KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE ► Shield AI’s V-BAT operated during…
Russian KOMETA-M Found In Iranian Shahed-136 Drone After Attack On UK Akrotiri Base
KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE Wreckage from a Shahed-136 drone reportedly revealed…