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Rundown · Thursday, June 18, 2026

Space & defense news on June 18, 2026

On Thursday, June 18, 2026 the Space and defense desk recorded 4 news events. The earliest report came from scmp.com at 01:00 UTC. One more event was reported; it is listed at the end.

  1. 01

    Frost & Sullivan: US C5ISR funding request reaches $42.7 billion

    2 outlets · first: 9krapalm.com Defense technology

    Reported by 9krapalm.com and manilatimes.net.

  2. 02

    Mit researchers publish analysis of russia's nuclear-powered skyfall missile

    2 outlets · first: kwit.org Defense technology

    Machine summary Two MIT researchers have published an analysis of how Russia's nuclear-powered Burevestnik, known by NATO as Skyfall, missile worked, according to source reports.

    1. Two MIT researchers, Jake Hecla and co-author R. Scott Kemp, published an analysis of how the missile worked, according to the reports.

    Reported by kwit.org and ksmu.org.

  3. 03

    Researchers propose space-based train control system in paper

    1 outlet · first: scmp.com Aerospace

    Machine summary The paper, titled "Cybersecurity Risk Analysis of Space-based Train Control System," is a cybersecurity threat analysis, the report said.

    1. A team of railway researchers in Beijing proposed a space-based train control system in a paper published in Railway Signalling and Communication Engineering in May, according to a report.
    2. The paper is titled "Cybersecurity Risk Analysis of Space-based Train Control System," according to the report.
    3. The authors are engineers from the CRSC Research and Design Institute Group, according to the report.
    4. The proposed system would use low-orbit satellites as relay stations, with trains reporting position and speed to satellites that bounce information to a ground control centre, which would issue movement authorities back through the same pathway, according to the report.

    Reported by scmp.com.

    • CRSC Research and Design Institute Group

  4. 04

    Russian envoy reveals plans for next-gen BrahMos hypersonic missiles

    1 outlet · first: Philippine Times (Big News Network) Defense technology

    Machine summary A Russian envoy revealed plans for next-generation BrahMos hypersonic missiles, according to reports.

    Reported by Philippine Times (Big News Network), heraldglobe.com (Big News Network) and europesun.com (Big News Network).

    • BrahMos

More events reported

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  1. · 1 outletscmp.comNamed in the reports: SpaceX

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