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DISPATCH 03/26 · 25 Jul 2026
BATTLEPOLICY
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C-390 Millennium
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C-390 Millennium

The Embraer C-390 Millennium is the fastest-selling Western tactical airlifter — a Brazilian twin-jet eating the C-130 replacement market with ~57 firm orders across ten customers from Portugal to South Korea to the UAE, and an Indian tender worth up to 80 more in play.

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USAPro

MQ-25 Stingray

The U.S. Navy's first operational carrier-based unmanned system—a dedicated aerial tanker designed to free Super Hornets from buddy-tanking and extend the reach of the carrier air wing.

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ChinaPro

Y-20

China's first indigenous strategic airlifter — a four-engine heavy transport known as the Kunpeng that bridges the PLA's force-projection gap, and the basis for a fast-growing aerial tanker fleet that extends Chinese airpower far beyond the first island chain.