B-21 Raider
US Air Force bomber program with reported flight-test progress, production-capacity expansion and a newly activated integration unit, while arrival at its first operating base remains a future milestone in the reviewed evidence.
The Air Force reported combined developmental and operational test participation in June and a future Ellsworth arrival target in July.
MQ-28 Ghost Bat
Australian collaborative aircraft development with government-reported demonstrations, contracted aircraft development and participation in a multinational exercise, alongside a separately proposed German industry offer.
Australian Defence reported collaborative demonstrations, additional aircraft-development contracts and subsequent international exercise participation.
DragonFire
UK laser program with reported trials, an announced delivery contract and continued parliamentary discussion of future naval installation.
The Ministry of Defence has reported trial milestones and a DragonFire delivery contract.
Sentinel-1C
Civilian Copernicus radar satellite illustrating the separate evidence for launch, calibrated products, constellation coverage and data-product delivery. A September notice records an ETAD processing delay; it is not a current whole-mission outage report.
ESA documents completed launch, first images and the subsequent calibration process.
Eurodrone
European remotely piloted aircraft development with completed design reviews, a Japanese maritime study agreement and publicly raised concerns about program progress.
Airbus and OCCAR reported completed preliminary and critical design reviews.
One question to take with you
What additional evidence would you need before describing a promising technology as an operational capability? Start with the development stage, the conditions of the demonstration and what the source leaves unanswered.
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