Defense News Aerospace 2025
Breaking News: Bayraktar TB3 Drone Confirms Naval Strike Capabilities with Four Successful Autonomous Flights from TCG Anadolu
On April 22, 2025, Turkish defense company Baykar reached a new milestone in naval aviation with its armed drone Bayraktar TB3, which carried out f...
France Reignites Cold War Era Drills with a Massive Mirage 2000 Fighter Jet Deployment
On April 22, 2025, Air Base 133 in Nancy-Ochey became the scene of a military operation of exceptional scale. Known as “JADE,” short for JAillissem...
Breaking News: U.S. F-35 Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Intelligence Aircraft Near Alaska in NORAD Operation
On April 14, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted a formation of six Russian military aircraft operating within t...
Kratos Equips its Stealth Drone XQ-58 with Landing Gear to Enhance Deployment Flexibility and Reusability
On April 15, 2025, Kratos officially unveiled via its X (formerly Twitter) account a rendering of a new version of its XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth dron...
US Revives Military Cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina Through Potential Delivery of Six Agusta A119 Helicopters
Amid ongoing geopolitical instability in the Western Balkans, military cooperation between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina is regainin...
How US Marine Corps Is Preparing Its Units for FPV Drone Warfare to Enhance Low Cost Lethality
On January 3, 2025, at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, the commanding generals of the Training Command and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab...
Australia Upgrades E-7A Wedgetail Surveillance Aircraft with Starlink to Operate in Contested Skies
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken a major step in upgrading its airborne command-and-control capabilities by equipping one of its E-7...
Breaking News: British Typhoon fighter jets intercept Russian Il-20M spy aircraft near NATO airspace in Baltic
On April 20, 2025, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) announced that its Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Malbork Air Base in Poland had been scramb...
Exclusive: China Deploys KJ-500 Modern Surveillance Aircraft for First Time in Joint Air Drill with Egypt
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has deployed its KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to Egypt for the...
Flash News: Russia Delivers New Batch of Su-34 Fighter Bombers and Doubles Production Despite Global Sanctions
According to information published on April 19, 2025, by the Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec, the Russian defense sector continues to rei...
South Korea Tests AI-Powered Radar Capable of Detecting Stealth Drones Several Kilometers Away
In a context marked by the rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial systems and growing regional tensions in East Asia, South Korea has announced the...
US B-1B Lancer Bombers Take Up Position in Japan to Reinforce Deterrence Against China
For the first time since the Vietnam War, U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bombers are being stationed in Japan for an extended period. This deployment, ...