Defense News Aerospace 2025
Flash News: Sweden Joins NATO Air Policing for First Time with Gripen Fighter Jets Deployed to Poland
In a historic and strategically significant deployment, Sweden has joined NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission for the first time since officially ...
Breaking News: Bulgaria Boosts NATO Defense with First US F-16 Fighter Jets Block 70 Replacing Soviet Fighter Aircraft
On April 2, 2025, the Bulgarian Air Force marked a significant milestone with the arrival of its first American-made F-16 Block 70 fighter jet at G...
Breaking News: Sweden's Saab Gripen E/F Selected by Colombia in Fighter Jet Competition Against US F-16
On April 3, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo Petro formally announced his government's decision to acquire the Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter ...
Airbus Drone Aliaca Adopts Vertical Takeoff to Expand its Tactical Capabilities at SOFINS
At the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar (SOFINS), held in Bordeaux from April 1 to 3, 2025, Survey Copter, a subsidiary of Airb...
Exclusive: China’s H-6K Bomber Debuts with KD-21 Hypersonic Ballistic Missiles in Historic First
Recent images have surfaced on Chinese Social Network showing a Xi'an H-6K bomber aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), speci...
Focus | Australia and Canada consider partnering in GCAP future fighter program as US policy changes weaken longtime alliances
As reported by Nicholas Drummond on April 2, 2025, Canada and Australia are showing renewed interest in joining the Global Combat Air Programme (GC...
Flash News: US Escalates Military Posture in Middle East as B-2 Bombers Deploy to Diego Garcia Military Base
According to information released by CNN World on April 2, 2025, the United States Air Force has deployed six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, a C-17 mi...
Philippines to receive 20 F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets from the US as confrontations with China grow
On April 1, 2025, the U.S. State Department announced the approval of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Philippines for twenty F-16 Blo...
Breaking News: Brazil’s Embraer Expands European Footprint with Swedish Acquisition of C-390 Military Transport Aircraft
On April 1, 2025, during the LAAD Defence & Security 2025 exhibition in Brazil, Sweden officially committed to acquiring four C-390 Millennium mult...
France quietly expands the fleet of upgraded Mirage 2000D RMV fighter jets as Ukraine's needs grow
As reported by Laurent Lagneau on March 26, 2025, the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, AAE) will receive a total of 50 Mi...
US company Sikorsky turns to export market for its S-97 Raider attack helicopter after US program cancellations
As reported by RID on March 25, 2025, Sikorsky held a demonstration of its S-97 Raider attack helicopter at the Development Flight Center in West P...
Breaking News: US-Japan to Co-Produce AMRAAM Air-to-Air Missiles Amid Rising Threats from China and North Korea
According to information published by the Japanese Press Agency Kyodo News on March 30, 2025, Japan and the United States have announced the early ...