Defense News Aerospace 2025
British Royal Air Force MQ-9A Reaper Drone Eliminates a Terrorist Threat in Syria as Daesh Resurges
On March 6, 2025, the British military announced that a Royal Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone had carried out a precise strike against a Daesh terrori...
Sweden to Deploy Gripen Fighter Aircraft in Poland Under NATO Command for First Time
The Swedish Armed Forces will deploy eight Gripen fighter aircraft in Poland under NATO command for the first time. This deployment, planned for mi...
Flash News: US Air Force Reaches Key Milestone in Development of New Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The U.S. Air Force, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, successfully completed a full-scale qualification static fire test of the new...
Flash News: US Marine Corps Deploys First F-35B Fighter Squadron to Japan to Boost Airpower in Indo-Pacific
According to information released by the U.S. Department of Defense on March 8, 2025, the U.S. Marine Corps has deployed its first F-35B squadron f...
French Air and Space Force Adopts Pilatus PC-7 MKX Aircrafts for Next-Generation Pilot Training
The French Air and Space Force is strengthening its pilot training program by selecting the Pilatus PC-7 MKX, a new-generation training aircraft de...
Serbian Helicopter Crews Undertake Advanced Training to Master Complex Combat Operations
Members of the 714th Anti-Tank Helicopter Squadron, part of the 98th Air Brigade, are currently participating in rigorous training exercises with M...
RTX to Lead Engine Integration for JetZero’s Blended Wing Aircraft
RTX has signed three major agreements with JetZero, a company pioneering the development of a blended wing body aircraft, to provide essential syst...
Italy’s Leonardo and Türkiye’s Baykar join forces to supply drones for European armies
On March 6, 2025, the Turkish company Baykar and Italian firm Leonardo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rome to establish a Joint Vent...
Vietnam Completes its Fleet of L-39 Skyfox from Aero Vodochody Key Modernization for Pilot Training
Aero Vodochody and OMNIPOL have completed the delivery of twelve L-39 Skyfox (L-39NG) trainer aircraft to the Vietnamese Air Force. With the recent...
Dutch F-35s Train to Intercept Drones with AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles Over Baltic Sea
Two Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 fighter jets recently conducted a training exercise over the Baltic Sea, successfully engaging multipl...
US Air Force Pioneers Future Air Combat with Barracuda-500 Autonomous Air Vehicle Prototype
Citing information released by the American company Anduril, Barracuda-500 from U.S. company Anduril Industries has been selected by the U.S. Air F...
France could open a new Rafale fighter jet assembly line in India to fulfill large-scale contracts
As reported by L'Usine Nouvelle on March 5, 2025, the French company Dassault Aviation is assessing the possibility of establishing a final assembl...