Defense News Aerospace 2025
Russian Air Force Receives First Su-35S 4++ Generation Fighter Jets Despite Western Sanctions
According to information published by the Russian Press Agency TASS on March 29, 2025, the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), a subsidiary ...
Breaking News: US Delivers First F-16V Fighter Jet to Taiwan to Boost Air Defense Against China Threats
On March 28, 2025, U.S. Congressman William Timmons announced the delivery of the first F-16V fighter jet to Taiwan via his official X account, mar...
US Army Commits to Launched Effects to Shape Future of Tactical Autonomous Drones
On March 27, 2025, the US Army announced the selection of three companies to participate in a key demonstration of the Launched Effects – Short Ran...
Denmark Weighs Expanding Its Fleet of US F-35 Fighters Despite Tensions over Greenland
As diplomatic tensions intensify between Denmark and the United States regarding the future of Greenland, an autonomous territory under Danish sove...
Egypt confirms procurement talks for FA-50 light attack aircraft with South Korea are moving forward
As reported by The Korea Daily on March 24, 2025, the Egyptian Ambassador to South Korea, Khaled Abdelrahman, stated that negotiations between Egyp...
Qatar Receives US Approval to Acquire Eight MQ-9B Drones to Enhance Surveillance Capabilities
On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of State officially approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar for the acquisitio...
Simulated Trials Mark Initial Step Toward Drone-Helicopter Interoperability for French Army
In February 2025, the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), through its Flight Test division, conducted a simulation-based experimental ca...
North Korea tests first IL-76 early warning aircraft to extend surveillance over South Korean airspace
On March 27, 2025, North Korea publicly revealed its first airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Techn...
Exclusive: Russia Ready To Deploy Okhotnik stealth drone with Su-57 fighter jet in new manned-unmanned strike strategy
Citing recent information from Yuri Koptev, Managing Director of Russian State Defense Company, ROSTEC, the Russian defense aerospace industry cont...
Raytheon conducts first helicopter launch of new Coyote LE SR unmanned aerial system
On March 26, 2025, Raytheon, part of RTX Corporation, conducted the first recorded launch of the Coyote LE SR counter-drone system from a helicopte...
Analysis | Why the Milkor 380 UAV could change how South America secures its skies and borders
On March 26, 2025, the South African company Milkor announced that the Milkor 380 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be featured at LAAD 2025 in Ri...
Anduril’s Fury Drone Emerges as a Competitor to Boeing’s Ghost Bat in Australia
At the Avalon Air Show 2025, Anduril presented a full-scale model of its Fury drone for the first time internationally, in what appears to be a str...