Defense News Aerospace 2025
Canada could assemble Swedish Gripen jets for Ukraine’s Air Force
According to The Canadian Press on October 29, 2025, Saab confirmed it is studying Canada as a potential location for Gripen fighter jet assembly, ...
China tests a second Chengdu J-36 stealth fighter prototype with major design changes
On October 28, 2025, Rupprecht Deino shared new pictures confirming the flight testing of the second J-36 prototype at Chengdu Aircraft Corporation...
New Polish-US Agreement Targets F110-GE-129 Engine Servicing for F-15EX Multirole Fighter Jets
On 29 October 2025 in Warsaw, state-owned Military Aviation Works WZL-2 and GE Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding to develop maintenanc...
Netherlands Dispatches 12 F-35A Jets to US for Advanced NATO Air Defense Readiness Training
On 29 October 2025, the Netherlands confirmed that twelve F-35A fighters are deploying to the United States for several weeks of intensive training...
Italy’s Army to Field 48 AW249 Fenice Helicopters After Parliament Approves 29-Unit Order
On 28 October 2025, the Italian Parliament gave the green light to the ministerial decree that authorizes the Army to acquire 29 additional AW-249 ...
U.S. Production of Upgraded Slinger Anti-Drone Weapon Signals New Counter-UAS Phase
EOS Defense Systems USA announced upgrades to its Slinger remote weapon system that add Aided Target Recognition and selectable levels of autonomy,...
Ukraine Debuts FA v1 Jet-Powered Canard Delta Drone Focused on Short-Range Airspace Defense
On 28 October 2025, at Subic Bay in the Philippines, Ukraine publicly presented the Fighter Aircraft FA v1—an unmanned, jet-powered concept, during...
Poland Launches MiG-29 Jets to Shadow Russian Il-20M Spyplane Near Baltic Airspace
On 28 October 2025, Poland scrambled a pair of MiG-29 fighters to intercept, visually identify, and escort a Russian Il-20M conducting a reconnaiss...
Stavatti offers its SM-940K for U.S. Air Force’s next-generation tanker aircraft program
On October 24, 2025, Stavatti Aerospace announced its participation in the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air-refueling System (NGAS), submitting...
New Iranian Simorgh Transport Aircraft Takes Flight to Replace Aging C-130 Fleet
Iran has started official test flights of its domestically built Simorgh light transport aircraft at Shahin Shahr, marking a key step in a program ...
Poland Expands FlyEye Drone Fleet to Give Artillery New Precision in GPS-Jammed Battles
The WB Group and Poland’s Armament Agency announced on 24 October 2025, that the parties signed the fourth executive agreement for multiple FlyEye ...
US X-59 Supersonic Jet Completes First Flight in California advancing quiet overland speed
NASA and Lockheed Martin confirmed the X-59’s first flight at dawn over the Mojave, a short subsonic circuit to validate handling qualities and ins...