Defense News Aerospace 2025
US A-10 Warthog Displays Drone Kill Marks Signaling Shift in Counter-UAS Operations
On 11 October, 2025, fresh images of an A-10C Thunderbolt II returning to Portsmouth from Lajes under the callsign TABOR61 show two Shahed-type dro...
Türkiye’s SOM-J Missile Executes Successful Sea-Skimming Flight and Precision Strike
On the 13th of October, 2025, Türkiye unveiled new test footage confirming that the SOM-J cruise missile has completed a successful live-fire engag...
UK and Ukraine to co-produce 2,000 interceptor drones monthly to counter Shahed flights
According to information published by Bloomberg, on October 10, 2025, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are moving to jointly produce thousands of low...
Dutch defense industry secures key role in Airbus H225M Caracal helicopter program
GKN Aerospace announced on October 8, 2025, that GKN Fokker and Airbus Helicopters have signed a new memorandum of understanding in Toulouse during...
Rheinmetall Italy starts full-rate production of HERO loitering munitions for Europe
On 8 October 2025, Rheinmetall announced that series production of UVision’s HERO loitering munitions is now running at full speed in Sardinia, a s...
UK's A400M Arctic Sortie Highlights NATO’s Operational Access in Extreme Northern Terrain
On 9 October 2025, UK's A400M Atlas executed the first-ever landing on Norway’s remote Jan Mayen island, delivering a U.S. Marine Corps JLTV for a ...
Russia’s MiG-31Ks with Kinzhal Missiles Use Air Refueling as Ukraine Expands Strike Range
On 11 October 2025, a fresh wave of imagery revived the question of whether Russia is keeping its MiG-31 Kinzhal carriers far from Ukrainian threat...
Belgium’s First F-35A Arrival Set to Unlock Early F-16 Transfers to Ukraine
On Saturday, 11 October 2025, Belgium’s Air Component stood on the verge of a generational handover as the country prepared to receive its first fo...
Sweden’s Steadfast Noon debut reshapes NATO nuclear drill and Baltic deterrence
On, October 10, 2025, Sweden confirmed it will join NATO’s Steadfast Noon with Jas 39 Gripen fighters and Swedish Armed Forces personnel, its first...
Russia sends Yak-130M combat trainer to trials for all-weather training and light attack
On October 10, 2025, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation confirmed that the first Yak-130M prototype built at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant has enter...
Denmark Orders 16 More F-35s to Strengthen Combat Power and Arctic Deterrence
On 10 oktober 2025, Denmark moved to expand its fifth-generation air fleet and harden Arctic vigilance with a government agreement to buy 16 additi...
Hellfire-armed AC-130J Gunship in Puerto Rico signals sharper U.S. readiness near Venezuela
On Friday, 10 October 2025, an AC-130J Ghostrider was documented on the ramp at José Aponte de la Torre Airport (TJRV) in Puerto Rico with wing-mou...