Defense News Aerospace 2025
Germany selects Tytan Technologies for drone interceptor program in Bundeswehr defense upgrade
Bloomberg reported on October 8, 2025, that Germany has selected Munich-based Tytan Technologies for a multi-hundred-million-euro program to field ...
Dassault delivers 300th Rafale as French fighter jet orders climb to 533 Worldwide
Dassault Aviation announced on October 7, 2025, that the 300th Rafale has rolled off the line, capping a surge in demand that now totals 533 firm o...
Exclusive: Aselsan's Steel Dome Solving European Air Defense With NATO Interoperable Integration
On 7 October 2025, during the press day at Aselsan’s Gölbaşı facilities near Ankara, the company delivered an in-depth briefing on its Steel Dome a...
Aselsan Ushers In A New Era Of Electronic Warfare From Türkiye’s Drones
On 7 October 2025 at Aselsan’s Gölbaşı facilities near Ankara, Army Recognition Group attended a dedicated press day that combined executive briefi...
Aselsan Integrates Sixth-Generation Air Combat Vision Across The Kaan Fighter Jet And Turkish Drones
On 7 October 2025 at Aselsan’s Gölbaşı facilities in Ankara, during a press day attended by Army Recognition Group, the company presented how Türki...
Hackers reveal Ethiopia's secret Su-35 fighter jet deal with Russia
On October 3, 2025, files leaked by the hacker collective Black Mirror revealed that Ethiopia reached an agreement with Russia’s state defense comp...
Venezuelan Su-30MK2 jets drop bombs in drill seen as signal to U.S presence in the Caribbean
A video posted on the social platform X on October 7, 2025, shows a Venezuelan Air Force Su-30MK2 releasing two unguided munitions identified by ob...
Italy’s Eurofighter jets take command of NATO Baltic patrols amid rising Russian air activity
NATO Allied Air Command reported on October 7, 2025, that Italy’s Eurofighter Typhoons have assumed NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission at Ämari, ...
Recent Embraer C-390 Transport Aircraft Successes Could Sway India Future Airlift Program
Sweden’s purchase of four C-390 Millennium transports in Uppsala on Oct. 6, 2025, within a joint framework that also involves the Netherlands and A...
Ukraine deploys Thales Belgium's FZ123 airburst rockets to down Russia’s Shahed drones
The War Zone reports that Thales’ 70 millimeter laser-guided rockets armed with a new FZ123 airburst warhead are now in Ukrainian service, marking ...
Türkiye might replace its U.S.-made F-16s with Qatar’s Eurofighter jets
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense confirmed that senior defense officials met with Qatari counterparts in Doha in early October 2025 to exam...
Pentagon clears Navy to pick F/A-XX stealth fighter contractor after budget delays
Reuters reported on October 7, 2025 that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cleared the Navy to downselect a contractor for the F/A-XX, the service...