Defense News Aerospace 2025
US Clears Possible Sale of F-16 Fighters to Peru Despite Lima’s Selection of Gripen Jets
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft to Peru, valued at an estimated $3.42...
Swedish Gripen Jets Track Russian Su-30 Jets Armed With Anti-Radiation Missiles Amid Baltic Tensions
On September 14, 2025, the Swedish Air Force reported new air interceptions over the Baltic Sea amid rising regional tensions. Following the Russia...
Russia Maintains Industrial Capacity and Airpower with Delivery of New Su-34M Fighter Bombers
According to a statement published on August 21, 2025, by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), in coordination with Rostec, a new batch of Su-34 ...
F-35B Fighters Land in Puerto Rico Strengthening U.S. Military Posture Near Venezuela
According to Reuters in an article dated September 14, 2025, the first U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters have now landed in Pue...
Japanese F-15J fighter jets to UK and Germany mark a new step in nippon international cooperation strategy
Japan’s Ministry of Defense said on 12 September that it will send Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets to Europe and Canada for the first time. The...
U.S. and India seek progress on P-8I patrol planes after disputes over Indo-Russian arm trades
According to Bloomberg on September 11, 2025, a U.S. Defense Department delegation, accompanied by Boeing executives, is expected in New Delhi next...
Flash Report: U.S. Marine Corps Swaps F-35Bs for F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets in Strategic Japan Rotation
According to information published by the U.S. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing on September 10, 2025, a squadron of U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighte...
Breaking News: Greece considers buying more F-35 fighter jets from the US to keep its air force effective for decades
As reported by Kathimerini on September 12, 2025, Greece is reassessing the modernization of its fighter fleet as the negotiations with the United ...
France deploys Rafale fighters to Poland after Russian drone incursions to send a signal of NATO unity
France has moved a small detachment of Rafale fighters to Poland following reports of drone incursions into Polish airspace earlier in the week. Th...
Analysis: How drone incursions over Poland demonstrate the ongoing imbalance between low-cost threats and high-value interceptors?
On 10 September 2025, Poland intercepted and shot down several Russian drones that crossed into its airspace overnight while Moscow was striking ta...
MBDA’s New SPEAR Glide Offers Scalable Low Cost Precision Strike And Saturation Power In Contested Skies
During DSEI UK 2025 in London, MBDA officially unveiled the SPEAR Glide, a new member of the SPEAR family of precision strike weapons designed to c...
Defense Alert: Russian Drone Breach in Romania Highlights Kremlin Strategy Aimed at Nato Divisions
On 15 September 2025, Romania’s Ministry of Defence confirmed, through information first reported by the BBC, that one of its F-16 fighter jets tra...