Alaskan Command, operating under U.S. Northern Command, carried out simulated joint maritime strikes with two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball on 9 December 2025 in the Gulf of Alaska.
Diehl Defence has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for launchers for the IRIS-T SLS short-range ground-based air defence system.
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base carried out routine Agile Combat Employment operations on 3 December while training at Campia Turzii, Romania, along Europe’s Eastern Flank.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence announced on 9 December that intensive evening flights will take place this week around Gilze-Rijen and Leeuwarden air bases as part of ongoing air-defence exercises.
Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath flew over Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on 4 December, underscoring U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s ability to deliver agile airpower with NATO Allies.
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a five-year contract worth up to $1.7 billion for continued production of APKWS laser guidance kits, beginning with an initial order valued at $322 million.
NATO officials have underlined the growing need to reinforce the Alliance’s ground-based air defence as airspace violations, surveillance of critical infrastructure, and sabotage on Allied territory continue to rise.
Divergent Technologies and Saab have delivered initial fuselages for a Saab future product concept of an autonomous aircraft.
The Australian Government has awarded Boeing Defence Australia a AUD$754 million contract to deliver, develop and support a third tranche of MQ-28 Ghost Bat aircraft over the next three years.
An RC-135 Rivet Joint and an EA-37B Compass Call aircraft carried out the first sustained, integrated sorties outside a large force exercise on 24 September 2025.
The first F-35A for the Finnish Air Force made its maiden flight on 8 December from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility in Texas.
General Atomics Europe and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have presented their concept for a European variant of the Gambit-series unmanned combat aircraft at an industry preview in Oberpfaffenhofen.
Categories:
