A rare deployment of the RQ-170 Sentinel is reported to have supported a U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026.
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has completed a tactical demonstration advancing the integration of the F-35 Lightning II with the Navy’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft in its Joint Simulation Environment.
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The battery delivery acceptance test of SİPER 1, Türkiye’s nationally developed long-range air and missile defence system, was conducted at the Sinop Test Center in northern Türkiye.
Republic of Korea has tasked LIG Nex1 and Korean Air with designing its first domestically developed electronic warfare aircraft, with systems adapted for remote operation.
Safran Electronics & Defense has signed a major contract with the NATO Helicopter Management Agency for the development of Eurofl’Eye, a new distributed panoramic vision system for NH90 helicopters.
U.S. military and law enforcement forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January during a high-risk operation led by the Army’s Delta Force and enabled by extensive U.S. airpower.
Royal Air Force aircraft have carried out successful strikes against Daesh in Syria as part of a joint operation with France, the UK Ministry of Defence said on 3 January.
Saab CEO Micael Johansson has said the company is ready to partner with Germany on a future fighter aircraft, presenting itself as an alternative as doubts continue over Europe’s next-generation air combat plans.
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Aselsan’s Winged Guidance Kit-84 (KGK-84), developed for 2,000-pound bombs, has scored a direct hit on a defined maritime target during its first drop test involving a target.
Boeing, working with Insitu and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), has announced progress in the Multi-function Radar Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (MRaISR) project.
The U.S. Department of War said on Wednesday that defence contractor Lockheed Martin had been awarded a contract linked to foreign military sales to Taiwan to address what Washington described as an urgent requirement for the island’s air force.
The U.S. Marine Corps has launched a new training programme to rapidly increase the number of small Unmanned Aircraft System operators for commercial off-the-shelf attack drones.
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