Poland’s Ministry of National Defence has approved a contract for the purchase of AIM-120D3 medium-range air-to-air missiles valued at about 500 million USD net.
Dassault Aviation and Thales, through its cortAIx AI accelerator, have signed a strategic partnership to develop controlled and supervised artificial intelligence for defence aeronautics.
Former Canadian military officers have urged the government not to reduce its future F-35A fleet and switch to Gripen E/F fighters from Saab.
Lockheed Martin announced on 21 November that the German state secretary visited the company’s Fort Worth facilities.
Lockheed Martin has introduced the Sniper Networked Targeting Pod, a new variant of its long-serving Sniper pod designed to add high speed communications and processing at the edge of operations.
Collins Aerospace and the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force have signed a contract to build a new military avionics service centre in the Netherlands to support European F-35 and CH-47F fleets.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have issued a brief summary of operations carried out with the Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon, which has been in service with the country’s air arm since August 2024.
At the air base in the French city of Vélizy-Villacoublay, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron signed a Declaration of Intent on defence equipment cooperation.
On 13 November, Colombia signed a $4.3 billion agreement to purchase a squadron of 17 Swedish Saab Gripen E multirole fighter jets.
Several French Rafale fighter jets operated from Ørland Air Base last week as part of a four-day training mission.
U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers have begun a new round of training in Europe, involving Sweden and Finland as part of wider coordination efforts with NATO allies.
The 25th International Fighter Conference (IFC) concluded in Rome on 6 November, marking the first time the event was hosted in Italy.
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