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Personnel Shortage Affecting U.K. F-34 Fighter Aircraft Utilization
November 4, 2025 @ 02:26 PMA new UK Parliament report says the Ministry of Defences cost-cutting and short-term decisions have damaged the Royal Air Forces F-35 jet programme, causing delays, higher costs, and staff shortages. MPs found that delays and poor planning have increased costs, reduced the number of F-35 jets ready to fly, and created an engineer shortage
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Finland’s First F-35A Combat Jet Rolls Out
October 30, 2025 @ 01:53 PMExactly one year after the first Finnish F-35A Lightning II entered production at Lockheed Martins Fort Worth facility, the aircraft—airframe JF-501—moved out of the final assembly line, as per an official announcement today
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U.K. Royal Navy Tests Quantum Clock on Uncrewed Submarine, First Use Underwater...
October 30, 2025 @ 07:34 AMThe U.K
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After Success in Turkey, Eurofighter Eyes Portugal to Replace its F-16s with...
October 29, 2025 @ 02:01 PMAirbus, representing the Eurofighter Consortium has signed a MoU with Portuguese Aerospace and Defence Industries ((AED Cluster Portugal) to explore collaboration for Replacing Portugal's F-16A/B jets with Eurofighter Typhoon Fighters. According to Airbus, this memorandum of understanding lays the foundation for positioning the Eurofighter Typhoon as a "truly European" solution to replace Portugal's aging F-16 fleet
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Lockheed Martin, NASA Conduct First Flight of X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
October 29, 2025 @ 06:51 AMLockheed Martin Skunk Works and NASA completed the first flight of the X-59 supersonic aircraft, a quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel, on October 28. The X-59 took off from U
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Operational Laser Weapon for the German Navy By 2029
October 29, 2025 @ 05:08 AMA high-energy laser demonstrator transferred for further testing in Germany has set the German Navy on a path toward operational shipborne laser weapons
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Kyiv Wants Long Range Missiles for its F-16s to Shoot Down Russian...
October 28, 2025 @ 10:00 AMUkraine is unable to shoot down Russian aircraft launching guided bombs with extended ranges of up to 200 kilometers, according to Ukrainian military expert and retired Major Oleksiy Hetman. Hetman was
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Ukraine Expects First Swedish Gripen Fighter Jets In 2026
October 27, 2025 @ 07:41 AMUkraine expects to receive the first Swedish-built JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets in 2026, with Kyiv indicating it is counting on up to 150 aircraft. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Denmark Decides Not to Buy Israeli Air Defence System Barak MX
October 24, 2025 @ 01:41 PMDenmark has decided not to proceed with the Israeli ground-based air defence system
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HMS Stirling Castle Minehunting Ship Begins First Voyage Under Royal Navy Command
October 24, 2025 @ 06:05 AMA specialist minehunting ship
Ukrainian MoD, Palantir Tech Developing Drone Detection Models Using Russian War Data
New Russian Anti-drone Radar Can Track 50 UAVs Simultaneously
In a First, China Sanctions Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., His Relatives...
General Atomics AeroTec Signs First Sale Contract for D0228 NXT Aircraft
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles