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The Spanish Ministry of Defence’s Directorate General for Armament and Material (DGAM) has placed orders for a total of 100 helicopters from both Airbus Helicopters and NHIndustries: the joint venture in which Airbus combines with Leonardo and GKN Fokker to produce the NH90 helicopter. The contracts, announced by Airbus on 18 December 2025, represent the […]

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has performed a successful low-altitude test firing of the L3Harris Technologies Red Wolf launched-effects vehicle over the Atlantic Test Range off the US East Coast, L3Harris announced on 19 December 2025. The test, which was conducted in September 2025, involved a Red Wolf vehicle mounted to the pylon of an […]

Embraer has delivered the first five A-29N Super Tucanos to the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa – FAP). The aircraft were officially handed over on 17 December 2025 during a ceremony held at the facilities in Alverca of Portuguese aerospace company Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal (OGMA), in which Embraer has a majority stake. The […]

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and drone specialist XTEND have collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX autonomy platform, allowing simultaneous command and control (C2) of multiple classes of unmanned aerial system (UAS) and creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios, Lockheed Martin announced on 18 December […]

Leonardo has been contracted by the Italian Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness to supply 12 M-346 multirole aircraft for the Austrian Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte), the company announced on 17 December 2025. The contract includes aircraft supplied in the light fighter configuration under the new M-346 F Block 20 standard, equipped with cockpits featuring a […]

Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS), the joint venture between Elbit Systems of America and Collins Aerospace, has successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) for the Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+ (HMDS+), Collins’ parent company RTX announced on 12 December 2025. The Zero-G HMDS+ has been tailored specifically to meet US Navy (USN) requirements under […]

In a ceremony on 16 December 2025 at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, government and military leaders from the United States and Finland celebrated the rollout of the first F-35A Lightning II fighter for the Finnish Air Force. This first aircraft will be delivered to the Finnish Air Force in early 2026 and will be ferried […]

Airbus Helicopters, as part of the joint venture NHIndustries, handed over the first NH90 Sea Tiger to the German Navy during a delivery ceremony at the navy’s base in Nordholz, on the country’s North Sea coast, on 16 December 2025. Germany’s Bundeswehr ordered 31 NH90 Sea Tigers – the latest version of the NH90 NATO […]

Germany has decided to exercise an option for 20 more H145M light combat helicopters (Leichter Kampfhubschrauber – LKH) that were part of a contract signed in December 2023, bringing the total number of helicopters ordered to 82, Airbus announced on 15 December 2025. The first H145M LKH helicopter was delivered to Germany, less than a […]

BAE Systems has received a USD 11 million (EUR 9.35 million) contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to integrate its AN/APX-127(V)1 Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) onto KAI’s KF-21 Boramae 4.5/fifth-generation fighter. The latest identification friend or foe (IFF) system enables enhanced decision-making capabilities to distinguish between allied forces and potential threats in contested scenarios. Made […]

NH Industries and the Greek Ministry of Defence (MoD) have signed a follow-on support contract for the Hellenic Army’s fleet of NH90 helicopters, NHIndustries announced on 12 December 2025. The new contract, valued at EUR 50 million, establishes a comprehensive support framework for the Hellenic Army’s NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) variants, covering spare parts […]

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been awarded a USD 240.9 million (EUR 205 million) firm-fixed-price contract by the US government for Lot Two production of Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) for the US Air Force (USAF), the US Department of War announced on 12 December 2025. The contract provides for the purchase of all-up rounds with […]

Skyeton Prevail Solutions (SPS), the Anglo-Ukrainian joint venture set up to fast-track the volume manufacture and supply of ‘ready now’ drones for the UK military, validated its multi-role Raybird Class 1 unmanned aerial system (UAS) with its deployment as part of the British Army’s recent ‘Iron Titan’ exercise, the company announced on 11 December 2025. “The system […]

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a new five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guidance kits to equip US armed forces with tens of thousands of additional low-cost precision munitions, BAE Systems announced on 10 December 2025. The contract has a maximum value of USD 1.7 billion (EUR 1.45 […]

Saab announced on 10 December 2025 that it has created the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage. In a project led by The Rainforest – the company’s internal start-up focused on transformative innovation – Saab has worked with California-based digital manufacturing specialist Divergent Technologies to design and manufacture the 5 m fuselage of an unmanned aerial […]

The US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) received its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus tanker/transport aircraft on 2 December 2025 during an arrival ceremony at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in California. Lieutenant General J P Healy, chief of the Air Force Reserve and the commander of Air Force Reserve Command, flew the 99th KC-46A […]

Leonardo has signed a multi-year contract with the Italian National Armaments Directorate to provide logistics support for the Italian Air Force’s fleet of C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft and for the full-motion simulator of the International Training Centre (ITC) at the air base in Pisa, headquarters of the 46th Air Brigade. The contract will run […]

Babcock International has been contracted to support the French Test Pilot School (École du Personnel Navigant d’Essais et de Réception – EPNER) with an Aero L-39 jet trainer, the company announced on 4 December 2025. The contract, for flight test training, will see the L-39 used for instruction and evaluation sessions, enabling trainees to assess […]

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney business has been awarded a USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.37 billion) undefinitised contract action by the Pentagon for sustainment of F135 engines, which power all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, RTX announced on 2 December 2025. The contract funds key sustainment activities, including depot-level maintenance and […]

AeroVironment announced on 4 December 2025 the integration of its Visual Navigation System (VNS) kit with the company’s Puma Long Endurance (LE) small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS), allowing the Puma LE to operate in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments. First introduced in 2022 for the Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE SUAASs, the […]

Lockheed Martin, MBDA and the F-35 Joint Program Office have recently completed a series of critical ground-based integration tests with the Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BRVAAM) and the F-35A, bringing the pair closer to operational readiness, Lockheed Martin announced on 3 December 2025. Conducted at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the ground vibration testing and […]