September 10, 2025 Military Aviation News

Israel attacks Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, a day after bombing Qatar’s Doha

09/10/2025

Israeli air strikes have hit the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a Houthi-affiliated media outlet reports. “Israeli aggression on the capital Sanaa,” Al Masirah television posted on Telegram on Wednesday.

NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland

09/10/2025

More than a dozen Russian drones entered Poland overnight, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down in what Western officials described on Wednesday as a dangerous escalation of the war in neighboring Ukraine.

Algeria to Receive Russian Su-34 Fighters

09/10/2025

Algeria’s procurement of Russian Su-34 fighter jets appears to be making progress. According to reports, production of the Sukhoi fighter jets intended for Algiers is already underway. Last month, Military Watch Magazine confirmed new footage that depicted a small batch of Su-34 strike fighters being prepared in export configuration. Analysts suspect that this batch of aircraft is intended for Algeria and is expected to replace the nation’s older Su-24M strike fighters.

Rising dragon, slumbering Sam

09/10/2025

Last week was one for the books. US President Donald Trump rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War. And China held a remarkable parade and flyover in Beijing. It was clearly intended to drive home the fact that China’s armed forces had at least attained technical parity with the United States and possibly surpassed it.

The United States awarded a new sustainment and upgrade contract for the Argentine Air Force’s F-16AM/BM fighters

09/10/2025

As the arrival of the first six F-16AM/BM fighters for the Argentine Air Force approaches, alongside progress in infrastructure works and the training of pilots and personnel, at the end of last August the United States government awarded a new contract aimed at sustaining the Argentine aircraft as well as those of other operators. This comes in addition to other contracts granted by the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as agreements reached between Argentina and Danish firms.

Navy Issues Five Contracts for Carrier-Based Collaborative Combat Drones

09/10/2025

On August 5, reports began coming out revealing the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems command (NAVAIR) had issued contracts to companies seeking conceptual designs for a carrier-based Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ‘drone fighter’.

Vendors team up on sensors, comms systems for GCAP next-gen fighter

09/10/2025

British, Italian and Japanese firms set to build sensors and communications systems for the GCAP fighter have formed a UK-based consortium ready to sign a design and development contract with the platform’s lead integrators. Known as GCAP Electronics Evolution (G2E), the consortium groups Leonardo and ELT Group from Italy, Leonardo UK and Mitsubishi Electric representing Japan, the firms said at the DSEI show in London.

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