October 06, 2025 Military Aviation News

Documents reveal Australia's F-35 fighter jet export details 'quietly' disappeared

10/06/2025

Human rights lawyers and the Greens are accusing the federal government of "hiding" details of Australia's involvement in a global supply chain Israel uses to maintain its F-35 fighter jets. A page on the Department of Defence website once explained how the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was "transforming Australian industry".

https://defence-industry.eu/raytheon-unveils-apg-82vx-radar-for-f-15ex-with-greater-range-and-no-increase-in-power-demand/

10/06/2025

Raytheon has announced a new variant of its APG-82 radar for the F-15EX fighter aircraft that offers increased effective range without requiring additional power. The new solution was unveiled during the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in mid-September.

Leak doc reveals Su-57s for Algeria, Su-35s for Iran and Ethiopia

10/06/2025

A newly leaked document allegedly from Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec appears to outline detailed pricing, delivery schedules, and export plans for advanced Sukhoi fighter jets destined for several foreign clients — including Iran, Algeria, and Ethiopia. The material was published online on October 3 by the hacker collective Black Mirror, which claims to have accessed more than 300 internal documents from Rostec’s systems.

Kizilelma unmanned fighter jet conducts second flight test with Roketsan’s TEBER-82 precision-guided bomb

10/06/2025

Turkish drone maker Baykar Technologies has completed the second captive munition flight test of its Kizilelma unmanned fighter jet, this time using Roketsan’s TEBER-82 precision-guided bomb. The test involved two 500-pound TEBER-82 laser and GNSS-guided bombs mounted on external hardpoints of the Kizilelma PT-3 prototype.

Republic of Korea Air Force reaches new milestone in the modernization of its 134 KF-16 fighters to the Block 72

10/06/2025

While much of the attention in recent years has been focused on the development and production of the new KAI KF-21 Boramae, the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has also been making steady progress in other capability enhancement programs. In particular, the one centered on upgrading 134 of its KF-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to the Block 72 Viper standard, with confirmation last September that the flight simulators will also be brought up to the same new configuration.

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