Defense

Danish government officials say the funding will be used for “new acquisitions, personnel and construction work.”

An air-launched variant of the HF-3 anti-ship missile broke cover after an AIDC F-CK-1 fighter jet was photographed carrying a pair at an unspecified airbase.

Highlights from the IDEX 2025 show. View all four digital editions below.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is continuing to modernise, with its Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar currently studying several options. Because, as he said at the 2024 NAF Training, Operations and Safety Seminar on December 4 in Abuja: “We have to rise to the threats posed by insurgency, terrorism and bandits.”

Baykar unveils the TB2T-AI, an upgrade to its best-selling TB2 uncrewed air system.

President Trump said he was removing Chairman Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.—the same general he picked to lead the U.S. Air Force during his first term.

The Defense Department ultimately will cull its civilian workforce by 5-8%.

The latest test phase was divided into six main stages—or “decks”—to verify engine and systems performance.

The combined operating profit of the four largest defense contractors jumped an estimated 72% to 2.1 trillion won ($1.5 billion).

In 2023, Korea Aerospace Industries awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to supply ALMDS as part of KAI’s minesweeping variant of the Surion utility helicopter.

TATV speaks to Yoav Tourgeman, the CEO of Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who discusses the Israeli firm’s work in the multi-layered air defense systems realm and how its specialized R&D process brings value to its customers.

TATV Spotlight puts the focus on voice communications control system market leader Frequentis in this interview at IDEX 2025 with the company’s Usama Assi, director global strategy defense.

Over the last decade or so, the Bombardier Global Express – both the 6000 and more recently the 6500 series – have become the customer’s platform of choice when it comes to special mission aircraft.

Calidus now has three more B-250 prototypes being built at its Abu Dhabi facility, earmarked for development and certification of the type.

EDGE has ended its participation at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) 2025, with an impressive new sales tally of US$ 2.9 Billion.

TATV speaks to Yoav Tourgeman, the CEO of Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who discusses the Israeli firm’s work in the multi-layered air defence systems realm and how its specialised R&D process brings value to its customers.

The 2025 edition of the collocated IDEX and NAVDEX event draws to a close, reporting record numbers and a tale of great success for host Abu Dhabi, with more than 150,000 visitors in attendance.

TATV Spotlight puts the focus on voice communications control system market leader Frequentis in this interview at IDEX 2025 with the company’s Usama Assi, director global strategy defence. This interview focuses on technologies and solutions that help interoperability.

The airframer faces challenges on several fronts in leaving stubborn problems in its wake this year.

The military spaceplane is logging hundreds of days on orbit to collect data for future development.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A new kind of air vehicle is entering the U.S. military arsenal, capable of performing several roles including strike, reconnaissance and target decoy duties.

The United Arab Emirates’ principal defense company is eyeing partnerships to realize its engine and space ambitions.

Strong demand from allied customers has led to international sales accounting for a growing share of DRS’s overall revenue since 2021.

The move keeps the XA103 on track to move into ground testing of a physical prototype by the end of the decade.