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Reuters • Tim Hepher

Airbus H1 2025 Profit Surges 85% to €2.2 B, Engine Shortages Stall Deliveries

Airbus reported €29.6 billion revenue in first-half 2025, up 3% year-on-year, and a €2.2 billion adjusted operating profit, driven by defense and helicopter unit strength. Commercial deliveries lagged, with over 300 A320s delayed by engine shortages, but the manufacturer reaffirmed its full-year delivery targets.

2025-07-30T09:27:52.262173-07:00

Reuters

Turkey, UK Sign Preliminary Eurofighter Typhoon Sale After Germany Lifts Export Veto

2025-07-23T01:59:26.566974-07:00

European Spaceflight

Dassault Pushes VORTEX Reusable Spaceplane into ESA Pipeline

2025-07-25T02:31:39.589078-07:00

Reuters

Boeing, Saab court BAE Systems on T-7 Red Hawk as RAF’s Hawk replacement

2025-07-29T03:35:59.030795-07:00

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Embraer Pursues Lithuanian Industrial Partnerships Ahead of C-390 Millennium Contract Embraer is deepening ties with Lithuania’s aerospace industry as it prepares to finalise a deal for three C-390 Millennium tactical transports. The Brazilian OEM is laying groundwork for technology transfer, maintenance and sustainment partnerships to boost its footprint in Europe, even before the contract is signed.

2025-08-01T11:32:31.842738-07:00

Embraer Pursues Lithuanian Industrial Partnerships Ahead of C-390 Millennium Contract

Associated Press

Putin announces serial production of new hypersonic missile, slated for Belarus deployment President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia has begun serial production of its newest intermediate-range hypersonic missile following preliminary combat trials. He said the system will soon be stationed in Belarus to bolster defenses against Ukrainian and Western-supplied strikes.

2025-08-01T06:09:00.130721-07:00

Putin announces serial production of new hypersonic missile, slated for Belarus deployment

SpaceNews.com

Albedo Secures Stage II NRO Contract to Expand Commercial Imaging Services Albedo has been awarded a Stage II contract by the US National Reconnaissance Office to scale its commercial Earth observation imagery and analytics for national security missions. Building on successful Phase I work, the award funds expanded low-Earth-orbit collection and advanced geospatial intelligence capabilities.

2025-08-01T03:11:44.163507-07:00

Albedo Secures Stage II NRO Contract to Expand Commercial Imaging Services

Satellite Evolution

Eycore and Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Launch 2026 Sovereign SAR Demonstrator for NATO Defence Polish space defence startup Eycore and Norway’s Kongsberg NanoAvionics have signed an MoU to integrate systems and launch a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite demonstrator into low Earth orbit in 2026. The mission aims to deliver sovereign all-weather ISR capabilities for NATO and allied defence customers.

2025-07-31T02:26:03.290446-07:00

Eycore and Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Launch 2026 Sovereign SAR Demonstrator for NATO Defence

The War Zone

US Navy Declares Runway-Overrun P-8A Poseidon a Total Loss After Saltwater Immersion The US Navy has declared one of its Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft a total loss after a runway overrun in Hawaii in late 2023 inflicted extensive structural damage, which was compounded by roughly two weeks of immersion in salt water, making repairs uneconomical.

2025-07-30T15:17:50.965432-07:00

US Navy Declares Runway-Overrun P-8A Poseidon a Total Loss After Saltwater Immersion

The War Zone

The West Is Missing Critical Weapons-Development Lessons from Ukraine An American defense investor in Ukraine argues that Western militaries and defense contractors risk falling behind by overlooking Kyiv’s grassroots weapon design and rapid iteration model. Ukraine’s battlefield-driven innovation ecosystem has accelerated munitions and drone development cycles from months to weeks, reshaping modern arms procurement.

2025-07-30T10:57:33.250999-07:00

The West Is Missing Critical Weapons-Development Lessons from Ukraine

Reuters

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Airbus H1 2025 Profit Surges 85% to €2.2 B, Engine Shortages Stall Deliveries Airbus reported €29.6 billion revenue in first-half 2025, up 3% year-on-year, and a €2.2 billion adjusted operating profit, driven by defense and helicopter unit strength. Commercial deliveries lagged, with over 300 A320s delayed by engine shortages, but the manufacturer reaffirmed its full-year delivery targets.

2025-07-30T09:27:52.262173-07:00

Airbus H1 2025 Profit Surges 85% to €2.2 B, Engine Shortages Stall Deliveries

Reuters

BAE Systems hikes guidance as order book swells to £75 billion amid defence spending surge BAE Systems upgraded its full-year profit and sales guidance after reporting half-year sales of £14.6 billion—up from £13.4 billion a year earlier—and an order book of £75 billion, as heightened geopolitical tensions drive global defence budgets.

2025-07-29T23:51:43.059575-07:00

BAE Systems hikes guidance as order book swells to £75 billion amid defence spending surge

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