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• Clement Charpentreau
Germany will deploy four Eurofighters to protect Latvian airspace during upcoming elections, while Poland has scrambled fighters after a Russian drone attack near its Ukrainian border. Rising drone incursions over Romania and continued U.S. F-16 operations underscore NATO’s heightened vigilance along its eastern flank.
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Germany will deploy four Eurofighters to protect Latvian airspace during upcoming elections, while Poland has scrambled fighters after a Russian drone attack near its Ukrainian border. Rising drone incursions over Romania and continued U.S. F-16 operations underscore NATO’s heightened vigilance along its eastern flank.
Ukraine says it has successfully tested a domestically developed interceptor designed to counter jet-powered Shahed attack drones. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the system remains under development, with additional technical work required as testing continues.
Wingcopter has introduced the Wingcopter 262, an all-electric drone designed for military and security reconnaissance missions. The aircraft can launch vertically without a runway or catapult and is claimed to remain airborne for up to six hours, marking an expansion of the company’s defense business.
Growing allied interest in Collaborative Combat Aircraft is pushing the U.S. Air Force in Europe to address interoperability across a diverse mix of future systems. The effort could shape how European partners participate in, operate alongside and connect with the USAF’s next-generation uncrewed combat aircraft.
A new congressional report says the United States lost four F-15Es, seven KC-135 tankers and as many as 30 MQ-9 drones during the Iran war. Helicopters for casualty evacuation were deployed from four countries, while hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, underscoring the conflict’s operational demands.
GE Aerospace is developing a combined booster-and-cruiser all-up-round test bed for the Defense Innovation Unit, while AEVEX won up to $92.2 million to modernize SkyRange hypersonic telemetry and communications. Separately, BAE Systems launched Shadow EW, a family of compact electronic-warfare systems for crewed and uncrewed small airborne platforms.
Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace, according to the Saudi-led coalition. The incident came as Saudi forces struck targets in Yemen and Houthis reported launching drones and missiles at Saudi cities amid an expanding regional conflict.
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force confirmed that one of its three Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawks crashed in the Sea of Japan off Tottori Prefecture after the service lost contact on Sept. 15. The accident is the tenth reported loss of a Global Hawk variant.
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