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Clearest Close‑Up Images of China’s Tailless J‑XDS Sixth‑Generation Stealth Fighter Reveal Key Design Details

Close-up photographs have emerged of China’s tailless J‑XDS (J‑50) sixth‑generation stealth fighter during ground taxi tests, offering the clearest view yet of its airframe and confirming key tailless design features. The images reveal external detail useful for assessing radar and control architecture.

2025-09-25T16:44:43.351079-07:00

investors.lockheedmartin.com

US Navy awards Sikorsky up to $10.855B to build up to 99 CH‑53K King Stallion heavy‑lift helicopters

2025-09-26T14:27:46.970632-07:00

Washington Post

RUSI: Leaked Files Show Russia Supplied China With Airdrop Equipment That Could Aid Taiwan Assault

2025-09-26T04:08:58.713893-07:00

Reuters

India signs INR623.7bn ($7–7.5bn) deal with HAL for 97 Tejas Mk1A fighters; deliveries 2027–28

2025-09-25T02:44:31.070921-07:00

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The Aviationist

Turkey’s Kaan Fighter: Second Prototype Enters Production, Flight Target Set for 2026 A second Kaan prototype has been spotted in assembly a year after the first example's maiden flight. The airframe has entered production and is being prepared for a targeted first flight in 2026, moving the programme into an expanded flight‑test phase.

2025-09-27T09:23:58.248084-07:00

Turkey’s Kaan Fighter: Second Prototype Enters Production, Flight Target Set for 2026

aerospaceglobalnews.com

Changchun Air Show 2025: China confirms 300 J-20s, unveils new UAVs; flying‑car crash Changchun Air Show 2025 featured more than 100 aircraft and state media confirmed some 300 Chengdu J‑20 stealth fighters are now in service. The event also saw multiple new UAVs unveiled and was marred by a flying‑car crash during a flight demonstration.

2025-09-27T04:14:33.172167-07:00

Changchun Air Show 2025: China confirms 300 J-20s, unveils new UAVs; flying‑car crash

nationalsecurityjournal.org

Russia's Su-75 'Checkmate' remains a mock-up as sanctions, engines and supply-chain woes stall programme Russia's Su-75 “Checkmate,” promoted as a low-cost fifth‑generation stealth fighter, remains a static mock‑up years after its unveiling. Sanctions, shortages of engines and composite materials, and Moscow’s shift toward missiles and drones have delayed development and left the claimed $30m unit cost unproven.

2025-09-26T19:25:13.474574-07:00

Russia's Su-75 'Checkmate' remains a mock-up as sanctions, engines and supply-chain woes stall programme

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US Navy awards Sikorsky up to $10.855B to build up to 99 CH‑53K King Stallion heavy‑lift helicopters The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a $10.855 billion, five‑year contract to produce up to 99 CH‑53K King Stallion heavy‑lift helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps, establishing a multi‑year delivery profile for the service’s heavy‑lift modernization.

2025-09-26T14:27:46.970632-07:00

US Navy awards Sikorsky up to $10.855B to build up to 99 CH‑53K King Stallion heavy‑lift helicopters

FlightGlobal

US Coast Guard advances $3B aviation modernisation with $28M engine and radar awards The US Coast Guard has awarded more than $28 million in turboshaft engine and multi‑mode radar contracts as part of a $3 billion aviation modernisation programme that expands its fixed‑wing fleet and consolidates rotary‑wing operations to a single helicopter type while retiring MH‑65s.

2025-09-26T11:02:17.315986-07:00

US Coast Guard advances $3B aviation modernisation with $28M engine and radar awards

Skies Magazine

B.C. MP urges repurposing retired CC-130H Hercules into national aerial firefighting fleet A Vancouver Island MP is petitioning Ottawa to convert retired CC-130H Hercules transports into a national aerial firefighting fleet, arguing Canada cannot rely on patchwork contracts and borrowed aircraft during crises. The proposal would repurpose military airlift assets to strengthen domestic wildfire response capacity.

2025-09-26T06:40:28.013518-07:00

B.C. MP urges repurposing retired CC-130H Hercules into national aerial firefighting fleet

Washington Post

RUSI: Leaked Files Show Russia Supplied China With Airdrop Equipment That Could Aid Taiwan Assault An analysis of leaked Russian documents by the Royal United Services Institute says Moscow has sold China parachutes, airdrop-capable armoured assault vehicles and related technology — part of a reported $210m package — that could materially enhance Beijing’s ability to airdrop forces and threaten seizure of Taiwan’s ports and airfields.

2025-09-26T04:08:58.713893-07:00

RUSI: Leaked Files Show Russia Supplied China With Airdrop Equipment That Could Aid Taiwan Assault

mrobusinesstoday.com

Kuwait extends Leonardo Eurofighter support contract through December 2029 The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence has exercised an option to extend in‑service support for its Eurofighter Typhoon fleet, contracting Leonardo Aviation Services to provide integrated logistics support and training through December 2029. Leonardo remains prime contractor on Kuwait’s Eurofighter programme under the extension.

2025-09-25T22:53:26.073513-07:00

Kuwait extends Leonardo Eurofighter support contract through December 2029

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