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Last Updated: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:04 PM PST
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US Casts Wide Net To Secure Tungsten Supply
By Aviation Week: The U.S. is looking at options to increase its supply of tungsten, a mineral crucial to the defense industry, more so after Chinese export restrictions.
Navy Releases Investigation Findings into F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down by Cruiser and Other Incidents During Truman Combat Cruise
By The War Zone: The Navy has also released its conclusions on investigations into other F/A-18 losses and a collision during the Truman's problem-plagued combat cruise.
F-22 Demonstrates First-Ever Control of General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger UCAV in Industry Demo
By Aviation Today: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Nov. 17 announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first […].
First Russian MiG-29 Claimed Destroyed in Ukraine — Questions Over Presence at Crimean Kacha Airfield
By The War Zone: There remain questions about what a MiG-29 was doing on the Crimean airfield of Kacha, which is not equipped for fighter operations. There remain questions about what the MiG-29 was doing on the Crimean airfield of Kacha, which is not equipped for fighter operations.
Pentagon Refines Zero Trust for Operational Technology as Air Force Treats Bases as Frontline Targets
By Breaking Defense: A zero trust end state is not redundancy or recovery but an infrastructure that never goes down in the first place.
US Air Force to Award 10-Year Pratt & Whitney Contract for C-17 F117 Engine Restoration by End of FY2027
By Aviation Today: The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s F117 […].
Indian Navy to get first Rafale M jets in 2029
By AeroTime: India expects its first four Rafale M carrier fighters by 2029 as part of a 26 aircraft deal with France, marking a major step in modernizing naval aviation.