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Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 4:53 AM PDT
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Aviation Week
• Robert Wall
Pilatus Pursues F-35-Focused PC-21 Training System Upgrade
By Aviation Week: Pilatus says it has struck an agreement with Lockheed Martin to pursue an F-35 focused upgrade to the training system built around its PC-21.
aviation-defence-universe.com
Technology Transfer Project Between Lockheed Martin and Pilatus for PC-21
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
Belgium’s first MQ-9B SkyGuardian advances flight tests
By FlightGlobal: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has completed the first flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian for European customer Belgium.
The Aviationist
• Kai Greet
Two Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France Display Team Collide During Rehearsal Flight
By The Aviationist: An incident involving two jets belonging to the French Air Force’s aerobatic display team took place during training in Eastern France. Reports say three.
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Alert 5,
Scramble,
Air Data News,
Aviation24,
India Defense News,
The Independent,
Sky News
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Reuters
• Kirsty Needham
Australia air force pilots also heard Chinese navy live-fire warning on radio
By Reuters: The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), monitoring a Chinese navy warship as it circumnavigated Australia last month, heard it warn it would use live fire in its exercises on a civilian radio broadcast, defence pilots said on Tuesday.
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South China Morning Post
Naval News
• Carter Johnston
Aegis Combat System Demonstrates System's Capability to Counter Hypersonic Threats
By Naval News: Using a new variant of the RIM-174 Standard Missile 6, the U.S. Navy successfully shot down a threat representative Hypersonic Target Vehicle (HTV-1) off the southern end of Hawaii.
defenceconnect.com.au
Lockheed Martin demonstrates Aegis hypersonic defence capability
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Defense Daily
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Aviation Week
• Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Overhauls Pilot Training Again To Increase Pace
By Aviation Week: The service is sending students to pilot-training schools before they fly on Air Force trainers in a bid to address the lingering pilot shortage.
Aviation Week
• Tony Osborne
Denmark Plans To Join Netherlands-Led NATO Tanker Force
By Aviation Week: The next country to join NATO’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit could be Denmark.
