FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK will send four RAF Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar and two Wildcat helicopters — equipped with anti‑drone missiles — to Cyprus, bolstering the UK’s defensive posture in West Asia while calling for negotiated talks with Iran.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has completed fuselage fabrication for the X-65, an experimental aircraft that replaces conventional control surfaces with embedded air-jet effectors using active flow control technology, with first flight planned for 2027.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: The 8.3-tonne AW249 Fenice — the clean-sheet attack helicopter being developed by Leonardo Helicopters for the Italian Army — is on track for qualification and first deliveries in 2027, the manufacturer says.
Aviation Today
• Frank Wolfe
By Aviation Today: The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat […].
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: A NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS flew its first mission in Finnish airspace alongside the Finnish Air Force, marking a new step in NATO integration.
defence-blog.com
• Dylan Malyasov
By defence-blog.com: Two Iranian drones crossed into Azerbaijani airspace and struck Nakhchivan International Airport, injuring two people and causing damage to civilian infrastructure, according to Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to share interceptor drones and expertise as the US and Gulf states explore ways to counter Iranian Shahed attacks.
Reuters
• Tom Balmforth
By Reuters: Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than three weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive winter air campaign, three sources said.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Reuters
