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Reuters

Germany to approve $3.47bn defence package including 20 Airbus light combat helicopters — Bloomberg

Reuters reports: Germany is set to approve defence equipment purchases worth more than $3.47 billion, including 20 light combat helicopters from Airbus SE , Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a government document.

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Aviacionline • Gastón Dubois

Angola receives two Airbus C295 MSA aircraft, becoming Africa’s first operator of the maritime surveillance version

By Aviacionline: Angola receives two Airbus C295 MSA aircraft, becoming Africa’s first operator of the maritime surveillance version The C295 continues its African success story with 54 aircraft ordered by 11 nations, including Angola’s new MSA version.

Also: Air Data News
2025-11-07T11:34:35.854149-08:00
Supply Chain   Military Aircraft Procurement   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Policy & Regulation  
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Air & Space Forces Mag • Chris Gordon

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Pentagon 'Fundamentally Reshaping' Weapons Acquisitions & Testing

By Air & Space Forces Mag: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised reforms to the way U.S. buys weapons, overhauling requirements, the acquisition process, and testing.

Also: SpaceNews.com and aia-aerospace.org
2025-11-07T15:44:33.962966-08:00
Economic Times • Manu Pubby

HAL signs $1.5B+ deal with GE for 113 F404‑IN20 engines including >80% technology transfer for Tejas

By Economic Times: The complex agreement that promises over 80% transfer of technology is valued at over $1.5 billion. In August 2021, HAL inked a deal for 99 of the F 404-IN20 engines for the first batch of LCA Mk1as.

2025-11-07T15:24:33.166210-08:00
Aircraft Carrier   China   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
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News.CN

China commissions Fujian, its first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults

By News.CN: ![](TdZFiWkRrzJxZ1gv.jpg) Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presents a People's Liberation Army (PLA) flag to the captain and political commissar of the Fujian at a naval port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, Nov.

Also: AeroTime, FlightGlobal, Wall Street Journal, DefenseNews.com, Air Data News, Reuters, Janes, Euronews, The Guardian, Economic Times, India Defense News, The Independent and 38 more
2025-11-06T21:22:11.637495-08:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Helicopter   Europe   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

Spain tests drone integration with H135 and NH90 helicopters

By FlightGlobal: Spanish armed forces have successfully tested integrating small drones with manned rotorcraft, including navy H135s paired with Airbus Flexrotor surveillance aircraft and army NH90s equipped with Spanish-made Q-SLAM-40 loitering munitions.

Also: Airbus and jetlinemarvel.net
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