AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
New York Times reporting alleges a U.S. "civilian plane" carried out a strike on a vessel off Venezuela in September 2025. This briefing consolidates what is publicly known about the incident, the aircraft description in the report, and which types of platforms could match that profile.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: The Indian government has approved the acquisition of six aerial refuelling aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) as part of a new defence procurement.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The DOD's use of military aircraft disguised as civilian planes raises concerns over legal and safety implications.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: Korea Aerospace Industries has completed flight testing of its KF-21 fighter two months ahead of schedule, with six prototypes accumulating 1,600 accident-free sorties since the programme's maiden flight in July 2022.
Aviation Week
koreatimes.co.kr
Reuters
• Kanishka Singh
By Reuters: The delegation will be led by Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons.
edrmagazine.eu
• Paolo Valpolini
By edrmagazine.eu:  Germany buys eight MQ-9B Seaguardian® RPA through NSPA San Diego – 12 January 2026 – Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have announced the procurement of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Remotely.
FlightGlobal
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The Swedish arms procurement agency, FMV, is purchasing 10 high-resolution radar and….
Via Satellite
defence-blog.com
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: The latest jet-powered version of the Geran long-range one-way attack drone is being studied for launch from Su-25 attack jets. The latest jet-powered version of the Geran long-range one-way attack drone is being studied for launch from Su-25 attack jets.
APAC Defence Reporter
• APDR Staff
Reuters
• David Brunnstrom, Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt
