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Aviation Week
• Matthew Fulco
U.S. and Kazakhstan Sign $1.1B Tungsten Development Deal to Diversify Supply Away from China
By Aviation Week: A U.S. and Kazakhstan aims to shore up the international supply of tungsten by decade's end, pulling away from China's dominance of the valuable resource.
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.
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.
HAL signs $1bn deal with GE Aerospace for 113 F404 engines to power Tejas Mk‑1A
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.
Air Data News
• JCC; Ricardo Meier
US and Egypt in talks over potential sale of up to 46 Boeing F‑15EX Eagle II fighters
By Air Data News: Egypt and the United States remain engaged in negotiations over a potential sale of up to 46 Boeing F-15EX Eagle II fighter aircraft, with discussions ongoing.
News.CN
China commissions Fujian, its first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults
By News.CN:  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.
DefenseNews.com
• Tom Kington
French Air Force point man says FCAS industry kerfuffle overblown, urges calm
By DefenseNews.com: “There are differences but don’t believe all you are reading,” said Brig. Gen. Phillipe Suhr, the French Air Force point man for the program.
