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Last Updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 10:58 AM PDT
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Breaking Defense
• Breaking Defense Video
Why Qatar Wants a U.S. Air Force Facility — Implications for Training, Logistics and Procurement
By Breaking Defense: Breaking Defense's Agnes Helou walks you through the latest headlines from the region in this month's edition of the Middle East Defense Digest.
Reuters
• Ece Toksabay
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss proposed sale of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey with President Tayyip Erdogan
By Reuters: Turkey agreed to buy 20 new Eurofighter Typhoons from Britain for 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion) on Monday, deepening the NATO allies' ties and bolstering Turkish air defences, as Ankara said it was also seeking 24 more jets from Gulf states.
USNI News
• Sam LaGrone
F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Sea Hawk from USS Nimitz crash in South China Sea; crews rescued
By USNI News: An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News has learned.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
Limited Starlink bandwidth is hampering Ukraine’s frontline combat robots
By Space.com: The amount of bandwidth provided by SpaceX's Starlink satellites is limiting Ukraine's ability to operate ground robots on the frontline of the nation's war against Russia.
FlightGlobal
• Exclusive partner Honeywell
South Korea reviews purchase of 36 AH-64E Apaches; CH-47F emerges as sole bidder for special-ops helicopter
By FlightGlobal: Seoul is reviewing its planned acquisition of 36 additional Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, while the CH-47F Chinook has emerged as the only bidder for a separate special operations helicopter requirement.
Air Data News
• JCC; Ricardo Meier
Denmark to end training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots by late 2026
By Air Data News: Denmark will conclude its training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots by the end of 2026, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced at a press conference with his.
AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
France gives Ukraine more Mirage 2000 jets, Aster missiles
By AeroTime: French president Emmanuel Macron has pledged to provide additional Mirage 2000-F5 fighter jets and Aster surface to air missiles to Ukraine.