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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, 9:03 PM PDT
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FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
66 F‑16 Block 70 fighters for Taiwan delayed into 2027, raising readiness concerns
By FlightGlobal: Deliveries of 66 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighters for Taiwan have been delayed again, with the aircraft now unlikely to arrive before late 2026 and possibly extending into 2027.
Associated Press
• Associated Press
US military flew supersonic B-1 bombers up to the coast of Venezuela
By Associated Press: The U.S. military has flown a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela. Thursday's flights come a little over a week after another group of American bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.
DefenseNews.com
• Michael Peck
Greenland radars vulnerable to hypersonic missiles, critics warn
By DefenseNews.com: The early warning radars on Greenland are key to defending the U.S. against nuclear attack, but they're vulnerable to hypersonic missiles, critics warn.
Reuters
• Shivangi Lahiri
Lockheed Martin takes option on up to 15 tonnes of scandium from Australia’s Syerston project over five years
By Reuters: Australia's Sunrise Energy Metals said on Friday it has granted U.S. defence contractor Lockheed Martin an option to purchase up to 15 tonnes of scandium oxide produced over five years from its onshore Syerston Scandium Project.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Russian military jets briefly enter Lithuanian airspace, MoD says — follows similar breach over Estonia
By AeroTime: Lithuania’s MoD says Russian military aircraft briefly entered its airspace, days after NATO condemned a similar September breach over Estonia.
The War Zone
• Tyler Rogoway
AFSOC OA-1K Light-Attack Aircraft Makes Crash Landing Near Will Rogers International Airport
By The War Zone: Air Force Special Operations Command's new OA-1K light attack plane made a crash landing in a field not far from Will Rogers International Airport today.
DefenseNews.com
• Stephen Losey
US Air Force to lease base land for private AI data centers
By DefenseNews.com: Thousands of acres — mostly at Edwards Air Force Base in California — could be leased to private firms to build data centers for AI.
