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Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 5:28 AM PST
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Air Data News
• JCC; Ricardo Meier
Colombia nears deal for Saab Gripen E fighters after contract revisions
By Air Data News: Colombia’s Defense Minister, Pedro Sánchez, stated that the contract for the acquisition of Saab Gripen E fighters should be signed still in.
Reuters
Exclusive: U.S. to establish military presence at Damascus airbase to support Syria–Israel security pact
By Reuters: The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
DefenseNews.com
• Tom Kington
GCAP designers push to preserve weapons and unmanned‑drone integration options in UK–Japan–Italy programme
By DefenseNews.com: Integrating a variety of collaborative combat aircraft and optimizing munitions costs are key objectives in the UK-Japanase-Italy program.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
Singapore to upgrade UAV fleet: Hermes 450 replaced by Hermes 900
By FlightGlobal: Singapore will upgrade its unmanned surveillance capability by replacing its Elbit Systems Hermes 450 fleet with the larger, more capable Hermes 900 variant following comprehensive evaluations.
DefenseNews.com
• Joe Gould; Stephen Losey
As COVID grinds on, defense sector braces for inflation hit
By DefenseNews.com: Inflation problems are the latest headache, following supply chain disruptions and employees out due to COVID, that defense firms must contend with.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
US slams 'discriminatory' draft EU space law as imperiling NATO cooperation
By Breaking Defense: The State Department's damning critique argues that, if enacted, the draft law would imperil cooperation on "space weather, remote sensing, space exploration, spaceflight safety, space debris mitigation and remediation, [and] communications.".
The Aviationist
• Stefano D'Urso
U.S. Air Force B-52H Spotted Carrying Suspected AGM-181 LRSO-Like Payload During Flight Test
By The Aviationist: A B-52 with test markings was spotted carrying a mysterious payload that resembles the rendering of the AGM-181 LRSO. A U.S. Air Force B-52H.
