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Last Updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 4:41 PM PDT
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The Aviationist
• Kai Greet
UK and Turkey sign £38bn deal for 20 Eurofighter Typhoons during Starmer visit to Ankara
By The Aviationist: The agreement was signed as the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, visited Ankara and met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while touring.
FlightGlobal
Turkey orders 20 Eurofighter Typhoons in £5.4bn deal
Aviation Week
• Tony Osborne
Airbus and AED Cluster Team Up to Lead Eurofighter Bid for Portugal
By Aviation Week: Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Gogo to Supply Multi-Orbit Airborne Satcom to a US Agency
By Via Satellite: SD Government (SDG), part of Gogo, has won a new contract to deliver multi-band, multi-orbit airborne global satellite communications to a U.S. government agency.
Corporate Jet Investor
Gogo’s SD Government wins $3 billion US government satellite‑communications contract
businessjetinteriorsinternational.com
Gogo SD Government wins five-year US government contract to deliver multi-band, multi-orbit airborne satcom
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.
Breaking Defense
Turkey signs $10.7bn deal with UK for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets
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.
