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Last Updated: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 6:12 AM PDT
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Europe
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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.
Air & Space Forces Mag
• John Tirpak
US House Panel Says Government Shutdown Delayed AIM-260A JATM Missile by Three Months
By Air & Space Forces Mag: The House Armed Services Committee says the AIM-260A JATM missile is delayed three months because of the government shutdown.
Wall Street Journal
• Shelby Holliday
Pentagon Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Caribbean in Escalation of Anti-Drug and Regional Pressure Campaign
By Wall Street Journal: The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.
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Air & Space Forces Mag,
The Hill,
Axios,
Air Data News,
The Aviationist,
Aviation Week,
AirForceTimes,
Sky News,
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North America
Military Aircraft Procurement
Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons
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Reuters
• Mike Stone
US military takes steps to adapt new hypersonic weapons to mobile launchers
By Reuters: Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward allowing the military to place the powerful and nearly unstoppable weapons around the world.
Also:
Defense Daily and
defence-industry.eu
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
Satellite images appear to show damage to the White House East Wing
By Ars Technica: “Now it looks like the White House is physically being destroyed.”….
Reuters
• Kantaro Komiya
Japan scrambles jets after nuclear-capable Russian bombers fly nearby
By Reuters: Japan said it scrambled jets on Friday to monitor Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which had flown along the edge of Japanese airspace up its coast.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Rheinmetall–Iceye JV Nears Major Bundeswehr Order for Radar Satellites
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The joint venture of Germany’s diversified defense hardware provider Rheinmetall AG and….
