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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, 10:53 PM PDT
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Reuters
• Johan Ahlander
Gripen fighter jet maker Saab raises sales forecast as profit grows on military spending boom
By Reuters: Swedish defence group Saab reported a marginally smaller-than-expected rise in third-quarter profit on Friday and raised sales guidance on the back of soaring military spending.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
VCs Assess How Airbus–Thales–Leonardo Merger Could Reshape Europe’s Defense, Supply Chains and Startup Exits
By Payload: Payload spoke with a handful of European venture capital firms to determine the impact of the merger between Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo.
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.
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.
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.
