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Romania Scrambles Fighter Jets After Multiple Drones Breach Airspace Near Ukraine Border
By Reuters: Romanian and German NATO fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday near Romania's border with Ukraine to respond to a drone incursion that penetrated deeper than ever into Romanian airspace, in what Bucharest called a Russian provocation.
Baykar Kizilelma conducts simulated F-16 shoot-down in Turkish trials
By FlightGlobal: Baykar's Kizilelma unmanned combat aircraft has successfully conducted a simulated shoot-down of a Turkish air force F-16 fighter using a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile during trials east of Istanbul.
United Arab Emirates orders Embraer VIP jets for air force
By ch-aviation: The Tawazun Council for Defence Enablement, the United Arab Emirates' defence-industry regulator and procurement agency, has placed an order with Embraer...
US Air Force rehearses agile combat employment to operate from dispersed, cut-off bases against China
By DefenseNews.com: The Air Force's agile combat employment concept would prepare units to operate from dispersed, austere bases in a war against a major adversary like China.
UK Report Slams F-35 Programme Over Cost-Cutting and Standoff Munitions Shortfall
By The War Zone: A glaring lack of standoff air-to-ground munitions is just one of the issues identified in a critical U.K. government report. A glaring lack of standoff air-to-ground munitions is just one of the issues identified in a critical U.K.
US approves possible sale of Navy satellite communication terminals to UK, Pentagon says
By Reuters: The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Navy Multiband Terminals, a maritime military satellite communications system, and related equipment to the United Kingdom for an estimated cost of $200 million, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday.
Ukraine Signs for French Warplanes as U.S. Signals Potential F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia
By DefenseNews.com: Ukraine signs a deal for French warplanes, and the U.S. indicates it will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia. That and more on this edition of Defense Dollars.