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Last Updated: Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, 8:44 PM PST
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FlightGlobal
• Exclusive partner Honeywell
Turkey’s Baykar claims first UCAV beyond-visual-range missile kill
By FlightGlobal: Turkish manufacturer Baykar claims its Kizilelma unmanned combat aircraft has achieved an aviation first by successfully engaging a target drone with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile.
Reuters
• Yimou Lee
Taiwan airline Apex Aviation seeks role in 'whole of society' defence with surveillance flights to counter China
By Reuters: Flying over the blue waters off Taiwan's east coast, a light aircraft equipped with a powerful U.S.-made radar slung under its belly tracks Chinese warships, collecting data its operator is keen to provide to Taipei's security forces.
Reuters
• Andrius Sytas
Lithuania to reopen Belarus border after balloon incidents
By Reuters: Lithuania will reopen its border crossings with Belarus, ending a closure imposed in response to airspace disruptions by smugglers' balloons, the Baltic republic said on Wednesday.
euro-sd.com
• Peter Felstead
U.S. FMS Order for AH-64E Apaches Will Make Poland the Largest International Apache Operator
By euro-sd.com: Boeing has received an FMS order from the US Army for AH-64E helicopters that will see Poland become the biggest international Apache operator.
Reuters
• Alexander Tanas
Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat
By Reuters: Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that Russian drones had entered the country's airspace, posing a threat to aviation, in the third such incident in nine days.
Aviation Week
• Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Wins L-SAM Production Contract, Reveals Radar Tests
By Aviation Week: Hanwha Aerospace has been awarded a contract to produce the L-SAM system, which will form the outermost layer of South Korea's air and missile defense network.
ch-aviation
• CH-Aviation Staff
Lufthansa vows support to Bundeswehr in any future crisis
By ch-aviation: Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) CEO Jens Ritter said the airline would be ready to support the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in a crisis, stating: "We are prepared to...