Economic Times • Manu Pubby

HAL signs $1.5B+ deal with GE for 113 F404‑IN20 engines including >80% technology transfer for Tejas

Economic Times reports: The complex agreement that promises over 80% transfer of technology is valued at over $1.5 billion. In August 2021, HAL inked a deal for 99 of the F 404-IN20 engines for the first batch of LCA Mk1as.

Also: India Defense News and swarajyamag.com
2025-11-07T15:24:33.166210-08:00

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Last Updated: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, 5:58 PM PST

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Supply Chain   Military Aircraft Procurement   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Policy & Regulation  
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Aviation Week • Brian Everstine

Defense Secretary Hegseth Proposes Acquisition Reforms to Speed Technology Delivery to Troops

By Aviation Week: In a major speech Nov. 7, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined reforms meant to streamline acquisitions and get new technology to troops quicker.

Also: SpaceNews.com and aia-aerospace.org
2025-11-07T13:40:33.816260-08:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Helicopter   Europe   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

Spain tests drone integration with H135 and NH90 helicopters

By FlightGlobal: Spanish armed forces have successfully tested integrating small drones with manned rotorcraft, including navy H135s paired with Airbus Flexrotor surveillance aircraft and army NH90s equipped with Spanish-made Q-SLAM-40 loitering munitions.

Also: Airbus
2025-11-07T09:28:09.293515-08:00
Supply Chain   Europe   Military Aircraft Procurement   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
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DefenseNews.com • Tom Kington

French Air Force point man says FCAS industry kerfuffle overblown, urges calm

By DefenseNews.com: “There are differences but don’t believe all you are reading,” said Brig. Gen. Phillipe Suhr, the French Air Force point man for the program.

2025-11-07T01:03:22.126237-08:00
Aircraft Carrier   China   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
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News.CN

China commissions Fujian, its first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults

By News.CN: ![](TdZFiWkRrzJxZ1gv.jpg) Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presents a People's Liberation Army (PLA) flag to the captain and political commissar of the Fujian at a naval port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, Nov.

Also: AeroTime, FlightGlobal, Wall Street Journal, DefenseNews.com, Air Data News, Reuters, Janes, Economic Times, India Defense News, The Independent, USNI News, Euronews and 30 more
2025-11-06T21:22:11.637495-08:00
Middle East   Europe   Military Aircraft Procurement   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
Breaking Defense • Tim Martin

Eurofighter CEO: Turkish order could outsize home‑nation commitments and spark further exports

By Breaking Defense: One major upside for the consortium, should the wave of additional contracts arrive, is that the volume of export aircraft on order would be greater than those signed by the Eurofighter home nations of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

2025-11-07T04:47:08.273095-08:00