An American A-10 has returned from deployment in the Middle East bearing two Shahed-type drone kill markings, suggesting that the aircraft has been directly involved in counter-UAS combat during recent operations under US Central Command.

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A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft has conducted a patrol circling the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

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The British Army’s Watchkeeper uncrewed air system is now expected to remain in service until March 2027, with retirement originally planned to start in March this year.

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The event brought together fifth-generation F-22 Raptors and F-35A Lightning IIs alongside legacy aircraft such as the F-15C Eagle, F-15EX Eagle II, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon.

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Parliament will today host the first-ever UK display of an Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drone, the weapon Russia has used extensively against Ukraine.

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NATO has opened a new Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Bodø, Norway, enhancing coordination of air operations across the Arctic and northern Europe.

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Royal Air Force aircraft and personnel played a central role in Exercise Bersama Lima 2025, the annual Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise involving Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

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Poland’s Ministry of National Defence has conducted the first successful European live-fire test of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), developed by Northrop Grumman, during the Iron Defender exercise in Ustka.

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Lockheed Martin has unveiled an uncrewed version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, known as the S-70UAS U-Hawk.

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Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has introduced its Nomad family of vertical take-off and landing uncrewed aerial systems designed for long-endurance, runway-independent missions across land and sea.

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