As Peru seeks new fighter jets, global firms jockey for position
American, South Korean, French and Swedish plane-makers all appear to be courting Lima, while political instability complicates matters further.
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DefenseTech Brief | April 21, 2025
This week’s DefenseTech Brief captures a defense landscape in flux—driven by urgent needs for missile defense, advanced autonomy, and sovereign production capabilities. Across domains and continents, governments and industries are accelerating the inte…
Lockheed Martin agrees to integrate augmented reality on T-50 aircraft
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced that the augmented reality system will integrate into the T-50 platform. According to a press release, Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries and Red 6 have begun developing engi…
Polish FA-50GF fighter jet makes its debut
The first of the Polish Air Force’s new fighter jets, FA-50GF, was unveiled to the public in a rollout ceremony Wednesday in Sacheon, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul. The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) held a roll-out ceremony for the first FA-50G…
South Korea’s new fighter jet takes major step forward
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that indigenous Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar has been installed and tested on the new KF-21 Boramae fighter jet. The arms procurement agency said Satur…
Philippine Air Force selects its future advance trainer aircraft to replace SIAI Marchetti S.211 jet trainers
Back in October 2014, MaxDefense Philippines wrote a blog entry asking if it was already time for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to replace its dear SIAI Marchetti AS.211 Warrior advanced jet trainers.”Is it Time to Replace the Philippine Air For…