The British Royal Navy Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft took off from Thiruvananthapuram airport for Darwin, Australia, to presumably join the HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group (CSG) on deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, after a forced, 37-day monsoon vacation in Kerala.
Joining the Eastern Naval Command as a Diving Support Vessel, INS Nistar represents a rare capability for ‘complex deep sea saturation diving and rescue operations,’ according to the Indian Navy, something that very few navies possess. Nistar is one of two Diving Support Vessels (DSVs) ordered from Hindustan Shipyard Limited in 2018, with the second named Nipun. Both DSVs were launched in September 2022.
A blurry, 14-second video published online by the Israeli company, which has now been deleted from the company’s social media channels, showed a Rafael Spike Firefly drone hovering behind a person before he evidently senses danger and runs into a building. The drone chases the person and explodes.
Offering the latest look at the form of the future next generation fighter, the model of the flying demonstrator for the next generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) combat aircraft was published on Thursday, with the demonstrator expected to be ready for flight by the end of 2027, becoming the first such aircraft developed in the UK in the last 40 years.
The Akash Prime Weapon System has been developed by Army Air Defence and the Defence Research and development Organisation (DRDO) ‘in conjunction with Defence PSUs (Public Sector Units) such as Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited.’
The U.S. State Department said ‘TRF, a Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) front and proxy, claimed responsibility for the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam attack which killed 26 civilians. This was the deadliest attack on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks conducted by LeT. TRF has also claimed responsibility for several attacks against Indian security forces, including most recently in 2024.’
Three seconds after liftoff, both Fuel Control Switches ‘transition from RUN to Cutoff.’ ‘In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so,’ according to the Preliminary Report of India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau on Air India Boeing 787-8 crash at Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. These are the Timeline and Notes compiled from the report.
Italy’s Leonardo, British BAE Systems and the Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd. have set up Edgewing for the design and development of their next generation combat aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
Airbus Helicopters and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency will pair a H225M medium lift helicopter with the Flexrotor UAS via its crewed-uncrewed teaming system called HTeaming, integrated on board the helicopter, to allow its crew to take full control of the drone.
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have successfully demonstrated Manned Unmanned Teaming of two MQ-28 Ghost Bat drones with an E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft, with plans for future teaming with the F/A-18 and F-35 fighters.
Thales plans to install its AirMaster S radar on the Skydweller solar-powered, carbon-fibre, autonomous, Medium-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (MAPS) aircraft that has a payload capacity of 400 kilograms and endurance that could extend to months.
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are equal partners in LBA Systems, with Baykar to focus on design and development of advanced unmanned platforms and Leonardo to provide electronic systems, payloads, and implement Manned-Unmanned Teaming and swarming capabilities.
Sweden’s Saab has partnered with General Atomics to build a new Airborne Early Warning drone based on Saab’s AEW solutions, integrated on the General Atomics MQ-9B UCAV, intended to operate from naval warships in a manned-unmanned teaming configuration.
With plans to order three aircraft, Lithuania will become Embraer’s tenth customer for the C-390 airlifter and the seventh NATO country to select the aircraft.
France’s Thales has launched a lightweight, remotely controlled electronic warfare payload for deployment by small drones to detect and locate radio signals, capable of being operated without any specialised training.
