Monday, October 27, 2025

World Defense News 27 Oct 2025. . .A recent air show featured the multirole KF-21 Boramae fighter jets manufactured by a South Korean firm that sold FA-50 aircraft to Manila

 

The South China Morning Post disclosed on October 27, 2025, that Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said it is in talks with the Philippines following the KF-21 Boramae’s flight demonstrations at Seoul ADEX 2025, where a Philippine delegation watched South Korea’s newest mult-irole fighter perform. 
The company highlighted Manila’s recent move to double its FA-50 fleet, signaling momentum for deeper industrial ties. 
  • The story positions KF-21 as a near-term export contender while recalling the Philippine Air Force’s reliance on Korean-made FA-50s for air policing, maritime patrol overwatch, and limited strike tasks. 
  • If pursued, KF-21 would add beyond-visual-range punch with Meteor-class missiles and grow into precision strike as Block 2 matures. 
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A KF-21 Boramae jet by Korea Aerospace Industries takes part in the Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition in Seongnam on October 19. Photo: Jeoffrey Maitem

KF-21 Boramae is a twin-engine 4.5-gen fighter with AESA/IRST, Meteor reach, and precision-strike weapons for high-end deterrence (Picture source: KAI).

A renewed Global Hawk patrol over international waters of the Black Sea marked a fresh round of U.S. long-endurance surveillance, according to flight-tracking reports that have monitored FORTE10’s profile since operations resumed in May. 

The RQ-4B departed and recovered at NAS Sigonella, a familiar hub for HALE missions, with OSINT trackers noting orbits aligned to previous boxes west of Crimea and along Romanian approaches, consistent with the pattern documented in spring and late summer reporting. 

The move fits the broader return of U.S. HALE coverage after an 11-month pause, complementing manned patrol aircraft and NATO command-and-control assets. Read more. 

The RQ-4B Global Hawk is a High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft that delivers persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) with 30+ hours endurance (Picture source: Northrop Grumman)
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Babcock and the New Zealand Defence Force say HMNZS Otago’s regeneration is underway at the company’s Devonport facility, where Babcock serves as Strategic Maritime Partner to the NZDF. The scope includes heavy maintenance on propulsion and power generation, plus modernisation of navigation, sensors, and control automation, with handback to NZDF targeted for early 2026.
 

The governmental institution Public Services and Procurement Canada, on August 26, 2025, announced that Ottawa had advanced the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project and named two qualified suppliers for up to twelve conventionally powered boats: Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with the Type 212CD and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean with the KSS III.
 

On 24 October 2025, Türkiye’s unmanned airpower took a substantive step toward electronic-warfare led air campaigns as announced by Baykar and further detailed by Aselsan, with fresh evidence that the Bayraktar Akinci is flying with a dedicated Electronic Support pod and an Electronic Attack pod. The pairing shifts a HALE-class UCAV from ISR and strike into emitter discovery, jamming and deception roles that traditionally depended on scarce crewed aircraft.
 

According to information published by Air & Space Forces Magazine, on October 21, 2025, Lockheed Martin is now building company-funded prototype aircraft and inserting sixth-generation technologies into the F-35 and F-22, a pivot CEO Jim Taiclet described as a “home-run” approach to independent R&D. The move follows the firm’s NGAD setback and arrives as the F-35 program pushes through the TR-3 computing refresh that underpins Block 4 upgrades.
 

According to reports from the Associated Press on October 27, 2025, the USS Gravely’s port call in Trinidad marks one of the most assertive U.S. Navy naval deployments in the southern Caribbean in recent years. Videos circulating on social media show the Arleigh Burke–class destroyer entering Port of Spain under tight security, only about 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometers) from Venezuelan waters. U.S.
 

Taiwan has assigned two Air Force officers to the United States to ride herd on the island’s first NASAMS deliveries, according to Taiwan News reporting on Oct. 25 local time. Their mandate covers contract execution, logistics, and spare parts, while a separate six-person delegation is on an eight-day swing to U.S. sites to review production, configuration management, missile sustainment, and training pipelines.
 

On October 27, 2025, ABC’s business coverage spotlighted a quiet shift in Europe’s arms market: European customers are turning to Australian counter-drone companies for gear they can field now, not later.
 

On 27th October 2025, Romania’s Ministry of National Defence announced that a new F-16 Fighting Falcon unit is operational for NATO air policing. The activation of the 48th Fighter Squadron at the 71st Air Base “General Emanoil Ionescu” in Câmpia Turzii, effective 20 October, strengthens defensive posture over the Black Sea region and along the Alliance’s eastern frontier.
 

MBDA announced on October 22, 2025, that the company and Korea Aerospace Industries signed a memorandum of understanding at Seoul ADEX to integrate the SPEAR precision air-to-surface missile on the KF-21 Boramae, expanding the fighter’s loadout beyond its already-proven Meteor beyond-visual-range missile.
 

On 24 October 2025, STM announced that its fixed-wing loitering munition ALPAGU has completed acceptance tests and formally entered Türkiye’s inventory, a milestone that crowns several years of national development and early export traction in 2023. The announcement frames ALPAGU as the latest addition to a maturing family of tactical UAVs conceived for high-precision effects at low logistical cost.
 

With the execution order signed in early October, Madrid has moved the Meteoro expansion from approval to construction planning. Design starts now, and production is expected to begin in the first half of 2027 at Puerto Real. Valued at €716 million and totaling approximately four million work hours, the program is structured to enhance availability for law enforcement missions, streamline decision-making cycles at sea, and sustain an average of 2,000 jobs per year through 2030. Read more.
 

Paris confirmed on 24 October 2025 that a Falcon 50M Triton from Flottille 25F is on Indo Pacific tasking for Mission Himantura, with a stop at Exercise Sama Sama hosted by the Philippines and the United States earlier this month and a follow-on detachment to Okinawa for ECC coordination of United Nations sanctions monitoring against North Korea.
 

On 22 October 2025, on company channels, Textron outlined a proposal positioning the AT-6 Wolverine as a multi-mission answer to proliferating drones and low-intensity air threats. As announced, the light-attack turboprop would assume counter-UAV, light air defense patrol, close air support and related roles by exploiting its modular weapons and sensor suite.
 

Castelion announced on October 24, 2025, the award of multiple U.S. Army and U.S. Navy contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon on operational platforms, with live fire demonstrations planned to prove capability and accelerate adoption of affordable long-range conventional deterrence.
 

A fresh statement on the Ukrainian Air Command West social media, posted Oct. 24, names the British-built Raven short-range air defense system as the launcher that has already destroyed four Russian missiles, three Kh-59s, one Kh-101 and 24 Russian strike and reconnaissance drones. The post quotes the Raven crew commander, identified as Artem, recounting a first intercept in November 2023 and rapid follow-on kills as the unit pushed the system beyond its original counter-drone role.
 

Istanbul, Türkiye, October 26, 2025 - Turkish-based Company FNSS has developed the PARS ALPHA, a new generation 8×8 armored fighting vehicle designed to operate in increasingly lethal, technology-driven combat environments. The company describes the vehicle as a response to lessons learned from recent conflicts, where conventional armored platforms have faced greater vulnerability from precision munitions, drones, and electronic warfare.
 

On 25 October 2025, Ukraine and the United Kingdom confirmed a new phase of cooperation with an agreement between the two countries’ ministries of defense to jointly produce thousands of Octopus-100 interceptor drones, as announced by Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, with manufacturing to take place in the UK under the “Build with Ukraine” program.
 
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