Dassault 2025 results: deliveries rise, backlog tops €46.6B on Rafale demand
Dassault Aviation’s 2025 results were lifted by higher Rafale and Falcon deliveries and a defense backlog that continues…
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Kuwaiti F/A-18 may have mistakenly shot down three USAF F-15Es: WSJ
Initial findings from the investigation into the loss of three US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles over Kuwait…
Iran drone wave leads to first UK F-35B shootdowns over Jordan
Royal Air Force F-35B jets have shot down Iranian-launched one-way attack drones over Jordan in what the UK described…
Iran’s dwindling aerial options: what remains of its air force?
When US forces struck the IRIS Shahid Bagheri, an Iranian drone carrier, in the opening hours of Operation…
French Rafale jets secures UAE skies as Paris boosts Cyprus defenses
French Rafale fighter jets deployed in the United Arab Emirates have carried out “air security” operations above French…
Thales 2025 results: defense and avionics lift sales to €22.1B
Thales reported full-year 2025 sales of €22.136 billion, up 8.8% organically, driven by sustained demand in defense, avionics,…
US tankers depart Spain after bases prohibited from being used for strikes against Iran
At least 15 US military aircraft have departed two American-operated bases in southern Spain after Spain said the facilities cannot be used to support attacks…
Qatar says its air force shot down two Iranian Su-24 tactical bombers
Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said its armed forces shot down two Iranian Sukhoi Su-24 tactical bombers, marking one of the…
Macron outlines expanded European role for France’s nuclear deterrence
Speaking from the Île Longue naval base in western France, the home port of the country’s nuclear-armed ballistic-missile…
Leonardo’s new $1.3B UK contract for military helicopters secures Yeovil future
Leonardo UK has landed a billion-dollar contract with the British government to build 23 new medium-lift helicopters (NMH)…
Zelenskyy: No request from Starmer for Ukraine experts to counter Iranian drones
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has not received a direct request after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly announced the…
Two drones aimed at UK bases in Cyprus destroyed; Greece to deploy F-16 jets
Two unmanned aircraft heading toward the UK’s sovereign base areas in Cyprus were intercepted on March 2, 2026,…
CENTCOM: Three US Air Force F-15Es downed over Kuwait in friendly fire
US Central Command said three US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle strike fighters flying in support of Operation…
UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus hit by drone strike, no casualties reported
The UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike shortly after midnight local…
US Air Force F-15E crashes in Kuwait, crew survives: video
A US Air Force F-15 fighter jet reportedly crashed in Kuwait on March 2, 2026, with online footage…
Afghanistan says it repelled Pakistan’s jets near Bagram air base
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities claimed on March 1, 2026, to have thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air…
Belgium, France use NH90 helicopters to board sanctioned ‘shadow fleet’ tanker
Belgian Special Operations Forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the North Sea overnight in an operation that…
Sweden says drone near carrier Charles de Gaulle launched from Russian spy ship
Sweden’s armed forces have said they have confirmed that a drone neutralized near the French aircraft carrier Charles…