Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jul- 2025 -

3 July

Paraguayan aircrew in front of four new A-29 Super Tucano aircraft

Paraguay Air Force Accepts Four Super Tucano Aircraft From Embraer

Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer has delivered four A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force under a contract signed in 2024.

3 July

US Marine launches Switchblade 300 drone during training

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Requests Budget for Infantry Brigade Kamikaze Drones

The US Army has submitted a $70-million budget request to acquire components for loitering munitions as part of its Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance program.

2 July

Giulia Bernacchi

Eurofighter Radar Mk1 Receives Subsystem Upgrade

Hensoldt and Indra have completed production of the first Eurofighter ECRS Mk1 radar units featuring new subsystems.

2 July

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Baker, an electronic warfare officer for the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, prepares a M67 grenade for a Skydio X10 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 25, 2025. Soldiers from 7th Army Training Command, the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine and 173rd Airborne Brigade all worked together to make this the first live grenade drop from a unmanned aircraft system in the U.S. Army for conventional forces. This drop of a live M67 grenade used a Skydio X10 and a U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-developed Audible dropper for the first time.. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Trials Autonomous Bombing With Small Drone in Germany

The US Army has tested an autonomous bombing operation using a small unmanned aerial system at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany.

2 July

Rojoef Manuel

Audit Flags Readiness Gaps in Japan’s P-1 Maritime Patrol Fleet

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force is grappling with the reduced operational availability of its Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft fleet, primarily due to persistent engine malfunctions.

1 July

Soldiers from the Air Defense Battalion at Evenes load a NASAMS launcher with an AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM missile during Exercise Silver Arrow at Nordmela

Mahir Zeynalov

The Silent Hunter: Ultimate Guide to the AMRAAM Missile

Welcome to the ultimate guide to the AMRAAM, a missile system that has dominated the skies for over three decades.

1 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Rafael Clinches $2.23-Billion Romanian V/SHORAD Defense Deal

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has won Romania's Very Short and Short Range Air Defense acquisition program.

1 July

The Cento hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Photo: MightyFly

Rojoef Manuel

San Francisco Startup Demos Cargo Drone for US Air Force

California-based MightyFly has conducted a live test of its logistics unmanned aerial system for the US Air Force’s AFWERX innovation arm.

1 July

A Royal Australian air force maintainer signals to an E-7 Wedgetail to stop after reaching its parking area after completing a scenario during Checkered Flag 24-1 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 1, 2023. Checkered Flag is a large-force aerial exercise held at Tyndall Air Force Base which fosters readiness and interoperability through the incorporation of 4th and 5th-generation aircraft during air-to-air combat training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Carter)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Terminates E-7 Wedgetail Early Warning Aircraft Program

The US Air Force has canceled its ongoing E-7 Wedgetail Sentry Airborne Early Warning and Control System program as part of the government’s defense budget rollout for fiscal 2026.

1 July