Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Mar- 2025 -

12 March

US B-52 Strategic Bombers Conduct First-Ever Live Weapons Drop in Sweden

Two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers completed their first-ever live weapons drop over Swedish airspace during a military exercise.

12 March

Joe Saballa

Canada to Buy Military Choppers to Respond to Potential F-35 Crashes in Arctic

The Canadian military announced plans to acquire new helicopters to respond to potential crashes involving the F-35 fighter jets in the Arctic.

11 March

Lockheed Martin is flying a CMMT that deploys from airlifters to put affordable mass on target.

Christine Casimiro

Lockheed Unveils Low-Cost, Modular, Mass-Producible Cruise Missiles

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new type of modular and mass-producible air vehicle shaped like a cruise missile: the Common Multi-Mission Truck (CMMT).

11 March

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. and OMNIPOL a.s. have successfully completed the delivery of six more L-39 Skyfox aircraft to the Vietnamese Air Force.

Christine Casimiro

Vietnam Receives Final Czech-Made L-39 Skyfox Military Aircraft

Czech manufacturers Aero Vodochody and Omnipol have completed delivery of the final batch of trainer and light combat aircraft to Vietnam.

11 March

Giulia Bernacchi

TEKEVER, US Special Operations Command Test AR3 Drone Capabilities

TEKEVER has carried out an operational exercise with its AR3 UAS in collaboration with the US Special Operations Command.

11 March

Giulia Bernacchi

Denmark Buys Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missiles Under $306M Deal

Denmark has acquired Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and related equipment under a contract valued at $306 million.

11 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Northrop, USAF Complete Static Fire Test of Sentinel ICBM Motor

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile stage-one solid rocket motor.

10 March