The U.S. Department of State has told Americans across the Middle East to prepare to depart, citing flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures and travel disruption at hubs including Dubai (DXB), Doha (DOH) and Tel Aviv (TLV).
Defense
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California on Friday after the pilot ejected moments before impact.
A former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) captain has been sentenced to 21 months and two weeks in jail after cheating five colleagues out of more than S$86,000 while exploiting his position of authority to normalize vaping within a military workplace.
Russia launched one of its largest combined missile and drone attacks in recent months, striking cities across Ukraine overnight and forcing neighboring Poland to activate fighter aircraft after a Russian cruise missile reportedly entered its airspace.
Singapore has reportedly begun exploring the future of sixth-generation combat aviation by holding early discussions about the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a multinational initiative led by the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy.
Poland’s first Italy-built F-35A completes its maiden flight as deliveries continue under the country’s 32-jet program.
The US Air Force expects its next-generation adaptive fighter engine to be ready for aircraft integration by around 2030, marking a major milestone in the service’s effort to modernize military propulsion systems.
The US Air Force expects the F-35 Engine Core Upgrade to reach its critical design review in August, a senior service propulsion official said on July 27.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is preparing for the next phase of its KF-21 Boramae fighter program as South Korea moves closer to inducting the domestically developed combat aircraft into operational service.
Japan has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) Komaki South Plant in Aichi Prefecture as the national assembly site for its Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation fighter, marking another major milestone in the trilateral defense project with the United Kingdom and Italy.