Turkiye-Qatar Talks for Eurofighter T3A on a Good Track
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan stated that Turkiye and Qatar have reached a mutual understanding on the transfer of Eurofighter Tranche 3A.
second-hand News
Air
Bilateral Relations
Air
Airbus backs Türkiye’s any kind of Eurofighter deal
Airbus Türkiye representative Simon Ward told TurDef that the company would fully support any Eurofighter fighter jet purchase from the UK, Qatar or Oman.
Air
Malaysia Finalses Second-Hand F/A-18 Hornet Deal
The Malaysian Mod is expected to finalise the purchase of 30 ex-Kuwaiti F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter planes, which would serve as interim multi-role fighters.
Land
India Considers Selling Its T-72 MBTs
In an effort to phase out the ageing Russian-made T-72 MBTs profitably, India plans to sell the tanks to be retired.
Bilateral Relations
Air
U.S. Approves; Norway Sells F-16 fighters to Romania
Following U.S. approval, Norway sold 32 F-16 to Romania. Romanian will have 49 fighter in total. Norway's Premier Store ruled out cancelling the deal.
Air
Turkey may Acquire second-hand F-16 Block 10 from Denmark
According to Danish Radio, Danish Defence intends to sell 16 to 24 of its 43 F-16 fighter jets before the arrival of its complete force of F-35s in 2025.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
