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U.S. F-16 Pilot Who Led SEAD Mission Under Heavy Fire in Yemen Awarded With Silver Star

The Aviationist Blog - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 09:12
Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks earned the nation’s third-highest combat decoration for guiding his F-16 flight through a deadly barrage of surface-to-air missiles during a SEAD mission in Yemen. Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks, former commander of the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, was awared the Silver Star Medal for his actions during a mission in […]
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UAE : Ali al-Shamsi, the Emirati spymaster facing US ire

Intelligence Online - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:00
The United Arab Emirates and its covert operations have suffered a sudden reversal of fortunes. While their support for Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is well known, spymaster Ali al-Shamsi, who has been head of Abu Dhabi's intelligence service [...]
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France/Russia : From Stresa to Vienna, a Russian military intelligence spy's France mission revealed

Intelligence Online - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:00
On 22 September 2019, an officer from Russia's GRU military spy agency, Yuri Filippovich Akulov, 59, and his daughter Elizaveta, [...]
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Europe : Palantir, Chapsvision, Octostar: the battle for European intelligence platforms is go

Intelligence Online - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:00
According to our sources, Germany's BfV domestic intelligence service is looking to acquire a unified platform for processing big data. [...]
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China/Myanmar : Chinese spies and military moving into Myanmar's Rakhine State

Intelligence Online - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:00
The image is striking: China, the great mediator, facilitating the return of one of the world's most persecuted minorities, the [...]
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Taiwan : Taipei lagging behind Beijing in geospatial intelligence

Intelligence Online - Tue, 02/12/2025 - 06:00
Last week's launch by SpaceX of Taiwan's strategic optical observation satellite Formosat 8A (nicknamed "Zeppelin") illustrates the country's difficulties in [...]
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Boeing Contracted for Polish Order of 96 AH-64E Apache Helicopters

The Aviationist Blog - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 23:43
A foreign military sales contract has been awarded to Boeing for the supply of 96 AH-64E Apaches to Poland, which will make the European nation the largest non-U.S. operator of the type. Announced on Nov. 26, 2025, the contract will see the first helicopters delivered to Poland from 2028. The sale was approved in August […]
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Russia’s Geran-2 Attack Drone Is Now Carrying R-60 Air-to-Air Missiles

The Aviationist Blog - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 22:24
A Russian Geran-2 drone – shot down by a Sting anti-UAV loitering munition – was found equipped with an R-60 IR-guided air-to-air missile. Ukrainians brought down a Russian Shahed-type Geran-2 attack drone which was carrying an R-60 IR-guided AAM (Air-to-Air Missile) on a top-mounted rail launcher. The drone was shot down with a Ukrainian-made Sting […]
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Austria Finalizes M-346FA Acquisition

The Aviationist Blog - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 15:07
Austria acquired 12 Leonardo M-346FA aircraft in a deal worth €1.5 billion, with deliveries starting in 2028. The Austrian Ministry of Defense has finalized the acquisition of the Leonardo M-346FA aircraft. The development follows the Government-to-Government agreement with Italy signed in May 2025 and a Letter of Intent in December 2024. The Deal The acquisition […]
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France : LVMH: intelligence-gathering on French investigative news outlet revealed

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 14:00
The French luxury giant LVMH is clearly not done with intelligence fishing in murky waters. Business intelligence firms have in recent months [...]
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North Korea/Russia : Russian oil trade with North Korea soars in 2025

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
More than 1,350,000 barrels of Russian oil have already been imported by North Korea in the first 10 months of 2025 alone, according to information gathered by Intelligence Online. In 2024, Russia itself acknowledged through reports in its state-run media [...]
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China/France/United States : DIA and narcotrafficking, French prison intel, Beijing frets about VPN use, French intel academy prize

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
United States – DIA loses drug trafficking expertIntelligence veteran Barry Zulauf, a narcotrafficking and organised crime specialist, has left the [...]
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France/UAE : French court slams DGSE ex-Dubai station chief's 'brutal' management

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
The administrative court at Orleans outside Paris has recognised the link between the severe somatic and psychological disorders suffered by [...]
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Africa : Proforce arming Nigerian special forces with FPV drones

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
The Nigerian defence manufacturer Proforce, which supplies MRAP armoured vehicles to the Nigerian armed forces, as reported by our sister [...]
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Cyprus/Russia/United States : Cypriot firm linked to Russian arms deals seeks to evade US sanctions

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
The Cyprus-based company VFC Solutions Ltd which was blacklisted by the United States for its role in arms dealings with [...]
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United States : ‘Refuse illegal orders': Behind Democrats' appeal, early signs of an intelligence upheaval under Trump

Intelligence Online - Mon, 01/12/2025 - 06:00
In a video that went viral, several Democratic members of the US Congress issued an appeal to members of the [...]
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Boeing Awarded $2.47 Billion Contract for 15 More KC-46A Pegasus Tankers

The Aviationist Blog - Sun, 30/11/2025 - 21:40
The U.S. Air Force currently operates 96 KC-46A refuelers, which Boeing is also upgrading with new hardware and software. Boeing announced on Nov. 26, 2025, the award of a new contract, worth $2.47 billion, to build 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force, covering Production Lot 12. With the 98 KC-46As […]
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Meteor BVR Missile Tested for the First Time by Brazilian Gripen E

The Aviationist Blog - Sun, 30/11/2025 - 21:01
Two Meteor live-fire tests were conducted as part of the BVR-X Technical Exercise in the Natal region. The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira – FAB) announced a major milestone on Nov. 29, 2025, conducting its first Meteor BVRAAM (Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile) live fire from an F-39E (Brazilian designation for the Saab JAS39 […]
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Turkey’s Kizilelma UCAV Shoots Down Target Drone with Gökdoğan Air-to-Air Missile

The Aviationist Blog - Sun, 30/11/2025 - 19:36
With the live AAM test, the Kizilelma is now the first UCAV to launch a radar-guided air-to-air missile. Turkey’s Kizilelma UCAV ha conducted a live-fire test of the Gökdoğan BVR AAM (Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile), making it the first UCAV to demonstrate that capability, announced drone maker Baykar on Nov. 30, 2025.  The test […]
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Mission Complete: HMS Prince of Wales Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment

The Aviationist Blog - Sun, 30/11/2025 - 14:53
After a mammoth voyage travelling as far as Australia and Japan, HMS Prince of Wales and its carrier strike group have safely returned home to the UK. Their arrival home after eight months completes the Carrier Strike Group 25 (CSG 25) deployment, which was codenamed Operation Highmast. Across the 223 days since HMS Prince of […]
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