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According to a news report from the Nikkei, Japan, Britain and Italy are considering bringing Canada into their next-generation fighter jet program as an observer, a status that would give Ottawa access to confidential development data.
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Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) began distributing technical materials on Jan. 16 from its 2025 symposium, revealing significant progress on a missile development program that fundamentally changes how stand-off weapons operate. The Island Defense New Anti-Ship Guided Missile program will conduct a major flight test in fiscal year 2027 that demonstrates something unusual in missile warfare: two missiles working together, with one finding targets and the other destroying them.
Source: ALTA
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The U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated artificial intelligence-based autonomy on the BQM-177A aerial target in August at Point Mugu Sea Range, California, marking the first beyond-visual-range autonomy mission on a fast-moving platform. The test involved two aircraft operated by Shield AI’s Hivemind software under the Naval Air Systems Command’s Experimental Platform for Intelligent Combat project.
Photo: Shield AI
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South Korea has reportedly canceled development of a supersonic anti-ship missile intended for its indigenous KF-21 fighter jets, citing low probability of long-range naval combat with neighboring countries, despite growing maritime threats from North Korea and China’s advancing missile capabilities.
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The Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – Autonomy Flying Testbed (VENOM) program received its final F-16 Fighting Falcon on Apr. 1, completing the fleet that will be modified for autonomous aircraft testing.
U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.
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