The Boeing 747 donated by the government of Qatar to serve as a future Air Force One for President Trump has begun flight testing, the U.S. Air Force confirms.

The U.S. Navy is gearing up for the first procurement of dual-band decoys for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs to boost the fighter’s self-protection capability.

The U.S. Air Force kicked off testing for the Anduril YFQ-44A prototypes assigned to the Experimental Operations Unit to help learn tactics and procedures for a new class of Collaborative Combat Aircraft now in development.

Joby Aviation has begun transition testing with the S4-T hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft derivative of its S4 piloted tiltprop eVTOL.

The U.S. Army is looking at ways to do its own aerial refueling and get more training for its special operations helicopter crews, as it works to bring on modified MV-75 Cheyenne IIs for them.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Bell on April 15 rolled out a new model of its MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotor the same day the aircraft got its name, showing the design has evolved and is largely set as manufacturing begins.

The UK’s Military Flying Training System wants to further grow its Beechcraft T-6 Texan II fleet because of shortfalls in availability, ministers have revealed.