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Air-launched hypersonic weapons in both glide and powered forms are back in favor.

AeroVironment’s Wildcat has transitioned to wing-borne forward flight under a DARPA program.

Sweden is mulling the transfer of its civilian search and rescue helicopter capabilities to another government department.

Korea Aerospace Industries has signed a contract with South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration for 20 KF-21 Block 1 fighter aircraft.

MightyFly has demonstrated autonomous flight, loading and unloading as well as load balancing during a demonstration of its Cento uncrewed logistics aircraft.

Switzerland has begun negotiations with the U.S. over a potential $1.3 billion increase in the price of the country’s new fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35s.

Diehl and Sener have struck an agreement to work together on projects such as remote carriers and hypersonic weapons technologies.