The 407,000-sq.-ft., $424 million facility is scheduled to begin construction at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, in fiscal 2026.

The proposed Long Range Reconnaissance program is expected to complete a portfolio of newly acquired small uncrewed aircraft systems.

Production of the synchropter is set to end after just 60 aircraft were manufactured.

Turkey’s Baykar has secured its 28th export customer for its Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed air system.

The Netherlands is looking to purchase additional payloads for its General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper.

“We expect approval in line with our joint strategic interest,” Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosoglu told reporters.

The European Defense Agency (EDA) has funded Airbus, Spanish company GMV, the German aerospace center DLR and German firm AES Technology.

The KAI KF-21 prototype reached Mach 1 for the first time since taking to the skies in July 2022.