Aerovel has conducted reliability testing of its Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing Group 2 unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Special Operations Command.

The ongoing AoA will seek to identify gaps in capabilities that will be required in the 2030s, as compared to current technology. 

Top Aces has begun the process of transferring former Israeli F-16s back to the U.S. to provide adversary air services for the U.S. Air Force.

Tactical air services provider Draken has established a Europe-based business following its takeover of Cobham Aviation Services last September.

Annual revenue reported by the Aeronautics Systems division in 2020 was higher, and, notably, included what Northrop’s filing described only as a “$444 million sale of equipment to a restricted customer.” 

Germany is restarting its heavy transport helicopter program and looking to solicit bids for competing platforms through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales process.

Greece’s recent order for 18 Dassault Rafale fighters will comprise a mix of six new single and two seaters, while France’s order for 12 new Rafales—replacements for the secondhand ones it is selling to Greece—is imminent.

Boeing blamed the latest quarterly charge on “production inefficiencies, including impacts of COVID-19 disruption.”