The U.S. Air Force has closed a system-level critical design review for the Boeing T-7A trainer and ground-based training system, the service announced on June 9. 

South Korea is moving toward a decision on whether to develop a version of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surion utility helicopter for the marine corps’ attack mission.

The aircraft that replaces the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system within 10 years could look and operate very differently than the 13-year-old, medium-altitude, long-endurance platform now in service. 

The U.S. Air Force’s acquisition chief on June 9 said the acquisition plan for the Next Generation Air Dominance program should be complete by the end of this summer.

A failure associated with the USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) forced the U.S. Navy to return the aircraft carrier to port, and a root cause investigation is ongoing.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) helicopter and a police drone flying in the same area collided in midair earlier this year, forcing the helicopter pilot to make a precautionary landing on a road.

The U.S. Air Force has extended initial operational testing on the Boeing KC-46A for at least three years.

Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a $350 million special mission aircraft contract with a “major European country.”