A ride in a French Air Force Rafale B didn’t go as planned when an overstressed, back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from the two-seat fighter, and the aircraft was saved only because of a previously undetected flaw that prevented the pilot’s ejection, a new French military report said.

Boeing Global Services has demonstrated an autonomous cargo delivery system to the U.S. Army, the company said on April 8. 

Technology that enabled a manned helicopter to be converted into an autonomous cargo resupply vehicle has been scaled down and tested in a small unmanned logistics aircraft.

Japan’s Next Generation Fighter acquisition program is the focus of a new informal channel set up by a Washington think tank for Japanese, U.S., British and Australian officials to discuss requirements and expectations. 

The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales has committed to providing $106 million in accelerated payments to suppliers, up from $53 million it promised March 27.

Boeing has installed valves on seven KC-46A Pegasus aircraft plugging the leaky fuel system the U.S. Air Force has deemed a major deficiency.

The first proposed guidelines to ensure the safety of machine-learning systems in aircraft has resulted from a joint study by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) startup Deadalean.

Subaru will set up a unit to develop technology for Japan’s Next Generation Fighter, anticipating a role in a program for which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is the presumptive prime contractor.