Multi-Mission Aircraft

The potential Foreign Military Sale to the “major non-NATO ally” has entered the Congressional notification process, the State Department added.

Kazakhstan, which placed its order in 2021, is the second export customer of the Airbus A400M, after Malaysia, and the ninth country to purchase the airlifter.

The U.S. Air Force wants to modify 326 of its Boeing C/KC-135 aircraft to have commercial access to both secure and nonsecure satellite communications.

The U.S. Navy has begun modifications to its P-8 sub-hunting fleet with delivery of the first aircraft to Boeing for the Increment 3 Block 2 update.

USAF plans to complete certification of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on its newest tanker, in spite of the fleet having been retired from “official” service.

The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry for multiple categories of propulsion to power future tankers.

The new Contested Logistics System-300 Nautical Miles (CLS-300) will enter propulsion tests before June and flight tests by the end of 2024, the company said.

The long-expected contract award will extend MQ-9B operations to deep within the Arctic Circle.

The future seems bright for Embraer’s C-390 assembly line surrounded by sugar cane fields in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced the Embraer C-390 as the winner of the Large Transport Aircraft-II contract on Dec. 4.

Japan has grounded its fleet of six MV-22s in response to the crash and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the U.S. military should take the same action.

As part of DARPA's Sprint program, Bell is continuing development on a design concept known as Sea-based Logistics Unmanned Rearm/Refuel Platform.

The first KC-390 Millennium of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) has entered into service with 506 Squadron located at Beja Air Base.

Airbus has taken a further step toward the development of autonomous refueling of aircraft by flying a formation of adapted target drones close to a tanker

The Boeing MQ-25 will not enter production until after development testing can begin on the first production-representative aircraft.

Airbus has begun de-risking work to develop a second-generation Multi-Role Tanker Transport version based on its A330neo.

The award by the innovation arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory supports testing of the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System and a hydrogen fuel cell.

The Nov. 15 test served two purposes—as a carrier-proving flight for the Mojave and as a demonstration of the largest crewless aircraft on a Royal Navy ship.

Kratos briefings since 2018 have included references to a secret internal program named Thanatos, but the company had never before shown the concept.

Finland’s Patria aerostructures company and U.S. support firm United Aero Group have teamed to provide refurbished UH-60 Black Hawks for the European market.

The settlement includes a $1.539 million payment to whistleblowers who sued Boeing on behalf of the U.S. Defense Department for allegedly making false claims.

The Marines awarded a contract to a Malloy-Survice Engineering team in April to deliver 189 Tactical Resupply UAS.

The first uncrewed aircraft system to operate from an aircraft carrier is two years behind schedule due to design, production and supplier management problems.

Paramount is seeking additional production capacity for its Mwari multimission aircraft.

Austria has become the latest European nation to adopt Embraer’s C-390, choosing the airlifter over Lockheed Martin’s C-130J.