Having identified a solution to issues that have so far prevented the successful airborne recovery of an unmanned aircraft under DARPA’s Gremlins program, Dynetics plans to resume flight tests in the fall.

Russia’s United Engine Corp. plans to complete a demonstrator of its first hybrid-electric powerplant by 2023, says Mikhail Shemet, deputy director of the PDV future helicopter engine program at Klimov.

The French Navy has ordered an additional two commercial model H160 twin-engine medium helicopters from Airbus to support the search-and-rescue mission.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inducted the JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft into its fleet as part of an ongoing modernization.

Airbus and the Republic of Singapore Air Force say they have completed development of an automated aerial refueling capability for the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport.

Pratt & Whitney plans to open a new engine airfoil facility in North Carolina in the second half of 2022 to support the ramp-up in global F135 production, but facility construction was delayed for six months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adversary air operator Top Aces says it has achieved FAA certification of its new fleet of F-16s.

Japan’s Subaru Corp. has begun deliveries of locally assembled Bell 412EPX helicopters, handing over the first unit to the Japan National Police Agency.