A decision point is set for 2025 on how to replace the MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator, a subfleet of the MH-60M and MH-60L troop transports operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

First Sea Lord Adm. Tony Radakin told the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference on May 19 that he was challenging the Navy to “create an air wing for each carrier” and “accelerate the transition to a hybrid manned/unmanned airwing.” 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has completed the first flight of a modernized version of its SH-60 antisubmarine- warfare helicopter.

Defense ministers from the European Future Combat Air System-developing nations say they have reached an agreement on the next steps for the program.

Between 2011 and 2017, more than a dozen U.S. Air Force F-35 pilots reported experiencing oxygen deprivation symptoms. NASA has discovered new information that may help solve the mystery behind these physiological episodes and wants to study the issue more deeply. But the F-35 Joint Program Office is disputing the findings.

The Australian Army has received its first of three Leonardo AW139 helicopters under its Army Interim Commercial Helicopter Capability.

The NATO requirements appear to emphasize the higher performance and low cost of ownership, with the proposed prices similar to that of the standard troop-transport NH90.

F-35 Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Eric Fick has confirmed that the stealthy fighter’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) replacement will not be delivered in 2022 and he anticipates having an updated program schedule in the next six to nine months.