A second supplier signed up to restock the limited inventory of F-35 cockpit canopies has completed a series of eight qualification tests, the U.S. Air Force announced on May 1. 

It is critical for the U.S. Army to receive feedback from industry at this point in the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft effort to ensure timelines are aligned, a program service official says.

The U.S. government on May 7 tentatively approved Egypt to remanufacture 43 Boeing AH-64D attack helicopters to the E-model configuration, superceding a two-year-old Foreign Military Sales case for 10 new-build AH-64Es. 

The Lockheed Martin F-35 is a step closer to receiving a major engine upgrade as part of the Block 4 follow-on modernization program. 

The U.S. Army is seeking industry feedback on two schedule options for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, including one timeline with a slight acceleration for the delivery of the first prototype. 

Northrop Grumman is working to improve the availability and flexibility of the RQ-4 Global Hawk to boost the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft’s usefulness in any future peer conflict.

Greece is to lease Israeli Heron medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air systems to patrol the country’s maritime borders.

Sweden has issued a tender to find a basic training aircraft in a move that will restructure the Swedish Armed Forces’ flight school.