The aircraft that replaces the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system within 10 years could look and operate very differently than the 13-year-old, medium-altitude, long-endurance platform now in service. 

The U.S. Air Force’s acquisition chief on June 9 said the acquisition plan for the Next Generation Air Dominance program should be complete by the end of this summer.

A failure associated with the USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) forced the U.S. Navy to return the aircraft carrier to port, and a root cause investigation is ongoing.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) helicopter and a police drone flying in the same area collided in midair earlier this year, forcing the helicopter pilot to make a precautionary landing on a road.

The U.S. Air Force has extended initial operational testing on the Boeing KC-46A for at least three years.

Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a $350 million special mission aircraft contract with a “major European country.”

Investigators probing the crash of a Canadian Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter in the Mediterranean in April say the aircraft “did not respond as the crew would have anticipated” as it maneuvered to land on its embarked warship.

Korea Aerospace Industries is aiming to hand over the first LCH civil helicopter in 2023, the same year in which it will begin deliveries of the military LAH version to South Korea’s army.