A U.S. Navy remotely operated vehicle has located the wreckage of a Canadian CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed in the Mediterranean on April 29.

A new proposal to prototype and field palletized munitions on U.S. Air Force C-17s and C-130s starting as early as next year is under discussion by the Air Staff despite recent objections over such a concept made by the head of Global Strike Command.

Airbus has certified automatic low-level flight capability for the A400M, clearing another hurdle in the development of the airlifter’s tactical capabilities.

Concerns about deficient and delayed KC-46As for the U.S. Air Force have spread beyond the Senate’s defense-focused committees. 

Zipline and Novant Health announced on May 27 that they have received emergency approval from the FAA to fly medical supplies by drone to a hospital north of Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has performed its first unmanned air system delivery to a ship in a demonstration that could reduce pressures on the transport network around Europe’s largest seaport.

Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is to trial deliveries by unmanned air systems to speed up logistics between remote medical centers.