Lockheed Martin could still be producing 36-48 F-16s annually in 2027 if the single-engine fighter claims a string of international order opportunities, said Ken Possenriede, chief financial officer, on May 14. 

House Republicans have stepped up a campaign spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to ground the drones that Chinese manufacturer DJI has loaned or donated to local police departments to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A British think tank is advocating the use of the U.S. Navy’s secretive Advanced Airborne Sensor on British P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as a potential replacement for the Sentinel radar reconnaissance platform.

Boeing and the UK Civil Aviation Authority are to work together on developing requirements for beyond-visual-line-of-sight unmanned flight operations as a steppingstone toward a future mobility ecosystem. 

The Bell 360 Invictus helicopter is one of two aircraft designs competing for a U.S. Army contract, but it does not meet a critical requirement for one of the planned major operators, a Special Operations Command acquisition official said on May 12.

The organizer of the Australian International Airshow has deferred the next edition of the biennial from February 2021 to November of the same year, citing doubts about availability of international travel.

Switzerland has extended the submission deadline until November in recognition of COVID-19-related travel restrictions

The U.S. Air Force has set a goal to deliver new software capabilities immediately to F-16s on an on-demand basis even when the aircraft is still in flight, an Air Force news release says.