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.

Airbus is developing a removable refueling boom for its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport to meet a requirement for the European Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet.

Startup Sabrewing Aircraft is to re-engine its Rhaegal-A turbo-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned cargo aircraft with Safran Helicopter Engines’ Ardiden 3 turboshaft before the technology demonstrator’s first flight, planned later this year.