The release of the second draft on April 24 by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center moves the competition closer to a formal bidding phase scheduled to begin later this year.

The handover to the military came after six months of ground and flight trials performed by UAC employees at the Kazan Aviation Plant.

The Grumman C-2A has entered a planned fleet retirement process, beginning with the last flight in March.

The delivery completes a 15-year, 608-aircraft production run.

For KAI’s KUH-1 Surion helicopter program specifically, the delivery schedule and planned production quantities remain unchanged, a spokesperson says.

Underpayment by Indonesia toward development of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X has prompted urgent discussions in South Korea, media there report.

China’s EHang has partnered with the city of Hezhou in Guangxi province to build the first dedicated vertiport for its autonomous air vehicles.

A Northrop Grumman-supplied cockpit upgrade for the U.S. Army’s UH-60 fleet has passed a key testing milestone ahead of a planned full-rate production decision, the company announced on April 22.