Every facet of the problem-plagued Remote Vision System will be altered by Boeing for what the U.S. Air Force is calling "RVS 2.0."

After receiving the first-ever CMV-22 Osprey in January, the U.S. Navy immediately kicked off developmental testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, starting by testing one of the new variant’s key differences—its larger fuel system.

SOCOM will choose up to four companies to award contracts worth a maximum of $4 million for the prototype demonstration phase.

Czech aerospace manufacturer Aero Vodochody has ramped up flight envelope testing of its new L-39NG light jet trainer as it pushes to have the aircraft certified for the third quarter of 2020.

General Atomics has flown the first production representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system.

The F-35 Joint Simulation Environment, used to test the fifth-generation aircraft against adversaries, is posing a “minor disruption” for the enterprise during the global coronavirus pandemic because of its classified nature and the fact it is an enclosed space.

Japan has set up a project office for its Next Generation Fighter program and reiterated an intention to decide on an international partner within eight months, despite a report last month that the U.S. was already preferred.