Tunisia has been cleared to buy four armed AT-6Cs four months after the U.S. State Department authorized a sale of 12 trainer versions of the Textron aircraft. 

Lockheed Martin will integrate the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod on the Dassault Mirage 2000-9 after a selection by the UAE Air Force and Air Defense, which bypassed the traditional French supplier for the delta-wing fighter’s optical sensor. 

The French Air Force is exploring the potential leasing of Boeing CH-47 Chinooks in an evaluation that could precede a potential heavy lift helicopter fleet purchase.

The flight trial will see the helicopter’s mission commander take control of an unmanned aircraft system and prove the ability of the crew to control and monitor it and its payload.

The U.S. Air Force has detailed its plans to accelerate the emerging advanced air mobility market, and potentially become an early adopter of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, but is making clear it does not intend to set requirements or fund development.

The U.S. Navy has disclosed the fiscal 2021 budget request for the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout is not directly tied to solving problems discovered in operational testing, but fixes are slated before first deployment.

Korean Air is preparing a design for a full-scale technology demonstrator for a reconnaissance and attack drone that officials close to the program think could be ready for service around 2030.

The ruling clears the U.S. Air Force to solicit a bid from Textron for one to three AT-6s to be delivered to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to support the Light Attack Experiment Phase III.