Airbus has taken another €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) charge on its A400M airlifter program as a result of changes in export assumptions.

The funding pays for the first 18 months of work—Phase 1A—to develop the demonstrators and mature new technologies.

Three universities and one engineering firm have been contracted to develop methods to take waste hydrocarbons and render them into by-products such as water, organic residue for fertilizers and carbon dioxide.

The company is expecting the Australian Department of Defense to request tenders for the supply of 29 helicopters late this year or early next.

The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2021 budget submission shows plans to integrate Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA radars on 330 more F-16s.

New problems have been identified during CH-53K King Stallion development testing.

The U.S. Air Force is proposing the retirement of 13 KC-135s and 16 KC-10s in fiscal 2021, while the successor Boeing KC-46A Pegasus is not considered operationally viable.

The U.S. Army is seeking $513.5 million in fiscal 2021 for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, up from $398.3 in fiscal 2020, the first year of the program