The experimental cubesat will monitor aircraft signals from space to support rescue organizations.

Serbia has taken delivery of four Mil Mi-35M attack helicopters from Russia, bolstering the country’s depleted air force.

The parliament approved 1.403 trillion won ($1.2 billion) for the KF-X program as part of the 2020 defense budget passed on Dec. 10.

Airbus has delivered the first of seven H145 twin-engine light helicopters to the German Army.

Bell and Boeing have delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps the first of as many as 129 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors to undergo the Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) program.

The French Air Force has declared an initial operational capability (IOC) with the F3-R upgrade for the Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.

Latin American air forces have intensified search efforts to locate the wreckage of a Chilean Air Force Lockheed KC-130 Hercules airlifter that was reported missing Dec. 9 during a flight to Antarctica.

The Japanese government may allocate at least ¥30 billion ($280 million) for programs related to the proposed Future Fighter in the coming fiscal year.