MiG Corp. has confirmed that a new family of high-speed unmanned aircraft systems is in development to partner with the MiG-35 and other manned aircraft during combat missions.

MD Helicopters announced a partnership with Elbit Systems on Dec. 5 to develop a Block II version of the MD 530G armed scout helicopter with more advanced weapons and avionics.

The U.S. Air Force has recently completed the system requirements review for the KC-46A Remote Vision System (RVS).

Applying advances made by the computer gaming industry, Raytheon is supplying new portable avionics maintenance trainers to the U.S. Marine Corps for the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor.

Textron Aviation is reducing its salaried workforce here and in Independence, Kansas, as it continues “to operate with efficiency,” a company spokeswoman confirmed Dec. 5.

Israel Aerospace Industries ELTA will deliver eight ELM-2084 multimission radars to the Czech Ministry of Defense in a long-delayed, government-to-government deal worth $125 million signed on Dec. 5.

The DOD has requested to shift roughly $40 million to fix the Advanced Weapons Elevators on the USS Gerald R. Ford and complete deferred work on the warship.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) on Dec. 5 flew the second prototype of its LCH civil helicopter, the first to be built in South Korea.