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The Swiss company recently started flying a third prototype helicopter as it works toward European Aviation Safety Agency certification.

The agency is considering legal or legislative options after a federal appellate court said its registry for drone hobbyists is unlawful.

The manufacturer restarted production of the K-Max in 2015 for 10 helicopters; now it sees production running through at least 2019.

The investigation into the root cause of a series of physiological incidents at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona was ongoing.

Airbus and Boeing have tasked the CFM International joint venture of GE and Safran with building 800 more engines over the next four years.

The Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems III program has a potential value of $475 million.

Legacy CH-53 customers Germany, Japan and Israel among others are considered potential customers of the new CH-53K King Stallion.

The U.S. Navy has P-8A Poseidon aircraft stationed on both the east and west coasts of America.

Spain’s Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies and the University of Seville lead project under European Robotics Challenges effort.

Elbit will also feature a new wide-area persistent surveillance system at this year's Paris Air Show.

Following an annual risk assessment exercise, the U.S. Air Force raised the possibility that first delivery will be delayed to next spring.

Raytheon envisions the Coyote serving ISR, strike, swarming applications.

The U.S. Air Force is due to get the first KC-46 Pegasus tanker in late 2017.

The avionics manufacturer has joined General Atomics and Northrop Grumman to test ACAS Xu software

An Aurora Flight Sciences-led team plans to fly the XV-24A LightningStrike aircraft in late 2018.

The latest iteration of the Predator B UAS has a longer wingspan with greater endurance and payload capacity

The U.S. Air Force cancelled local flying operations of the F-35A variant of the fighter to investigate the root cause of incidents.

The company announced a $180.5 million follow-on order from the Navy for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.

Delair-Tech and utility company RTE said they flew a small fixed-wing drone beyond visual line-of-sight for a distance of 30 miles.

New developments slowly erode the technical advantage the U.S. military enjoys, the Pentagon states in annual China report to Congress.

The U.S. Air Force plans to fly the F-15E Strike Eagle into the 2040s, but the F-15C/D air superiority fighter faces a shorter time horizon.

In a White House event, the President painted a bleak picture of the state of the U.S. air traffic control system the FAA manages.

The manufacturer expects to complete the FAA type design update process for the C-130 civil freighter by 2018.

The U.S. Army plans to upgrade 542 CH-47F and MH-47G helicopters, with deliveries starting in 2023.

Navy Vice Adm. Mat Winter assumes command of the $379 billion procurement from retiring Air Force general Christopher Bogdan.

More than 750,000 small drone owners registered after the FAA in rushed circumstances created an on-line system in December 2015.

The White House announced $110 billion in arms and services agreements during President Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia.

The manufacturer has produced two jets from a clean-sheet design to compete for the Air Force's T-X advanced jet trainer requirement.

The manufacturer plans to complete certification testing and begin delivering the 767 military derivative by the end of the year.

Plans call for the first flight of the inaugural F-35B rolled out of the Cameri final assembly and checkout facility to take place in August.