The second Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor arrived on 26 August at Edwards AFB, California, where it will enter the flight test programme. The aircraft flew non-stop to the desert test site from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical System's Marietta plant in Georgia.
Source: Flight International
US Special Operations Command is lowering its procurement target for the L3Harris OA-1K armed reconnaissance turboprop to 62 aircraft from the original target of 75, after scrutiny from government auditors.
US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman says subsidiary Scaled Composites has successfully flown a low-cost, single-engined piloted jet called the Model 437 Vanguard.
Ukraine has repeated a call for its Western allies to allow it to begin using donated air-launched cruise missiles and other advanced weapons to strike military targets inside Russia.
