Plans also call for long-term discussions over what future aircraft Ukrainian pilots could use.

The union said the 401(k) offered in Boeing’s contract was inadequate: “We will not allow this company to put our members’ hard-earned retirements in jeopardy.”

“There is no reason why [a drone wingman] should be any less autonomous than what the F-35 is doing right now,” an F-35 pilot from the Royal Air Force said on Tuesday.

Army Futures Command launched a record-breaking test of the Zephyr, a UAS designed by Airbus.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is protesting the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to give Austal USA the next phase of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program that ESG first won in 2016.

The State Department cleared a possible foreign military sale of 96 Raytheon-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles to the Netherlands in a deal estimated to be worth $1.2 billion.

The U.S. will send four more high mobility artillery rocket systems to Ukraine in its next military aid package to strengthen Kyiv in what’s become a grinding artillery duel.

“Older U.S. systems are a possibility” as Ukraine builds its future air force, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.

Earlier this year, Congress held its first hearing on UFOs in over a half century. During the hearing, lawmakers questioned Pentagon officials for more information about sightings of UFOs, with many lawmakers voicing criticism about a lack of transparency surrounding the issue.

“In the nearly 22 years that I’ve served in Congress, we have come a long way in cyberspace,” said Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.