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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, 6:33 PM PDT
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Aviation Week
• Brian Everstine
U.S. Army Mulls Simplifying Helo Training With Lakota Replacement
By Aviation Week: The Army on Oct. 9 released a request for information (RFI) for its future helicopter pilot training.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
US Army Confirms It’s Exploring Requirements For A New Heavy-Lift Helicopter To Replace Chinook
By The War Zone: A CH-47 Chinook replacement remains a major unknown when it comes to the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift vision.
Breaking Defense
• Ashley Roque
US Army picking 2 cargo drones to pair with autonomous boats for Project Convergence 2025
By Breaking Defense: “We're going to have to figure out how to resupply dispersed formations,” Brig. Gen. Shane Upton, the director for the Contested Logistics Cross Functional Team, told Breaking Defense on Tuesday.
Reuters
• Luiza Ilie
Romania scrambles jets after drone breaches airspace
By Reuters: Romania scrambled four fighter jets on Thursday after a small flying object, likely a drone, breached national airspace up to 14 km inland in the southeastern county of Constanta, the defence ministry said.
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CNN
• Oren Liebermann
US B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
By CNN: The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers.
defense.gov
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Airstrikes in Houthi-Control
FlightGlobal
US B-2 stealth bombers strike targets in Yemen
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Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
Report: U.S. Air Force Should Scale Back Investment in eVTOL Tech
By Flying Magazine: Researchers with the Rand Corporation find that the Air Force’s Agility Prime program is not delivering results for itself or its partners.
FlightGlobal
• Murdo Morrison
Aero Vodochody confident of further export deals as L-39NG is rebranded Skyfox
By FlightGlobal: Aero Vodochody has renamed its L-39NG the L-39 Skyfox as it prepares to step up deliveries of the updated single-engine jet trainer to initial customers Vietnam, Hungary and local operator LOM Praha.
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Aviation Week
