Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter— the biggest plane the company has ever built— took off on its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned.

BAE Systems has demonstrated the performance of its APKWS laser-guided rocket during test firings involving a version of subsidiary Malloy Aeronautics' T-150 quadcopter uncrewed air system (UAS).

The fleet rollover program, which was completed with the delivery of the fourteenth 747-8F in late 2016, brings the Cargolux fleet to twenty-seven 747 freighter aircraft, and comes just as more ...