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Jul 20, 2018
Changing threat prompting aggressive time lines for British-led sixth-generation combat aircraft.
Jul 19, 2018
The UK is taking a "build it and they will come" approach with Tempest - its vision for a multinational fighter. Watch as Aviation Week's Tony Osborne looks at the technologies on the concept unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 15, 2018
France is taking the lead in Franco-German efforts to produce a new European fighter aircraft. The widely expected decision was inked by French and German defense ministers as they moved to further underpin defense industrial relationships between the two countries.
Jul 15, 2018
GE Aviation is highlighting its Open Flight Deck concept with the first public showing of an “integrated, open” avionics demonstrator at this year’s Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 13, 2018
Reusable spaceplane under development by Boeing aims to launch 3,000 lb. to low Earth orbit for $5 million.
Jul 10, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR-22 engine, built from spare space shuttle main engine components, has been test-fired 10 times in less than 10 days.
Jul 10, 2018
Airbus hopes to secure “several hundred" additional orders for the newly renamed A220—formerly the Bombardier C Series—this year, according to Eric Schulz, Airbus' chief commercial officer.
Jul 09, 2018
The Pentagon completed the first comprehensive IOT&E for the Northrop Grumman-manufactured MQ-8C Fire Scout aboard Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado.