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By Guy Norris
The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct additional test flights of drag reduction modifications to its Boeing C-17, KC-135 and Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
In June 2022, Sweden’s defense materiel agency FMV awarded a contract to Saab to begin studies on the next generation of combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The RAF data offers the latest estimate from an official, independent source on military aviation losses for both sides since early March.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Speaking at the Global Air and Space Chiefs' Conference, a Pratt & Whitney executive says it has 400 engineers working on a major upgrade for the F135 engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Both demonstrations are part of a wider effort to make RAF training more realistic and relevant in modern combat.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The trination Global Combat Air Program could see several hundred export sales of the crewed aircraft that emerges, industry figures suggest.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
When Saab test pilot Andre Brannstrom launches the Gripen E into the skies above the RIAT, it will be the type’s debut display outside Scandinavia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force's former "chief futurist," retired Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, explains what the application of air power means today and how it may evolve.
Check 6

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
A planned downselect announcement is expected in about three weeks for the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Boeing currently supports several training programs in the UK.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
No formal requirements for the satellites, their numbers or timelines for their service entry have been released.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The initiative now requires specific technology that excludes certain hardware that is important to some NATO members that have not signed up for it yet.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian pilots will begin training to fly F-16 combat aircraft this summer in a school to be set up in Romania.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Embraer is looking to grab a slice of Europe’s defense modernization pie with sales of the C-390 airlifter and A-29 Super Tucano.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has established a new division to lead the company’s rapid and agile technology developments in the air domain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The integration of new radars into the Eurofighter Typhoon looks set to bring a step change in the platform’s capability.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is to flight-test a Eurofighter Typhoon equipped with multi-core computer processors as part of ongoing efforts to redesign the fighter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Israeli arms-maker Rafael is seeking a foreign partner to help pay for development of a new long-range, air-to-air missile, called the Sky Spear.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Airbus to offer a modified A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, called LMXT, to the U.S. Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A blistering statement attacks Lockheed Martin for continuing to support re-engining the fighter.
Paris Air Show

By Graham Warwick
Onera's Gullhyver concept for a 200-seat, 4,000-nm-range airliner is being studied under Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private research program.
Paris Air Show

By Graham Warwick
Daher, Safran and Airbus have completed 30 hr. of flight testing without power to the electric propellers on the EcoPulse demonstrator.
Paris Air Show

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
This year’s highlights from Le Bourget include a massive airplane order and the looming AAM shakeout.
Paris Air Show

By Helen Chachaty
The French aerospace research agency Onera is presenting its two newest defense innovations at the Paris Air Show.
Paris Air Show

By Ben Goldstein
CEO Klaus Roewe is “not worried at all” about the company’s ability to achieve type certification by 2025.
Paris Air Show