Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jul 15, 2024
After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.
Jul 12, 2024
Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?
Jul 12, 2024
The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.
Jul 11, 2024
Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.
Jul 10, 2024
After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.
Jul 15, 2024
Acquisition and budget documents point to the quiet emergence of a third capability: signals intelligence.
Jul 15, 2024
The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.
Jul 15, 2024
A longevity, thrust and fuel efficiency upgrade for the Lockheed Martin F-35 has passed a preliminary design review (PDR) milestone, Pratt & Whitney says.
Jul 15, 2024
Beta Technologies says it has completed two more evaluation deployments for the U.S. Air Force with its prototype Alia electric aircraft.
Jul 12, 2024
The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen Leonardo’s AW139 medium helicopter to demonstrate autonomous logistics resupply.
Jul 12, 2024
The NTSB is leading the investigation of the crash of an amphibious air tanker that killed a veteran agricultural aviation pilot and native of Brazil.
Jul 11, 2024
Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the F-35 program executive officer, on July 11 approved the so-called “truncation plan.”
Jul 11, 2024
Landing gear specialist Héroux-Devtek of Quebec, Canada, has agreed to be acquired and taken private by a U.S. private equity firm for about $1.35 billion.