Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 25, 2024
A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.
Apr 19, 2024
Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.
Apr 17, 2024
Spanish startup reveals capsule for near-space tourism ahead of commercial flights in 2026.
Apr 15, 2024
Acquisitions of new helicopters and airborne early warning aircraft are funded, while other capabilities will be “explored.”
Apr 11, 2024
About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.
Apr 25, 2024
Boeing will in the coming weeks deliver the first procurement the heavy-lift CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army.
Apr 25, 2024
The rebranding includes a new logo, the Bombardier Mach, which artistically depicts the silhouette of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
Apr 24, 2024
The U.S. Army within the past few weeks ran a GE Aerospace T901 engine on Sikorsky’s Raider X prototype to evaluate it.
Apr 24, 2024
Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will continue to design the first increment of the collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for the U.S. Air Force.
Apr 24, 2024
The Japanese military plans to significantly expand its air refueling fleet.
Apr 24, 2024
A lack of funding is putting pressure on USAF plans to field an advanced new tanker in the 2030s and limiting upgrades for a follow-on purchase of KC-46As.
Apr 23, 2024
Lockheed Martin posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter, but delivered no F-35s as its ongoing software problems have yet to be resolved.
Apr 22, 2024
Spain is to bolster its aerial firefighting capacity by purchasing seven new De Haviland Canada DHC-515 amphibious fire bombers.