Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 22, 2023
A diverse portfolio of UAE-built UAS and missiles needs engines, and the Edge Group wants to use local options.
Nov 21, 2023
The bomber’s public first flight kicks off an intensive test campaign and more funding for Northrop Grumman.
Nov 20, 2023
It increasingly seems that the only replacement for the Boeing E-3 Sentry is another Boeing aircraft.
Nov 17, 2023
The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.
Nov 15, 2023
Aviation Week defense editor Steve Trimble takes a look at the Edge Jeniah unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) prototype..
May 22, 2024
Upcoming talks could set the stage for Belgium to step up from “observer” to “partner” status on the Franco-German-Spanish future combat air system project.
May 21, 2024
Russian Helicopters is working on major subsystems for China’s new Advanced Heavy Lifter (AHL) helicopter, Russian First Vice Premier Denis Manturov confirmed.
May 21, 2024
Saudi Arabia is seeking full partner status as it decides what future combat aircraft program to join, with a decision possible within months.
May 21, 2024
BAE Systems sees a pathway to keeping the Global Combat Air Program on its development timeline despite elections in the UK that could slow decision making.
May 20, 2024
LINKOPING, Sweden—The first flight of Saab’s twin-seat Gripen F has been pushed into 2025, following a change in the priorities of the Brazilian Air Force customer.
May 20, 2024
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
May 20, 2024
The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.
May 19, 2024
Though the New Shepard capsule returned to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating.