Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Dec 06, 2024
Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending.
Dec 05, 2024
With Hawk engine issues snagging the UK Royal Air Force’s pilot training pipeline, the service could soon seek a replacement.
Dec 05, 2024
Crucial milestones in the development of the next-generation combat aircraft are imminent.
Dec 04, 2024
A decade’s worth of investment to counter the latest Russian and Chinese threats is finally close to entering operational service across the U.S. fighter fleet.
Nov 28, 2024
The future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fleet’s first delivery and flight highlight progress made despite the stop-work order.
Dec 13, 2024
The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to upgrade its 16 Airbus C295M transport aircraft.
Dec 13, 2024
The lead system integrators in the trinational Global Combat Air Program have agreed to form a joint venture that will go on to produce the future fighter.
Dec 13, 2024
The Indian government has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics for 12 more Su-30MKI combat aircraft.
Dec 12, 2024
Data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool indicate that what remained of deposed Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s air force after a decade of civil war may not have posed a modern threat.
Dec 12, 2024
Archer Aviation and Anduril Industries have signed a “strategic partnership” to develop “next-generation aircraft” for defense applications.
Dec 12, 2024
Poland is joining Belgium and the UK as European operators of the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).
Dec 12, 2024
The Japanese Defense Ministry has selected Textron Aviation's T-6 Texan II for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) basic trainer program.
Dec 11, 2024
The increasing number of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) being spotted near U.S. military installations rep[ortedly pose no threat.